Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Dākinī

Also known as: Dākinī; primary name: Dākinī; Sanskrit: डाकिनी; Tibetan: mKha’ ‘gro Ma; lion-headed dākinī: Simhavaktra Dākinī; other name: Dakhini; other name: Dakini; other name: Naro mKha' 'gro Ma; other name: Vajra Dākinī
Details: individual; deity; Hindu; Female
Biography: Type of minor goddess (male, Dāka). Featured in the Mahayana and imaged especially in the Tibetan tradition. In Tibet, many stories abound concerning the ability of the Dākinī to fly at will.

8 related objects

figure

Museum number: 1996,0221.12 |
Production place: Made in:Nepal

figure

Museum number: 1953,0713.10 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

figure

Museum number: 1999,1006.7 |
Cultures/periods: x23143 Khmer |
Production date: 12thC-13thC |
Production place: Made in:Angkor

figure

Museum number: W.415 |
Production date: 18thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

painting

Title: Dakini |
Museum number: 1992,1224,0.9 |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet

painting; card

Museum number: 1895,0117,0.9 |
Cultures/periods: x18612 Buddhist |
Production date: 19thC

shrine; figure

Museum number: 1893,1101.22 |
Production place: Made in:Japan

shrine; ts'a-ts'a

Museum number: 1948,0716.20 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tibet