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| − | '''Marichi''', Kalpoktam (Tibetan: o zer chen ma, English: the One Having Light Rays), Goddess of the Dawn. | + | '''[[Marichi]]''', [[Kalpoktam]] ([[Tibetan]]: [[o zer chen ma]], English: the [[One Having Light Rays]]), [[Goddess of the Dawn]]. |
| − | Marichi is a red-coloured female yidam associated with the sun and with dawn. She has three faces (including a sow's face); her eight arms holding various implements, and she rides a throne/chariot drawn by nine pigs. Her mantra is traditionally used as protection by travellers. | + | [[Marichi]] is a red-coloured {{Wiki|female}} [[yidam]] associated with the {{Wiki|sun}} and with dawn. She has three faces (including a sow's face); her eight arms holding various implements, and she rides a throne/chariot drawn by nine pigs. Her [[mantra]] is [[traditionally]] used as [[protection]] by travellers. |
| − | The goddess Marichi is another of the twenty-one forms of Tara and has the special power to avert bandits, robbers, and thieves. She is a most sublime goddess who is the ally of beings who are bereft of companionship and support and who are subject to the coercion of others more powerful than they. | + | The [[goddess]] [[Marichi]] is another of the twenty-one [[forms]] of [[Tara]] and has the special power to avert bandits, robbers, and thieves. She is a most [[sublime]] [[goddess]] who is the ally of [[beings]] who are bereft of companionship and support and who are [[subject]] to the coercion of others more powerful than they. |
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Revision as of 15:23, 11 December 2013
Marichi, Kalpoktam (Tibetan: o zer chen ma, English: the One Having Light Rays), Goddess of the Dawn.
Marichi is a red-coloured female yidam associated with the sun and with dawn. She has three faces (including a sow's face); her eight arms holding various implements, and she rides a throne/chariot drawn by nine pigs. Her mantra is traditionally used as protection by travellers.
The goddess Marichi is another of the twenty-one forms of Tara and has the special power to avert bandits, robbers, and thieves. She is a most sublime goddess who is the ally of beings who are bereft of companionship and support and who are subject to the coercion of others more powerful than they.
