D58: bstan ma bcu gnyis/

Names
English:
  • "twelve bsTan ma goddesses"
Description
  • see Nebesky-Wojkowitz 1956 (pp. 181-198)
  • "bound by an oath at a place called kha rag gsang ba'i brag phug, apparently the kha la brag of the Padma thang yig. But according to another tradition the bstan ma goddesses were subdued at 'u yug in the Tsang province" Nebesky-Wojkowitz 1956 (p. 177)
  • gu ru rin po che padma 'byung gnas/ (~8th cent.) bound rdo rje drag mo rgyal (or <rdo rje grags mo rgyal and rdo rje grags rgyal ma), whom some regard to be the leader of the twelve bstan ma, by an oath and placed her in the entourage of HayagrÄ«va Nebesky-Wojkowitz 1956 (p. 193)