Eight wrathful females

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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) are counted among the mandala of the fifty-eight wrathful deities. They are:

  1. Gauri (Skt. Gaurī; Wyl. ko'u ri)
  2. Pukkasi (Skt. Pukkasī; Wyl. pus ka si)
  3. Chaurimatrika (Skt. Caurī; Wyl. tso'u ri)
  4. Ghasmari (Skt. Ghasmarī; Wyl. kas ma ri)
  5. Pramoha (Skt. Pramohā; Wyl. pra mo)
  6. Chandali (Skt. Caṇḍālī; Wyl. tsan dha li)
  7. Vetali (Skt. Vetālī; Wyl. be'e ta li)
  8. Shmashani (Skt. Śmaśānī; Wyl. sme sha ni)