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'''Sitatapatra''' [Skt.] ([[wyl.]] ''gdugs dkar''; Tib. ''dukkar'') - A female deity who manifested from the crown of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. Her practice is especially powerful for averting obstacles. She is often depicted  with 1000 faces, 1000 arms and 1000 legs, her central hands holding a dharma wheel and the handle of the white parasol from which she takes her name.
'''Sitatapatra''' (Skt. ''Sitātapatrā''; [[Wyl.]] ''gdugs dkar''; Tib. ''Dukkar'') — a female deity who manifested from the crown of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. Her practice is especially powerful for averting obstacles. She is often depicted  with 1,000 faces, 1,000 arms and 1,000 legs, her central hands holding a dharma wheel and the handle of the white parasol from which she takes her name.


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Revision as of 15:10, 13 January 2009

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Sitatapatra (Skt. Sitātapatrā; Wyl. gdugs dkar; Tib. Dukkar) — a female deity who manifested from the crown of Buddha Shakyamuni. Her practice is especially powerful for averting obstacles. She is often depicted with 1,000 faces, 1,000 arms and 1,000 legs, her central hands holding a dharma wheel and the handle of the white parasol from which she takes her name.