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Sacred female spirit in Hinduism and Buddhism
A dakini is a type of goddess in Hinduism and Buddhism. The concept of the dakini somewhat differs depending on the context and the tradition. For example
Dakini
Indian supernatural television series
Aami Dakini is an Indian Hindi-language television supernatural series and was the second part of Aahat chronology, that aired from 23 June 2025 to 19
Aami_Dakini
2018 drama film by Rahul Riji Nair
Dakini is a 2018 Malayalam-language adventure comedy film directed by Rahul Riji Nair starring Aju Varghese, Pauly Valsan, Sarasa Balussery, Savithri Sreedharan
Dakini_(film)
Indian poet
from a mature nameless woman, often called the Arrow Smith Dakini or the Arrow Making Dakini, who was Saraha's teacher and consort, that the typical iconography
Saraha
Outer, inner, secret, and ultimate Buddhist refuge formulations
ishtadevata) is the 'root of methods' or 'root of accomplishments' the Dakini or Dharmapala is the 'root of activity' or 'root of protection'. The additional
Three_Jewels_and_Three_Roots
2022 Indian film
News18. 15 December 2021. "Nivetha Thomas, Regina Cassandra's 'Shakini Dakini' to directly release on OTT? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved
Saakini_Daakini
Indian actress
2025. From June 2025 to September 2025, she played Meera Ghosh in Aami Dakini opposite Hitesh Bharadwaj. Since March 2026, she played Aadhya Singh Chauhan
Rachi_Sharma
Japanese manga series
real Dakini, and formerly loyal to the Empire, until they killed her first human friend. Rish (リシュ, Rishu) Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu A member of Dakini cult
KamiKatsu
Species of annelid worm
Magelona dakini is a small, thin, shovel-nosed burrowing worm with limited mobility. Adults grow up to 70mm long. Magelonids build meandering burrows,
Magelona_dakini
Tibetan Buddhist terton and teacher
Ayu Khandro (Tibetan: ཨ་ཡུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་, Wylie: A-yu Mkha'-'gro, "Long Life Dakini", 1839 – 1953), also known as Dorje Paldrön, was a Tibetan yogini, practitioner
Ayu_Khandro
Fox spirits in Japanese folklore
Shinto deity). The fox is also a figure in Buddhism as the mount of the deva Dakini, and there is some conflation between the two deities (§ Buddhist context)
Kitsune
Indian actress
followed by small supporting roles in films like Honey Bee 2: Celebrations, Dakini, Varathan and Vikruthi. She had her first prominent roles in 2021 in films
Mamitha_Baiju
Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and globally
Buddhism, having been installed as the abbot of the Vajra Dakini Nunnery in 2004. The Vajra Dakini Nunnery does not follow The Eight Garudhammas. In April
Tibetan_Buddhism
Title in Tibetan Buddhism
the Three Roots, a variant of the Three Jewels, alongside the yidam the dakini. The dharmapala are protector deities. According to specific lineages, the
Lama
Malayalam comic strip
situations the children summon Mayavi using the spell "Om hreem kutichathaa". Dākini's partner and a dark wizard who lives in a large hollowed out, dead tree
Mayavi
One of the three principal protectors of the Nyingma school of Buddhism
protector of mantra, she supports the practitioner in deciphering symbolic dakini codes and properly determines appropriate times and circumstances for revealing
Ekajati
Tantric Buddhist female Buddha and ḍākiṇī
considered a female Buddha and a ḍākiṇī. Vajrayoginī is often described with the epithet sarvabuddhaḍākiṇī, meaning "the ḍākiṇī of all Buddhas". She is an Anuttarayoga
Vajrayogini
Type of witch in Indian culture
derived from the Sanskrit word dakini, which refers to a female paranormal entity from patala (the netherworld). Dakinis have been described in medieval
Dayan_(witch)
10th century Indian female yoga teacher
in India. She was a dakini, and one of the two female founders of the Shangpa Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism, along with dakini Sukhasiddhi. Her birth
Niguma
Indian actress
films include Sudani from Nigeria (2018), Virus (2019), Thirike (2021) and Dakini (2018). She became more popular after being cast in the 2018 Malayalam film
Sarasa_Balussery
Tibetan Buddhist wisdom dakini (deity)
as the Lion Face Dakini or Lion-headed Dakini, is a wisdom dakini of the Dzogchen tradition. She is represented as a fierce dakini with the head of a
