Key Words Flashcards
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Mahakala mask
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Wrathful deity, fierce and powerful, the bodhisattva of compassion.
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Tornado
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Figures made out of mostly flour and butter used in tantric rituals or as offerings in Tibetan, Buddhism.
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Dorje Rabtenma - Dor je rab ten ma
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A form of the protector goddess ShrinDevi originating in the Tibetan Buddhism tradition. Found as the protector deity in the bottom registers.
Fearsome in expression, maroon or black in computer, she has one face, three eyes, bared fangs and yellow hair flowing upward. The right hand holds a flaming sword and the left to the hip clutches a jewel-spitting mongoose balanced on the forearm. Tiara with 5 white skulls, gold earrings, bone ornaments and snakes.
Dorje Rabtenma was the special protector of Shalu Monestery. I
