Also known as Drolma (Tibetan), Tara embodies the compassionate activity of all the Buddhas (her name means "the liberator" or "one who saves").
She is pictured with one face, two arms and a green-coloured body. Her right hand is outstretched in the mudra (sacred gesture) of generosity, and her left holds the stem of a blue lotus which blossoms at her left ear. Compassion, in the female forms of Kuan Yin (Chinese) and Tara (Tibetan). This form of Tara, Green Tara, is the most common one; but Tara also appears in other forms, such as White Tara, Red Tara and the Twenty-One Taras.
In the Gelukpa school there is also a Highest Yoga Tantra form of Tara known as Cittamani Tara.
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