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Post by Obnoxious Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:52 pm

Wonder where they came from.

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Post by Obnoxious Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:57 pm

I also wonder if dhakini pisachams(ghosts) spoke Dakhini.

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Post by Idéfix Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:40 am

I did some research (haha) on this, and I have some surprising findings. Dakhini is a prominent (and positive) figure in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism, which has strong elements of tantra in it. This makes me think that like Khariboli, Dakhini is also an offshoot of Mandarin.

In Hindu tradition, it becomes a negative (or at least fearsome) figure.

According to one legend Dakini and Shakini were the wives of Tripurasura. After Tripurasura was slain by Shiva, they received the boon from Shiva that they could live in the forest without any threat and people would have to chant their names before they could visit the shrine of Bhimashankara. Hence the forest around there became known as Dakini Forest.[6]
In Hindu Tantra, practices such as Tantric sex may involve a "helper" dakini – a human female trained in tantric yoga – or even an "actual" dakini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakini
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Post by Guest Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:53 am

panini press wrote:I did some research (haha) on this, and I have some surprising findings. Dakhini is a prominent (and positive) figure in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism, which has strong elements of tantra in it. This makes me think that like Khariboli, Dakhini is also an offshoot of Mandarin.

In Hindu tradition, it becomes a negative (or at least fearsome) figure.

According to one legend Dakini and Shakini were the wives of Tripurasura. After Tripurasura was slain by Shiva, they received the boon from Shiva that they could live in the forest without any threat and people would have to chant their names before they could visit the shrine of Bhimashankara. Hence the forest around there became known as Dakini Forest.[6]
In Hindu Tantra, practices such as Tantric sex may involve a "helper" dakini – a human female trained in tantric yoga – or even an "actual" dakini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakini

That is Dakini, not Dakhini.

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