Kha rag khyung btsun

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Kha rag khyung btsun (ms. P 307 l. II§5.4-5, III.10)

rDo rje sgron ma (ms. P 307 l. II§5.1)

Kha rag khyung btsun rdo rje sgron ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.11-12)

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

srin mo (female demon) 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

rDo rje sgron ma ... is also known as Kha rag khyung btsun (ms. PT 307 l. II§5) 

rDo rje sgron ma / Kha rag khyung btsun 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. bDa' 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.

See also the great gnod sbyin Kha rag khyung btsun, also known as mKha' reg khyung btsun, rDo rje dpal gyi yum, rDo rje khyung btsun ma, Rong gi jo mo kha rag, etc., one of the bstan ma gcu gnyis (in Nebesky-Wojkowitz 1996 reprint p. 181-198).

According to Sle lung bZhad pa'i rdo rje (XVIIIth c.): "gnod sbyin mo gnyis pa / kha rag khyung btsun mo ni / yul ru mtshams jo mo kha rag dang rma chen sbom ra'i mgul ru / 'dar bu stong thang rje'i lcam mor khrungs gdung rus khyung bza' sku mdog dkar mo rma bya'i thul pa gsol zhing dâ ma ru dang me long bsnams pa me  khyung la chibs pa..." (Dam can bstan srung gi rnam thar 2003ed. p. 177-178).

Description of rDo rje sgron ma / Kha rag khyung btsun in ms. PT 307 II§5

Source: Gallica