Preah Thorani
deity earth Buddhist single tradition · 1
Preah Thorani is the earth deity personified as a beautiful young woman who rose from underneath the Bodhi Tree throne to witness the Bodhisattva's right to enlightenment. She twisted her long hair to release torrents of water collected from innumerable donative libations over the ages, creating a flood that washed away Mara and his army. In Buddhism, she is categorized as a Bhummatthika Devata (Earth Dwelling Deva) and in modern terms as a Bhuta, a coarse, primal, or non-heavenly Deva.
When
- Historical notes
- Common in shrines and Buddhist temples across Southeast Asia; depicted in temple murals with Buddha in earth-witness mudra.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Mara
- serves
- Gautama Buddha
- allied with
- Gautama Buddha
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The earth deity in the form of a beautiful woman rose up from underneath the throne, and affirmed the Bodhisattva's right to occupy the vajrisana. She twisted her long hair, and torrents of water collected there from the innumerable donative libations”
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