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'''Dakini''' (Skt. ''ḍākinī''; Tib. '' | [[Image:Yumka.jpg|frame|]]'''Dakini''' (Skt. ''ḍākinī''; Tib. [[མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་]], ''khandroma''; [[Wyl.]] ''mkha' 'gro ma'') — a female embodiment of enlightened energy. ‘Khandro’ ([[མཁའ་འགྲོ་]]) literally means ‘sky-goer’, indicating one who traverses the 'sky' of the expanse of wisdom. Female [[lama]]s and the spiritual wives of male lamas often have the epithet 'khandro'. | ||
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*[[Interview with Chagdud Khadro]] | *[[Interview with Chagdud Khadro]] | ||
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Dakini (Skt. ḍākinī; Tib. མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, khandroma; Wyl. mkha' 'gro ma) — a female embodiment of enlightened energy. ‘Khandro’ (མཁའ་འགྲོ་) literally means ‘sky-goer’, indicating one who traverses the 'sky' of the expanse of wisdom. Female lamas and the spiritual wives of male lamas often have the epithet 'khandro'.