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Dakini

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Dakinis play an important role in tantric rituals as female initiation deities. In Tantrism, they are of equal rank to the male deities. Tantrics identify with both poles, the female one is a symbol of wisdom.

Object data

Inv. No.

140796

Object Name

Dakini

Collector

René Nebesky-Wojkowitz (1923 Groß-Hoschütz - 1959 Wien) - GND

Culture

Nepal, Newar