Mālādhāri
deity single tradition · 2
Mālādhāri appears like Śrīdevī. Her clothes are the color of gold and her face is the tone of flesh. She sits in the lotus posture and wields a garland of precious stones in both hands, from which she garners her name.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Lotus Sutra.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Śrīdevī
- allied with
- Kunti, Vilambā, Sarvasattvojohārī, mother of all rakshasas, her son, Lambā, Kūṭadantī, Puṣpadantī, Makuṭadantī, Keśinī, Acala
- sibling of
- Lambā, Kūṭadantī, Puṣpadantī, Makuṭadantī, Keśinī, Acala
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Mālādhāri appears like Śrīdevī. Her clothes are the color of gold and her face is the tone of flesh. She sits in the lotus posture and wields a garland of precious stones in both hands, from which she garners her name.”
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“there were ten rakshasis named Lambā, Vilambā, Kūṭadantī, Puṣpadantī, Makuṭadantī, Keśinī, Acalā, Mālādhāri, Kuntī, and Sarvasattvojohārī. These ten rakshasis, along with the mother of all rakshasas, her son, and their entourage, all came to the Buddha”
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