Female Deities: List of female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Ekajati (Ralchigma)

Dharma protector - protectress of mantras

Ekajati is a female dharma protector especially popular in Nyingma, where she is also considered a protectress of Dzog Chen. Cognate to Palden Lhamo.

The Nyingma form of Ekajati (whose name literally means 'One Plait') has one tuft of hair, one eye, one mouth, one breast - and sometimes only one leg! - to demonstrate her single-minded devotion to Dharma.