Himalayan Art Resources

Subject: Female Meditational Deities (Buddhist)

Female Imagery Introduction

Study Topics:
- Popular Female Deities
- Consorts of Major Deities
- Miscellaneous & Minor Female Deities

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

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- General List (below)
- Yoganiruttara/Anuttarayoga Female Deities
- Yoga Tantra Deities
- Charya Tantra Deities
- Kriya Tantra Deities
- Female Deities According to Function
- Protector Deities (Wisdom)
- Protector Deities (Worldly)
- Others...

The list below does not provide the different variations of the many deities that have multiple forms such as Tara, Vajrayogini, Marichi, and so forth. Female Buddhist protector deities have not been included in the list nor have any Bon or Hindu female gods and deities.

The list of female deities below includes all four tantra classifications and is primarily based on the Sarma traditions and early literature such as the Vajravali, Sadhanamala, Bari Gyatsa and related texts (see Iconography: Text Collections).

List of Female Meditational Deities:
- Amaravajradevi (Long-life deity)
- Bhattarika Kapalini
- Bhurkumkuta (Female Form)
- Bhrikuti
- Buddha Dakini
- Buddha Lochana
- Chandika Charchika
- Chinnamunda (Vajrayogini)
- Chunda
- Dakini
--- Buddha
--- Vajra
--- Ratna
--- Karma
--- Padma
- Dechen Gyalmo (Vajrayogini)
- Devi Shramana
- Dvajagrakeyura
- Ekajati
- Five Dakinis (Buddhist)
- Gandhari
- Gauri
- Grahamatrika
- Guhya Jnana Dakini
- Janguli
- Jnana Dakini
- Krodha Kali (Vajravarahi)
- Kundali, Dasa
- Kurukulla
- Mahashri
- Mamaki
- Marichi
- Ngagdag (Naga)
- Nairatmya
- Niriti
- Padma Dakini
Pancha Raksha
--- Mahamayuri
--- Mantramanudharani
--- Pratisara
--- Sahasrapramardana
--- Sitavani
- Pandaravasini Devi
- Parnashavari (Goddess of Healing)
- Prajnaparamita
- Pratisara
- Pratyangira
- Ratna Dakini
- Sarasvati
- Shramana Devi
- Shringkhala
- Simhamukha
- Sitatapatra
- Tara
- Tinuma (Vajrayogini)
- Ushnishavijaya
- Vajra Dakini
- Vajrayogini
- Vajravarahi
- Vasudhara
- Vetali Devi
- Vishvamata

Jeff Watt 2-2021

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