dpal ldan lha mo

དཔལ་ལདན་ལྷ་མོ ·

dpal ldan lha mo dud sol ma
Photo by: Chris Fynn

sudevi, a chos skyong, sridevi (yab is gshin rje), goddess of terrific aspect [JV]

Mahakali Skt. shri devi. A female Mahakala [RY]

dbyangs can lha mo a wrathful protectress Shri Devi [IW]

Sridevi, a protector [RY]

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Śrī Devī - appellation of a class of female wisdom protectors (Mahākalī). They are often considered to be emanations of dbyangs can ma (Sarasvatī. ).
There are several forms, including:

• dpal ldan lha mo dud gsol ma / dud sol ma — Dhūmavatī. Marpa's protector. (yum of mgon po phyag bzhi pa)
• dpal ldan lha mo rang byung rgyal mo. — Svayambhūdevī. (yum of mgon po ber nag can)
• dpal ldan lha mo re ma ti (re ma t'i) — Mahākalī Rematī. (yum of mgon po phyag drug pa)
• dpal ldan lha mo dmag zor rgyal mo. Śrīmatī Pāravatī rajñī. Protector of the Dalai Lamas. (yum of gshin rje)
• lha mo e ka dza ti — Ekajaṭī Devī.
• dpal gyi lha mo / khyab 'jug ma — Śrī Devī / Lakṣmī. (yum of khyab 'jug (Viṣṇu))

"dpal ldan lha mo" may refer to any of these deities.

[According to Karma Thinley Rinpoche, to keep the Samaya of Palden Lhamo one must maintain unbroken awareness of Emptiness which is her abode. If that awareness of Emptiness is broken then she manifests spreading war, disease, etc.]

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