Vasudhara
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Vasudhara [alt. Vasudhārā] (T. nor rgyun ma ནོར་རྒྱུན་མ་) is a female deity of wealth.[1]
Erick Tsiknopoulos states:
- A Buddhist goddess of wealth, prosperity and abundance, her name means "stream of wealth/gems" in both Sanskrit and Tibetan. Her iconography and symbolism is generally connected with the earth and its natural abundance, and is linked to "mother earth" goddesses.[1]
Himalayan Art Resources states:
- There are several forms of the wealth goddess Vasudhara. The most popular and common in Tibetan art is the two armed and the most common in Nepalese art is the six armed form.[2]
In the Vajrayana, she is sometimes depicted as a consort of Jambhala.
Vasudhara is also the name of a Mahayana sutra.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
nor_rgyun_ma, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- ↑
Buddhist Deity: Vasudhara Main Page, Himalayan Art Resources
Further reading
- Shaw, Miranda. Buddhist Goddesses of India, Reprint edition (Princeton University Press, 2015), pp. 247-264.
External links
nor rgyun ma, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Vasudhārā Series, Lotsawa House- The Noble Vasudhārā Dhāraṇī, Lotsawa House
Vasudhara, Wikipedia
