Mandāravā
Female guru-deity in Tibetan Buddhism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mandāravā (IPA: [mɐndˈaːrɐʋaː], Skt., mandāravā 'Indian coral tree',[1] Tibetan: མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་མེ་ཏོག, Wylie: man da ra ba me tog)[2] (also known as Pāṇḍaravāsinī)[3] was, along with Yeshe Tsogyal, one of the two principal consorts of great 8th-century Indian Vajrayana teacher Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), a founder-figure of Tibetan Buddhism. Mandarava is considered to be a female guru-deity in Tantric Buddhism or Vajrayana.
According to her biographer Samten Lingpa, she was born a princess in Zahor, Bengal in eastern India.[4] She renounced her royal birthright at an early age in order to practice the Dharma. Mandarava is known as being highly educated at a very young age,[5] a rare accomplishment for a woman at that time. She was the primary student of Yeshe Tsogyal.[citation needed] Mandarava's devotion led her to bring at least 800 women, including her entire personal retinue, to the path of the Dharma, all before meeting her teacher, Padmasambhava.[6]
Mandarava is said to have attained full enlightenment in the company of Padmasambhava in the Maratika Cave in Nepal.[7] She is considered to have been a fully realized spiritual adept, yogini, and spiritual teacher.