Eight wrathful females

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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:

  1. Gauri (Skt. Gaurī;[1] Wyl. ko'u ri), The White Lady (dkar mo)[2]
  2. Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. pus ka si), The Fragrant Lady (spos mo)
  3. Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. tso'u ri), The Thief Lady (chom rkun ma)
  4. Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. kas ma ri), The Voracious Lady (sme sha can)
  5. Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. pra mo), The Bewildered Lady (rab tu rmongs ma)
  6. Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. tsan dha li), The Fierce Lady (gtum mo)
  7. Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. be'e ta li), The Undead Lady (ro langs ma)
  8. Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. sme sha ni), The Charnel Ground Lady (dur khrod ma)

Notes

  1. Unless marked with an asterisk, the Sanskrit has been attested in various tantras translated for 84.000 or other sources.
  2. The translations into Tibetan are taken from Longchenpa's Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions