Subject: Female Deities List
Female Deities (Meditational & Protection, Buddhist)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
- Vajranakhi
- Vajrayogini
- Vajravarahi
- Vasudhara
- Vetali Devi
- Vishvamata
- Others...
Jeff Watt 2-2021 [updated 11-2024]
(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).
