Knowledge; the power of mantra (of a female deity); female mantra deity; female consort in sexual yoga.

An epithet of the female deity of the maṇḍala (most frequently as the consort of the main deity) who represents knowledge; the tantric consort; knowledge; frequently used in the sense of magical incantations and magical power. Also rendered here as “knowledge.”

A term that at once refers to a type or a class of deity (typically female) and the spell used to harness their power, thereby reflecting their inseparability.

A term that at once refers to a type or a class of deity (typically female) and the spell used to harness their power, thereby reflecting their inseparability.

A term for the consort‍—whether actual, imagined, or spontaneously realized‍—with which an initiated practitioner engages in sexual yoga in Buddhist tantric literature. This particular term invokes the general principle that the female half of the tantric couple is the perfect embodiment of insight or prajñā.

An epithet of the female deity of the maṇḍala (most frequently as the consort of the main deity) who represents knowledge; the tantric consort; knowledge; frequently used in the sense of magical incantations and magical power. Also rendered here as “vidyā.”

See “consort (female).”