Khandro | Wikipedia audio article
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Khandro


00:01:54 1 In Buddhism
00:02:03 1.1 In Tibetan Buddhism
00:02:44 1.1.1 Classes of ḍākinī
00:04:21 1.1.2 In Dzogchen
00:05:47 1.1.3 In Anuttarayoga Tantra
00:06:39 1.1.4 Daka
00:08:19 1.2 In Japanese Buddhism
00:10:20 2 See also



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A ḍākinī (Tibetan: མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, Wylie: mkha' 'gro ma, THL: Khandroma; Mongolian: хандарма; Chinese: 空行母; pinyin: Kōngxíng Mǔ; alternatively Chinese: 荼枳尼; pinyin: Túzhǐní) is a type of spirit in Vajrayana Buddhism. The Sanskrit term is likely related to the term for drumming, while the Tibetan term means "skygoer" and may have originated in the Sanskrit khecara, a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Dakinis are often represented as consorts in Yab-Yum representations. The masculine form of the word is ḍāka, which is usually translated into Tibetan as pawo "hero" (Wylie: dpa' bo).The ḍākinī (and the ḍāka) appeared in medieval legends in India (such as in the Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Purana, Markandeya Purana and Kathasaritsagara) as a demon in the train of Kali who feeds on human flesh.As a key tantric figure, the ḍākinī does appear in Tangmi; the ḍākinī figure disseminated into Japanese culture from Shingon Buddhism, evolving into the dakini-ten ("ten" means "deva" in Japanese), becoming linked to the kitsune iconography.
The ḍākinī appears in a Vajrayana formulation of the Buddhist refuge formula known as the Three Roots. Most commonly she appears as the dharmapala, alongside a guru and yidam.

The dakini, in her various guises, serves as each of the Three Roots. She may be a human guru, a vajra master who transmits the Vajrayana teachings to her disciples and joins them in samaya commitments. The wisdom dakini may be a yidam, a meditational deity; female deity yogas such as Vajrayogini are common in Tibetan Buddhism. Or she may be a protector; the wisdom dakinis have special power and responsibility to protect the integrity of oral transmissions"The archetypal ḍākinī in Tibetan Buddhism is Yeshe Tsogyal, consort of Padmasambhava.