Dakini
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- In Hinduism
- As demonesses
- As a goddess
- In Buddhism
- As flesh-eaters
- In Japanese Buddhism
- Emergence and development of cult
- Dakiniten and Inari
- Imperial enthronement ceremony
- Connection with foxes
- Mantra
- In Tibetan Buddhism
- Classes
- Daka
- In Anuttarayoga Tantra
- In Dzogchen
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
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A ḍākinī (; ; ; ; alternatively 荼枳尼, ; 荼吉尼, ; or 吒枳尼, ; Japanese: 荼枳尼 / 吒枳尼 / 荼吉尼, dakini) is a type of goddess in Hinduism and Buddhism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dakini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.