THE CONCORDANCE
cremation ground
2 records across 2 traditions carry this current.
South Asia · 2
ḌākinīḌākinī names fierce female powers across Hindu and Buddhist South Asian traditions: early flesh-eating attendants of Kali and related goddesses; tantric chakra deities; and in Tibetan Buddhism, sacred ‘sky-goers’ of enlightened activity. Not a single monster, and not interchangeable with churel.PiśāchaFlesh-eating night beings of Hindu and South Asian religious storytelling, associated with cremation grounds, violent death, shapeshifting, and possession that can unseat the mind.
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