Simhamukha
Species of gastropod
Marionia dakini is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. This species was described from
Marionia_dakini
Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mustang, Nepal
Kshetra Mukti Kshetra Baraha Kshetra For Buddhists, Muktinath is an abode of dakinis - goddesses known as Sky Dancers and is considered one of the twenty-four
Muktinath
Holy site in Assam, India
Bhimeswar Dham, is a Hindu temple, located at Dakini hill (also known as Daini pahar) near Pamohi in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is situated at the hill
Bhimeswar_Dham
Buddhist ceremonial flaying knife
the wrathful Tantric deities". It is commonly known as the "knife of the dakinis". Its shape is similar to the Inuit ulu or woman's knife, which is used
Kartika_(knife)
Tibetan lama
yoginis. One of Thang Tong Gyalpo's most important teachers was the great dakini Niguma. who visited him in visions three times over a period of years. Thang
Thang_Tong_Gyalpo
One of the seven primary chakras according to Hinduism
seated on a swan. The goddess Dakini, his shakti, is depicted with him. She is beautiful, with three eyes and four arms. Dakini is usually depicted with red
Muladhara
Buddhist temple in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan
Avalokiteśvara (Senju Kannon), it is more well-known for its guardian deity Toyokawa Dakini Shinten, a syncretic goddess who assumed characteristics of Inari, the Shinto
Toyokawa_Inari
American Tibetan Buddhist nun
Bill Moyers and Pema Chödrön . August 4, 2006 Haas, Michaela (2013). "Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism
Pema_Chödrön
Tantric assemblies or feasts
century reform the actual Dakini physically present was replaced by a mind-consort (yid kyi rig-ma), a visualization of the Dakini. One did the sexual practice
Ganachakra
ambiguity of ḍākinīs in their "worldly" and "wisdom" guises conveys a detailed narrative that provides the origin of Lawapa's name: Worldly ḍākinīs are closely
Lawapa
Tamzhing Lahkang, Bhutan Vajrakila in Hemis Monastery Vajra Vidharana Dakinis are female celestial beings associated with wisdom, spiritual guidance
Murals in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
Murals_in_Tibetan_Buddhist_monasteries
lion, part bird-beast, with eight legs. Simhamukha (Tibetan) – A wisdom dakini of the Dzogchen tradition with the head of a snow lion. Snow Lion (Tibetan) –
List of legendary creatures by type
List_of_legendary_creatures_by_type
Collection of religious teachings that are studied in Tibetan Buddhism
the menngagde cycle Dzogchen, the other one being "Seminal Heart of the Dakini" (mkha' 'gro snying thig). Traditionally the teachings are ascribed to Vimalamitra
Vima_Nyingtik
Tibetan Buddhist teacher (1012–1097)
way, Marpa was a personal student of the Mahasiddha Maitripa and of the dakini Niguma. Born as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö, in Lhodrak Chukhyer in the southern
Marpa_Lotsawa
Indian female lama
Dorje, 16th Karmapa at the age of two as the reincarnation of the Great Dakini of Tsurphu Monastery, Urgyen Tsomo, who was one of the most well-known female
Khandro_Rinpoche
Indian actor, film producer, and screenwriter
Devassi Ee.Ma.Yau Eeshi Maradona Martin Goli Soda 2 Thillai Tamil film Dakini Mayan Looty Kannada film 2019 Porinju Mariam Jose Puthanpally Jose Jallikkattu
Chemban_Vinod_Jose
1911–1924 ruler of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
in the Bogd Khaganate. His wife Tsendiin Dondogdulam, the Ekh Dagina ('Dakini Mother'), was believed to be a manifestation of White Tara. The future Bogd
Bogd_Khan
American filmmaker, actress, composer and singer (born 1967)
the voice of Triana Orpheus. In 2009, she released her first solo album, Dakini on Projekt Records. In 2012 she teamed up with Steven Deal to form Radiana
Lisa_Hammer
was a prominent Tibetan Buddhist female master who was known as the Great Dakini of Tsurphu (Tsurpu Khandro Chenmo). She was the consort of the Khakyab Dorje
Urgyen_Tsomo
scratching her, the dog instantly vanished. In her place stood a dakini. The dakini told him that he had learned that there are greater things than temptation
Kukkuripa
Spirit in Malabari Hindu folklore
