Himalayan Art Resources

Subject: Female Deities (Meditational & Protection, Buddhist)

Female Imagery Introduction

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description
1. Deities by Appearance
2. Deities by Function
3. Deities by Hierarchy & Importance
--- Major Deities
--- Popular Deities
--- Minor Deities
- Female Deities List (Meditational)
- Others...

Videos:
- Female Deities & Popular Figures
- Female Deities & Consorts
- Minor Female Deities

Principal Study Topics :
- Four Tantras:
--- Yoganiruttara/Anuttarayoga
--- Yoga Tantra Deities
--- Charya Tantra Deities
--- Kriya Tantra Deities
- Consorts of Major Deities
- Protector Deities
--- Wisdom Protectors
--- Worldly Protectors
- Others...

Minor Topics:
- Androgynous Gods, Gender Reversed Deities
- Daka & Dakini
- Female Dominant Meditational Deity Couples
- Female Deity Form versus Male Form (peaceful) Outline
- Ladies with Beards
- Mountain Goddesses
- Universal Deities
- Worldly Spirits
- Others...

Jeff Watt 2-2021 [updated 11-2024]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).