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DAKINI. 1) Spiritual beings who fulfill the enlightened activities; female tantric deities who protect and serve the Buddhist doctrine and practitioners. Also one of the 'Three Roots.' 2) Female enlightened practitioner of Vajrayana [RY]

kin, sky goer [IW]

dakini, dakini, an especially accomplished yogini, possessor of spiritual dakini power in female form, female space farers who embody emptiness [RY]

kin, sky goer [an especially accomplished yogini, possessor of spiritual kin power in female form, female "space farers" who embody emptiness (gk-mk) Dag pa'i zhing khams sogs su skyes pa'i lha mo, [IW]

dakini, SA chu srin mo, stag gdong can, female sprites, possessor of spiritual dakini power in female form, dakini (lion tiger chu srin and dragon faces associated with east, south, west and north and rdo rje, rin chen pad ma, and phrin las) [JV]