about a friendly chathan and his fight against the witch of the forest- Dakini and an evil counterpart- Luttapi chathan. Bramayugam a 2024 Malayalam movie
Kuttichathan
Indian hindu religious and historical television series
Sharma as Hunda (2024) Aniket Chauhan as Mushaka (2024) Gitanjali Mangal as Dakini (2024) Unknown as Katyayana (2024) Brownie Parashar as Kashyapa (2024-2025)
Shiv Shakti – Tap Tyaag Tandav
Shiv_Shakti_–_Tap_Tyaag_Tandav
2023 TV series or program
Girlfriend" Zoe Lister-Jones Zoe Lister-Jones April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21) 7 "The Dakini" Zoe Lister-Jones Zoe Lister-Jones April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)
Slip_(TV_series)
IAST: samantabhadrī, Tibetan: ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་མོ, Wylie: kun tu bzang mo) is a dakini and female Buddha from the Vajrayana Buddhist tradition. She is the consort
Samantabhadri
Cup made from a human skull used as a ritual implement
thunderbolt. Many of the deities of Vajrayana, including mahasiddhas, dakinis and dharmapalas, are depicted as carrying the kapala, usually in their
Kapala
Tibetan Buddhist teacher
dreamt that four white dakinis carrying four white vases poured water on her head and afterwards she felt purified. Then seven dakinis, red, yellow, green
Machig_Labdrön
Hindu goddess
called Sarvasiddhi ("all-accomplished"), and is accompanied by attendants Dakini, Vaironi, and Varnini. In the Chhinnamastakalpa, she is called Sarvabuddhi
Chhinnamasta
Buddha
gdung 'bar ba), an enlightened personality entitled Buddha Vajradhara and a Dakini whose name may be rendered into English as "Clear mind" engage in discourse
Vajradhara
Enlightened beings in Mahayana Buddhism
such as Yamantaka, Cakrasamvara, Mahākāla, Hayagriva, or Vajrakilaya. Dakinis (Tb. khandroma, "sky-goer") are their feminine counterparts, sometimes
Wrathful_deities
Indian actor, producer, designer
Mahipal. In July 2025, he joined the cast of Sony TV's horror show Aami Dakini as Professor D.D. Kalkarni. The same year, Bohra starred in three short
Karanvir_Bohra
Indian author and screenwriter
Frequent Visitor (2015), India's Most Haunted (2019), Daiva (2024) and Dakini (2024). He has penned the story and screenplay for E (Malayalam Movie) and
K._Hari_Kumar
and adjoining desert of the marshy salt flats of the Rann of Kutch. The dakini appeared in medieval legends in India (such as in the Bhagavata Purana,
List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology
List_of_legendary_creatures_in_Hindu_mythology
God of Wealth in Buddhism
Jambhala has bluish green colored body. He sits in the vajra position with Dakini in front of him. His right leg is panhandle with right foot is above a snail
Jambhala
Deity of the cremation ground in Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism
that perform rituals in the shmashana. They invoke Kali, Tara, Yogini, Dakini, Bhairava, Bhairavi, and beings like Vetala, Pishacha, Brahmarakshasha and
Shmashana_Adhipati
Legendary figure in Japanese mythology
from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2022. "Japanese Dakini". Khandro. Retrieved 22 February 2006. Saunders, Chas; Allen, Peter J.,
Tamamo-no-Mae
Female practitioner of yoga
nymphs), Grahīs or Grahaṇīs (female possessors), Yakṣinīs (tree spirits) and Ḍākinīs (noisemakers or flyers) 2. Various groupings of unnumbered maternal deities
Yogini
Figure in Tibetan Buddhism
in the Karma Kagyu refuge tree as Achi Chodron and is a dharmapāla and dakini in the life story of the Nyingma tertön Tsasum Lingpa (Wylie: rtsa gsum
Achi_Chokyi_Drolma
Indian actress
the 66th National Film Awards. Her other major films are Virus (2019) and Dakini (2018). She is permanent professional drama actress last forty years in
Savithri_Sreedharan
British-born American artist and author (born 1947)
a million copies in 19 translations. In 1977 she published "The Secret Dakini Oracle", a deck of cards for divination. With Douglas and Bhaskar Bhattacharya
Penny_Slinger
Triune Buddhological concept in Buddhism
term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Ḍākinīs can also be classified according to the trikāya theory. The dharmakāya ḍākinī, which is Samantabhadrī, represents
Trikaya
Hindu temple in Odisha, India
Mahendratanaya River in the Indian state of Odisha. It is debated to be the Dakini area and the Jyotirlingam found there is believed to be one among the 12
Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur
Bhimashankar_Jyotirlinga_(Dakinyam),_Bhimpur
Spiritual weapon or symbol in Dharmic religions
Essential Songs of Milarepa / VI. Songs About Vajra Love 46. Answer to Dakini Tzerima. Archived 2015-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Video of a short segment
Vajra
Indian supernatural television series
Tribune News. "Ridheima Tiwari says her husband makes fun of her role in Dakini". Tribuneindia News Service. "Neha Harsora Recalls Her Mother's Reaction
Raazz_Mahal
Indian actor (born 1956)
Pettilambattra Ramettan Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha Mohan Mandharam Ladoo Judge Dakini Raju Bhai Nithyaharitha Nayakan Vasu Aanakkallan Balachandran Nair 2019
Indrans
Indian philosopher
cemetery he was taught by an ascetic named Mātangīpa too. Later he encounted a ḍākinī named Subhagini or Matongha in the temple where his uncle was an abbot and
Tilopa
Buddhist text
awakening. According to Gray, the "dakini net" is the Cakrasaṃvara mandala, dominated by the three wheels of the dakinis and their consorts. Furthermore
Cakrasaṃvara_Tantra
American Indologist
A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2014). ISBN 978-0691143774. "Dakini, Yogini, Pairika, Strix: Adventures in Comparative Demonology", Southeast
David_Gordon_White
American Tibetan Buddhist tulku
Rinpoche, Gyatrul Rinpoche, as well as others such as Jigme Phuntsok, as a dakini or female wisdom being. Zeoli was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn on October
Jetsunma_Ahkon_Lhamo
Creature in Buddhist scripture and Japanese folklore
and the Yakan are different creatures. In Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Dakini (Dakini-ten), a female demon in the retinue of Enma-ten (Yama), was interpreted
Yegan
Buddhist demons, who torture the sinners in hell
performs great pious deeds, which finally grands her the status of a celestial Dakini. The anime Hōzuki no Reitetsu 鬼灯の冷徹 (Hozuki's Coolheadedness) is a story
Hell_wardens
Topics referred to by the same term
(astatine) All pages with titles containing Dakin Dakins (disambiguation) Dakini, a type of goddess in Hinduism and Buddhism Dakin's solution, an antiseptic
Dakin
Lake in West Sikkim, India
fertility. Every day, people offer flowers and food to the lake's dakini. The dakini has many names, and most of the Bhutia-Lepcha villagers and Buddhist
Khecheopalri_Lake
Female deity in Tibetan Buddhism
hands and a hook and noose of flowers in the other pair. She dances in a Dakini-pose and crushes the asura Rahu (the one who devours the sun). According
Kurukullā
Female guru-deity in Tibetan Buddhism
Padmasambhava, thereby fulfilling the prediction of her birth that she was a dakini. Thus, at 16 years of age, Mandarava became the first of Padmasambhava's
Mandāravā
Supernatural being in religions and mythologies
Apsara Chalkydri George Clayton Classification of demons Cupid and Erotes Dakini Demigod Elioud Eudaemon (mythology) Exorcism Gandharva Ghost Genius (mythology)
Angel
Representations of the five qualities of the Adi-Buddha
Hevajratantra's mandala is even more ḍākinī centric, with a mandala focused on Hevajra surrounded by eight ḍākinīs, with no obvious connection to the standard
Five_Tathāgatas
Ritual offering of incense in Indian religions
Buddhism and Taoism. The very idea of offering dhupa is personified in the dakini Dhupa, who is said in the Bardo Thödol to appear on the third day. Incense
Dhupa
Species of shark
sharpnose sevengill shark Synonyms Heptranchias angio Costa, 1857 Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931 Heptranchias deani Jordan & Starks, 1901 Heptrancus angio
Sharpnose_sevengill_shark
Underworld in Indian religions
female asuras, are often "tamed" (converted to Buddhism) as dharmapala or dakinis by famous Buddhist figures such as Padmasambhava. In Hindu cosmology, the
Patala
Queen of Shakya and mother of the Buddha
Retrieved 18 November 2025. "Remembering Buddha's Mother Queen Māyā". Dakini Translations. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2025. "Mayadevi Giving Birth
Maya_(mother_of_the_Buddha)
Alwin Henry Ennalum Sarath..? Singer at Party Cameo appearance Iblis Rajavu Dakini Kuttappi Vallikudilile Vellakaaran Father Shibumon K.K Cameo appearance
Aju_Varghese_filmography
Hindu Temple in Uttarakhand
Shiva in Kashipur of Uttarakhand state, India. This place was known as the Dakini State in ancient days. Kashipur (Govishn) is a historic place in Udham Singh
Moteshwar_Mahadev
Electronic music duo
B – "She Said" Torqux – "Relentless" SKisM – "The Blank" Propatingz feat. Dakini – "Babylons Scared" Noisia – "Machine Gun" Professor Green – "Jungle" Borgore –
16bit_(band)
Tibetan Lama (1904–1987)
terma are, then, considered to "still have the warm fresh breath of the dakinis".[citation needed] A set of preliminary practices known as Dudjom Tersar
Dudjom_Jigdral_Yeshe_Dorje
Staff associated with Indian religions
The early Buddhist tantric yogins and yoginis adopted the same goddess or dakini attributes of the kapalikas. These attributes consisted of bone ornaments
Khaṭvāṅga
Sword mentioned in the Malay Annals
the Tamil-Sanskrit curik meaning to cleave, man deriving from mantra, and dakini referring to the mythological figures in Hindu-Buddhist belief.[citation
Cura_Si_Manjakini
Indian television actress (born 1984)
2019–2020 Divya Drishti Ojaswini Shergill 2021–2022 Sasural Genda Phool 2 Disha Ilesh Bharadwaj 2022–2023 Raazz Mahal – Dakini Ka Rahasya Chandralekha
Ridheema_Tiwari
Indian actor
Masthan Sebastian Iblis Sukumaran Theevandi Vijith Padayottam Sreekuttan Dakini Vikraman Parudeesa 2019 Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel Vidhyadharan Sathyam
Saiju_Kurup
Indian television actor
2024 Aankh Micholi IPS Malhar Thakkar Supporting Role 2024–2025 Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin Rajat Thakkar Lead Role 2025 Aami Dakini Ayaan Roy Choudhury
Hitesh_Bharadwaj
Chronology of the Buddhist religion
Machine. Bhāvanā Society Forest Monastery (2007), p. 165. "Vajra Dakini Nunnery". Vajra Dakini Nunnery. Retrieved 2010-11-19. Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen
Timeline_of_Buddhism
1998 video game
represented by their color: the green "Matak", the yellow "Chumara", and the red "Dakini". The fourth blue tribe, controlled by the player, is unnamed. Each of the
Populous:_The_Beginning
Devotional tool in Buddhism
used, but other mantras can also be used. Prayer wheels sometimes depict dakinis and the eight auspicious symbols (ashtamangala). At the core of the cylinder
Prayer_wheel
Type of Japanese shrine
Prince Kangan Giin had a dream of the Buddhist goddess Dakini-Shinten riding a white fox with Dakini-Shinten thus becoming the manifestation of the Shinto
Inari_shrine
Beings in Vajrayana Buddhism
seekers towards liberation. Interpretation of Heruka is similar to the female ḍākiṇī or buddha Vajrayogini. The Sanskrit term Heruka was translated into both
Heruka
1971 Indian film
Joshi, p. 292 Joshi, Lalit Mohan (2002). Bollywood: popular Indian cinema. Dakini Books. Ranade, Ashok Da. (2006). Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries
Lal_Patthar
Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan
the subjugation of heroines. At the centre, the sacred secluded spot of dakini indicates the purity and protection of the Dharma. The Silwatshel (cool
Tango_Monastery
from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-11-19. "Vajra Dakini Nunnery". Vajra Dakini Nunnery. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved
Buddhism_in_the_United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
Member of the Bouri Formation in the Ethiopian Rift Valley Daka, a male dakini, a type of god in Tibetan Buddhism Dak (disambiguation) Daca (disambiguation)
Daka
Indian Actress
actress Koode Kochuthressiamma Mangalyam Thanthunanena Thressiamma's mother Dakini Molly French Viplavam Kunju Daivam Shibu's mother Ladoo Servant Premasoothram
Pauly_Valsan
DAKINI
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Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
One who Gets Credit; Brainy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dower.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Symbol of smile, Resolute, Brave, Bright
Girl/Female
Hungarian
Gypsy.
Girl/Female
British, English
Beauty and Light
Girl/Female
Muslim
Blessed
Boy/Male
Indian
A Genius
Boy/Male
Tamil
Poet
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Presnell.
Girl/Female
English French American
Courtyard within castle walls; steward or public official. Surname or given name.
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