Eight wrathful females
The eight wrathful females or eight gaurima (Skt. gaurī; Tib. གཽ་རི་མ་བརྒྱད་, gaurima gyé, Wyl. gau ri ma brgyad) are counted among the mandala of the fifty-eight wrathful deities. They are:
- Gauri (Skt. Gaurī;[1] Wyl. ko'u ri), The White Lady (dkar mo)[2]
- Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. pus ka si), The Fragrant Lady (spos mo)
- Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. tso'u ri), The Thief Lady (chom rkun ma)
- Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. kas ma ri), The Voracious Lady (sme sha can)
- Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. pra mo), The Bewildered Lady (rab tu rmongs ma)
- Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. tsan dha li), The Fierce Lady (gtum mo)
- Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. be'e ta li), The Undead Lady (ro langs ma)
- Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. sme sha ni), The Charnel Ground Lady (dur khrod ma)
Notes
- ↑ Unless marked with an asterisk, the Sanskrit has been attested in various tantras translated for 84.000 or other sources.
- ↑ The translations into Tibetan are taken from Longchenpa's Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions