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'''Dakini''' (Skt. ''ḍākinī''; Tib. ''khandroma''; [[Wyl.]] ''mkha' 'gro ma'') — a female embodiment of enlightened energy. Literally, ‘khandro’ means ‘sky-goer’, and it indicates moving in the sky of the expanse of wisdom. The spiritual wives of [[lama]]s are often called khandro, as are female lamas.
[[Image:Yumka.jpg|frame|]]'''Dakini''' (Skt. ''ḍākinī''; Tib. [[མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་]], ''khandroma'', [[Wyl.]] ''mkha' 'gro ma'') — a female embodiment of enlightened energy. Female [[lama]]s and the spiritual wives of male lamas often have the epithet 'khandro'.
 
==Etymology==
The ''[[Sarvabuddhasamayoga]] Tantra'' is one of the earliest sources to provide the etymology 'sky-goer' for the word ''ḍākinī'': "Here the root is understood to be ''ḍai'', which expresses going in the sky; a '' 'ḍākinī' '' is known as the power (''[[siddhi]]'') of moving everywhere through space."<ref>''Sarvabuddhasamāyogatantra'', i.9. See also Ratnakāraśānti, ''Guṇavatī'', NGMCP C 25-7, 1v.7; ''Sampuṭatantra'', I.iii.9cd-10ab. There are many variant readings of this verse; the above is based on the following text: ''ḍai vihāyagamane dhātur atra vikalpitaḥ | sarvākāśacarā siddhir ḍākinīti prasidhyati'' |</ref>
 
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Revision as of 09:02, 20 June 2019

Dakini (Skt. ḍākinī; Tib. མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, khandroma, Wyl. mkha' 'gro ma) — a female embodiment of enlightened energy. Female lamas and the spiritual wives of male lamas often have the epithet 'khandro'.

Etymology

The Sarvabuddhasamayoga Tantra is one of the earliest sources to provide the etymology 'sky-goer' for the word ḍākinī: "Here the root is understood to be ḍai, which expresses going in the sky; a 'ḍākinī' is known as the power (siddhi) of moving everywhere through space."[1]

References

  1. Sarvabuddhasamāyogatantra, i.9. See also Ratnakāraśānti, Guṇavatī, NGMCP C 25-7, 1v.7; Sampuṭatantra, I.iii.9cd-10ab. There are many variant readings of this verse; the above is based on the following text: ḍai vihāyagamane dhātur atra vikalpitaḥ | sarvākāśacarā siddhir ḍākinīti prasidhyati |

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