Female Deities: List of female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Palden Lhamo (Shri Devi)

Dharma protector - wrathful protectress of Tibet

Palden Lhamo (whose name translates as "Glorious Goddess") is the only female dharma protector common to all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

She is very wrathful, and rides her mule through a sea of blood, surrounded by wisdom fire.

She is dark blue and has one face with three eyes; she wears a sun at her navel and a moon at her crown, and over her is a peacock umbrella (a traditional symbol of protection).

There is also a system of divination by dice associated with her.

She is sometimes considered cognate to Sarasvati or Tara.