Siṃhamukhā
Tibetan Buddhist · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The retrieved treatment gives the Three Roots scheme and the dakini class and does not give her own narrative, so the record carries the class and the station and nothing more. NOTHING IS ADDED TO MAKE THE ENTRY LOOK COMPLETE. TYPE deity IS THE NEAREST CATEGORY THIS SCHEMA HAS AND THE TRADITION DOES NOT USE IT; lane 26 escalated this and nothing is decided here.
Domains
- dakini class
- dharma protection
- averting of harm
Relations
- of the protector root with: EkajaṭīIn-batch. The source's Three Roots scheme places the dakini and the dharmapala together as the protector root; the edge records that placement and not a relationship between two beings.Reference treatment of the three root protectors of the Nyingma school - Rahula, Ekajati and Dorje Legpa - who function as its essential protectors: Ekajati safeguards the mantras of the Buddha, that is the speech of the Buddha; Rahula secures the wisdom revelations, the mind of the Buddha; and Dorje Legpa protects the termas, the body of the Buddha; the Three Roots of Nyingma and Kagyu literature are the lama, the yidam and the protector, who may be a khandroma (dakini) or a dharmapala; Vajrakilaya is honoured as one of the Eight Heruka deities of the Nyingma school and as a fierce emanation of Vajrasattva, representing the pure untainted mind of all buddhas. (secondary)
Sources
- A wrathful ḍākinī of the protector class, one of the khandroma who stand as the third of the Three Roots — lama, yidam and protector — in Nyingma and Kagyü literature.: Reference treatment of the three root protectors of the Nyingma school - Rahula, Ekajati and Dorje Legpa - who function as its essential protectors: Ekajati safeguards the mantras of the Buddha, that is the speech of the Buddha; Rahula secures the wisdom revelations, the mind of the Buddha; and Dorje Legpa protects the termas, the body of the Buddha; the Three Roots of Nyingma and Kagyu literature are the lama, the yidam and the protector, who may be a khandroma (dakini) or a dharmapala; Vajrakilaya is honoured as one of the Eight Heruka deities of the Nyingma school and as a fierce emanation of Vajrasattva, representing the pure untainted mind of all buddhas. (secondary)