Dancing Dakini at The Guimet Museum, Paris

A ḍākinī is a type of spirit in Vajrayana Buddhism. The Sanskrit term is likely related to the term for drumming, while the Tibetan term means sky goer and may have originated in the Sanskrit khecara, a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Dakinis are often represented as consorts in Yab-Yum representations. The masculine form of the word is ḍāka, which is usually translated into Tibetan as pawo hero (Wylie: dpa' bo). The dakini (and the daka) appeared in medieval legends in North India (such as in the Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Purana, Markandeya Puranaand Kathasaritsagara) as a demon in the train of Kali who feeds on human flesh. They are comparable to malevolent or vengeful female spirits, deities, imps or fairies in other cultures, such as the Persian peri. As a key tantric figure, the dakini does appear in Tangmi; the dakini figure disseminated into Japanese culture from Shingon Buddhism, evolving into the dakini-ten (ten means deva in Japanese), becoming linked to thekitsune iconography. The dakini appears in a Vajrayana formulation of the Three Jewels' Buddhist refuge formula, known as the Three Roots. Most commonly she appears as the dharmapala, alongside a guru andyidam. The dakini, in her various guises, serves as each of the Three Roots. She may be a human guru, avajra master who transmits the Vajrayana teachings to her disciples and joins them in samayacommitments. The wisdom dakini may be a yidam, a meditational deity; female deity yogas such asVajrayogini are common in Tibetan Buddhism. Or she may be a protector; the wisdom dakinis have special power and responsibility to protect the integrity of oral transmissions The archetypal dakini in Tibetan Buddhism is Yeshe Tsogyal, consort of Padmasambhava. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.空行母（ḍākinī）是金刚乘佛教中的一类灵体。其梵语术语大概率与“击鼓”相关；藏语术语意为“空行”，词源可能来自梵语“羯阇罗（khecara）”，该词出自《胜乐金刚续》（Cakrasaṃvara Tantra）。空行母常以双身像（Yab-Yum）中的明妃形象出现。该词的男性形式为“空行父（ḍāka）”，其藏语译法通常为“帕沃（pawo）”，意为“勇士”。 在北印度的中世纪传说（如《薄伽梵往世书》《梵天往世书》《马坎德耶往世书》及《故事海》）中，空行母（及空行父）以迦梨（Kali）麾下食人肉的魔众形象登场。它们可比作其他文化中的恶意或复仇性女性灵体、神祇、小鬼或精灵，例如波斯神话中的佩里（peri）。 作为核心密宗形象，空行母亦见于唐密（Tangmi）；空行母形象随真言宗（Shingon Buddhism）传入日本后，演变为荼吉尼天（dakini-ten，日语中“ten”意为天部），并与狐妖（kitsune）的图像传统产生关联。 空行母也出现在三宝（Three Jewels）的佛教皈依仪轨的金刚乘阐释中，该阐释被称为“三根本（Three Roots）”。最常见的情况下，她以护法神（dharmapala）的形象，与上师（guru）、本尊（yidam）一同出现。 以种种化身示现的空行母，可作为三根本的任一身份存在：她可以是人类上师——向弟子传讲金刚乘教法并缔结三昧耶戒（samaya commitments）的金刚上师（vajra master）；智慧空行母可以是本尊（yidam），即观修本尊；女性本尊瑜伽（deity yogas）法门（如金刚瑜伽母（Vajrayogini）的修法）在藏传佛教中极为常见；她也可以是护法神：智慧空行母拥有护持口传教法完整存续的特殊权能与职责。 藏传佛教中具有原型意义的空行母为益西措嘉（Yeshe Tsogyal），即莲花生大士（Padmasambhava）的明妃。 本展品隶属于“扫描世界（Scan The World）”项目。该项目是由MyMiniFactory发起的非营利倡议，旨在打造全球范围内可免费向公众开放的、可3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标的数字存档库。扫描世界为开源社区共建项目，若您身边有有趣的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。