Cundī
Mārīcī is sometimes considered an incarnation of the Bodhisattva Cundī, with whom she shares similar iconography. She is also identified with Cundi and with Mahēśvarī, the wife of Maheśvara, and therefore also has the title Mātrikā (佛母 Fo mǔ), Mother of the Myriad Buddhas.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Practices attested from the end of the seventh century to the beginning of the eighth century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nine Emperor Gods, Sūryaprabha, Candraprabha, Sarvanivāraṇaviṣkambhin, Prajñāpāramitā-devi, Bhaiṣajyasamudgata, Bhaiṣajyarāja, Akṣayamati, Ushnishavijaya, Cintamanicakra, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Samyaka Dharma-Vidya Tathāgata, Manjushri, Maitreya, Vajrapāṇi, Hachiman, Guan Yu, Vajrasattva, Vasudhara, Samantabhadra, Kṣitigarbha, Ākāśagarbha, Amitabha Buddha, Taras
- aspect of
- Avalokiteshvara
- manifests as
- Avalokiteshvara
- manifested by
- Avalokiteshvara
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Mārīcī is sometimes considered an incarnation of the Bodhisattva Cundī, with whom she shares similar iconography. She is also worshiped as the goddess of light and the guardian of all nations, whom she protects from the fury of war.”
#15921 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the Cundī Dhāraṇī Sūtra, the dhāraṇī (incantation, spell) associated with Cundī is the following (in Sanskrit, English, Chinese): Namaḥ saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ tadyathā Oṁ cale cule cunde svāhā”
#29540 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“at least two separate female Buddhist deities, Cundī and Tara also later came to be associated with Avalokiteśvara (and were even seen as manifestations of him).”
#36508 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001