Five female buddhas
The five female buddhas of the five families, also known as the five mothers (Tib. ཡུམ་ལྔ་, Wyl. yum lnga) are:
- Dhatvishvari (Skt. Dhātvīśvarī; Tib. དབྱིངས་ཕྱུག་མ་, Wyl. dbyings phyug ma) – also known as Vajra Datvishvari or White Tara, the consort of Vairochana, who represents the purity of the element space
- Buddhalochana (Skt. Buddhalocanā; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་སྤྱན་མ་, Wyl. sangs rgyas spyan ma) – the consort of Akshobhya, who represents the purity of the element earth
- Mamaki (Skt. Māmakī; Tib. མ་མ་ཀི་, Wyl. ma ma ki) – the consort of Ratnasambhava, who represents the purity of the element water
- Pandaravasini (Skt. Pāṇḍarāvasinī; Tib. གོས་དཀར་མོ་, Wyl. gos dkar mo) – the consort of Amitabha, who represents the purity of the element fire
- Samayatara – (Skt. Samayatārā; Tib. དམ་ཚིག་སྒྲོལ་མ་, Wyl. dam tshig sgrol ma) – also known as Green Tara, the consort of Amoghasiddhi, who represents the purity of the element wind