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'''Senge Dongma''' (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་, Wyl. ''seng ge gdong ma''; Skt. ''Siṃhamukhā''<ref>Sometimes rendered as: ''Singhamukha''.</ref> or ''Siṃhavaktrā''<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme'', p. 534.</ref>) — the lion-faced [[dakini]]. In the [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of [[Padmasambhava]], specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.  
'''Senge Dongma''' (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་, [[Wyl.]] ''seng ge gdong ma''; Skt. ''Siṃhamukhā''<ref>Sometimes rendered as: ''Singhamukha''.</ref> or ''Siṃhavaktrā''<ref>Philippe Cornu, ''Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme'', p. 534.</ref>) — the lion-faced [[dakini]]. In the [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of [[Padmasambhava]], specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.  


In the [[Sarma]] traditions she arises out of the [[Chakrasamvara]] cycle of [[tantra]]s and belongs to the [[Highest Yoga Tantra|Anuttarayoga]] 'wisdom' classification.<ref>http://www.himalayanart.org</ref>
In the [[Sarma]] traditions she arises out of the [[Chakrasamvara]] cycle of [[tantra]]s and belongs to the [[Highest Yoga Tantra|Anuttarayoga]] 'wisdom' classification.<ref>http://www.himalayanart.org</ref>

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Simhamukha

Senge Dongma (Tib. སེང་གེ་གདོང་མ་, Wyl. seng ge gdong ma; Skt. Siṃhamukhā[1] or Siṃhavaktrā[2]) — the lion-faced dakini. In the Nyingma terma tradition, she is considered as one of the many forms of Padmasambhava, specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity.

In the Sarma traditions she arises out of the Chakrasamvara cycle of tantras and belongs to the Anuttarayoga 'wisdom' classification.[3]

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  1. Sometimes rendered as: Singhamukha.
  2. Philippe Cornu, Dictionnaire Encyclopédique du Bouddhisme, p. 534.
  3. http://www.himalayanart.org

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