In Tibetan Buddhism, Siṃhamukhā (Tib. Senge Dongma) or Siṃhavaktra, also known as the Lion Face Dakini or Lion-headed Dakini, is a wisdom dakini of the...
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is sometimes confused with another sculptural element, the lion face (Simhamukha). However, in order to be a Kirtimukha it has to be engaged in swallowing...
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rendition of the older Skanda Purana), the asura brothers Surapadma, Simhamukha and Tarakasura performed tapas to Shiva, who granted them with various...
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Lhasa. Dorje Pakmo Machig Labdrön Mandarava Narodakini Prajnaparamita Simhamukha Yeshe Tsogyal Shaw (2006), p. 360. Shaw (2006), p. 8. Payne (2018), p...
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Banukopan's father K. Balaji as Banugopan, Soorapadman's son E. R. Sahadevan as Simhamukha, a demon, Soorapadman's brother Nagesh as Nageswaran V. Gopalakrishnan...
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rnam lnga) of Tibet. He was also the guru of the famous Sakya Pandita. Simhamukha Townsend, Dominique. "Drakpa Gyeltsen". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved...
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mane. Manasthala is the lion vahana of Durga who was known as the asura Simhamukha in his previous life. Pratyangira or sometimes called Prathyangira, Narasimhi...
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half man half lion avatar Narasimha is the fourth incarnation of Vishnu. Simhamukha is a lion-faced protector and dakini in Tibetan Buddhism. In the 18th...
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similar fierce deities include the dark blue Ugra Tara and the lion-faced Simhamukha. In Sri Lanka, Kali is venerated and called upon by Buddhists and Hindus...
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such as skullcups and flaying knives. These tantric deities include Simhamukha, Mahamaya, Vajrayogini, Chinnamunda and Kurukulla. Mahayana goddesses...
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