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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'')<noinclude> are counted among the mandala of the [[fifty-eight wrathful deities]]. They</noinclude> are:
The '''eight wrathful females''' or '''eight gaurima''' (Skt. gaurī; Tib. གཽ་རི་མ་བརྒྱད་,  ''gaurima gyé''; [[Wyl.]] ''gau ri ma brgyad'')<noinclude> are counted among the mandala of the [[fifty-eight wrathful deities]]. They</noinclude> are:


#Gauri (Skt. Gaurī;<ref> Unless marked with an asterisk, the Sanskrit has been attested in various tantras translated for 84.000 or other sources.</ref> Wyl. ''ko'u ri''), the white female (''dkar mo'')<ref>The translations into Tibetan are taken from [[Longchenpa]]'s [[Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions]]</ref>
#Gauri (Skt. Gaurī;<ref> Unless marked with an asterisk, the Sanskrit has been attested in various tantras translated for 84.000 or other sources.</ref> Wyl. ''ko'u ri''), The White Lady (''dkar mo'')<ref>The translations into Tibetan are taken from [[Longchenpa]]'s [[Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions]]</ref>
#Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. ''pus ka si''), (''sbos mo'')
#Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. ''pus ka si''), The Fragrant Lady of (''spos mo'')
#Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. ''tso'u ri''), the female thief (''chom rkun ma'')
#Chauri (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. ''tso'u ri''), The Thief Lady (''chom rkun ma'')
#Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. ''kas ma ri''), (''sme sha can'')  
#Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. ''kas ma ri''), The Voracious Lady (''sme sha can'')  
#Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. ''pra mo''), the utterly bewildered female (''rab tu rmongs ma'')
#Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. ''pra mo''), The Bewildered Lady (''rab tu rmongs ma'')
#Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. ''tsan dha li''), the fierce woman (''gtum mo'')
#Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. ''tsan dha li''), The Fierce Lady (''gtum mo'')
#Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. ''be'e ta li''), the zombie (''ro langs ma'')  
#Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. ''be'e ta li''), The Undead Lady (''ro langs ma'')  
#Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. ''sme sha ni''), female dweller of charnel grounds (''dur khrod ma'')
#Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. ''sme sha ni''), The Charnel Ground Lady (''dur khrod ma'')


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 10:14, 7 October 2022

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 of (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
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