Hariti

Hariti (Skt. Hāritī; Wyl. phrog ma) — a wild, much-feared yakshini who used to devour children, until she was tamed by the Buddha and became a protector of the Dharma.

Further Reading

• Sree Padma. “Hariti: Village Origins, Buddhist Elaborations and Saivite Accommodations.” In Asian and African Area Studies, 11 (1), 2011: 1-17.
• Von Rospatt, Alexander. “The Sacred Origins of the Svayaṃbhūcaitya and the Nepal Valley: Foreign Speculation and Local Myth.” In Journal of the Nepal Research Centre 13. Kathmandu: Nepal Research Centre 2009: 37-44.