Ḍākinī
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Dakini (Skt. ḍākinī; T. mkha' 'gro ma མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, pron: khandroma) — a female embodiment of enlightened energy.
The Tibetan term ‘khandro’ (མཁའ་འགྲོ་) literally means ‘sky-goer’, indicating one who traverses the 'sky' of the expanse of wisdom.[1]
The masculine form of the word is ḍāka, which is usually translated into Tibetan as pawo (dpa' bo; "hero").[2]
The archetypal ḍākinī in Tibetan Buddhism is Yeshe Tsogyal, consort of Padmasambhava.[2]
The dakini also appears in Japanese Shingon Buddhism.
Notes
- ↑
Dakini, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. dakini
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- Khandro Rinpoche – What is a Dakini?
- Description: Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche talks about dakinis.