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PALTEN LHAMO

Palten Lhamo is the only feminine divinity among the eight terrible ones. She is an important goddess of the Tibetans. In many monasteries, she has a place on the corner. She is always kept behind the curtain. She is most terrifying manifestation in the Northern Buddhist Pantheon. Being the only goddess defender of Mahayana school, she was armed by the gods

• Heyvajra gave her two dice to determine the life of men.
• Brahma gave her a fan of peacock's feathers.
• Vishnu gave her a lion which she wears in her right ear.
• Nanda, the serpent gave her a serpent which hangs from her left ear.
• Vajrapani gave her a hammer.
• Other gods gave her a mule whose covering is the skin of a demon and the reins are of venomous serpents.

Palten Lhamo is represented seated sideways on her mule. She wears all the Dharmapala ornaments. She has the third eye. Her expression is ferocious. She wears a long garland of heads. Her covering is a tiger skin. In her right upraised hand she displays the scepter while the left holds the skull cup at the breast.

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