lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

rDo rje kun gsal ma (ms. P 307 l. II§3.1)

lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol (ms. P 307 l. II§3.4)

dPal ldan lha ri rdo rje kun gsal ma (ms. PT 307 l. III.11)

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

srin mo (female demon) 

Period of activity 

Myth 

Biographical data 

rDo rje kun gsal ma... rides a blue horse, is also known as lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol (ms. PT 307 l. II§4). 

rDo rje kun gsal ma / lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol 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 the great bdud mo dPal ldan lha ri, also known as rDo rje g.ya' ma skyong, mGo yul jo mo lha ri, 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.): "bdud mo gnyis pa dpal ldan ha ri rdo rje g.ya' ma skyong ni / yul lho yul de nyid dang / mon yul jo mo lha ri / phag ri gnas kyi gangs / glan yul mon kha / mon yul spa gro rnams su glan thang dmu btsan gyi lcam mor 'khrungs / gdung rus glan bza'i mo /..." (Dam can bstan srung gi rnam thar 2003ed. p. 169-171).

Description of rDo rje kun gsal ma / lHa ri g.ya' ma skyol in ms. PT 307 II§4

Source: Gallica