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འཕྲོག་མ། | Glossary of Terms
འཕྲོག་མ།
lcang sngo
Hārītī
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- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
A child-eating yakṣiṇī who was tamed by the Buddha and became a protectress of children, women, the saṅgha, and all beings.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
A rākṣasī with hundreds of children that the Buddha converted into a protector of children. There is a temple specifically for her in Kathmandu.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
A female yakṣa, previously an eater of children but tamed and converted by the Buddha and seen as a protectress. Consort of Pāñcika.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
A yakṣiṇī; after conversion to Buddhadharma she became the protectress of children.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
One of the great yakṣiṇīs.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ལྕང་སྔོ།
- ’phrog ma
- lcang sngo
- Hārītī
A yakṣiṇī who converted to Buddhism.
- Hārītī
- འཕྲོག་མ།
- ’phrog ma
- Hārītī
A child-eating demoness who was tamed by the Buddha and became a protectress of children, women, the saṅgha, and all beings.
- Hārītī
- སྲས་འཕན།
- sras ’phan
- Hārītī
A yakṣiṇī; a rākṣasī in the Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī (Toh 559).