Female Deities: List of female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Mandarava

Yidam and historical figure - long-life deity

An Indian-born princess who became the spiritual consort of Padmasambhava, founder of Buddhism in Tibet (his second consort was the Tibetan-born Yeshe Tsogyal.

She appears in deified form as a yidam of long life.

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