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Hindu and Buddhist tantric traditions

1 record of Hindu and Buddhist tantric traditions — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

ḌākinīWitch · India · Nepal · South AsiaḌākinī 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.