Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

rDo rje 'od chags ma (ms. P 307 l. II§6.1, III.10)

Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma (ms. P 307 l. II§6.5-7)

Byang gi gser tang rdo rje 'od chags ma (ms. P 307 l. III.12)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...) 

srin mo (female demon) 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

rDo rje 'od chags ma's body is red... she rides a 'bri... she is also known as Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma (ms. PT 307 l. II§6) 

rDo rje 'od chags ma / Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma was part of a group of seven female deities known as mkha' 'gro ma, shug 'gro ma, srin mo chen mo bdun, and ma chen mo bdun (ms. PT 307 III.1-2). 

That group was composed of: 

- rDo rje kun grags ma also known as rKong la de mo (ms. PT 307 II.§1), 

- rDo rje kun tu bzang a.k.a. Sha myed gangs dkar (ms. PT 307 II.§2), 

- rDo rje kun gsal ma a.k.a. lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol (ms. PT 307 II.§3), 

- rDo rje ye shes mchog a.k.a. brDa' la btsan mo (ms. PT 307 II.§4), 

- rDo rje sgron ma a.k.a. Kha rag khyung btsun (ms. PT 307 II.§5), 

- rDo rje 'od chags ma a.k.a. Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma (ms. PT 307 II.§6) 

- rDo rje g.yu sgron ma a.k.a. lHo'i ting ting (ms. PT 307 II.§7). 

They were sisters (sring mo ms. PT 307, l. III.7-8) and were subdued by the indian mkhan po Pad ma sam ba ba and by Rlang dPal gyi seng ge (ms. PT 307 l. III.4-6). 

Titles 

gtso mo (ms. PT 307 l. II§1.8)

mkha' 'gro ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

shug 'gro ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

ma chen mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.1) 

srin mo chen mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.1-2) 

bod khams kyi bdag mo (ms. PT 307 l. III.5-6) 

Notes 

On ms. PT 307, see Dalton 2004.

Description of rDo rje 'od chags ma  / Byang gi gser tang yi ge 'khor 'dul ma in ms. PT 307 II§6

Source: Gallica

See the bdud mo 'Brog chen 'khor 'dul, one of the bstan ma bcu gnyis according to Sle lung bZhad pa'i rdo rje (XVIIIth c.) ? "bdud mo bzhi pa 'brog chen 'khor 'dul ni / yul yar 'brog g.yu mtsho / byang 'brog sna brgyad / yar 'brog dar gong / 'brog sman lung gi mtsho rnams su 'brog rje lcam mor 'khrungs / gdung rus 'brog bza' / ... mkhyen brtse'i srog gtad las /  yul ni byang 'brog sna brgyad na / 'brog rje lha yi lcam mo ni / gdung rus gnyan de 'brog bza' mo / byang gi 'brog srin 'khor 'dul ma..." (Dam can bstan srung gi rnam thar 2003ed. p. 173-175).