21 Taras

At the center of a circle set the Green Tara. Around her Tara set in her other forms

Below are listed the 21 Taras who manifest around the central Green Tara. The list below has the Tibetan name of the 21 Taras and the color she manifests as.

Under that you will find the translation of the Tibetan name, her attributes and the phrases used to prase her translated into English.

1. Nyur ma pa mo. Red

The Swift Heroine. Eyes like lightning Instantaneous! Sprung from opening stamens of the Lord of three world's tear born lotus!

2. Yang chen ma. White

Saraswati, the Great Pacifier. She whose face combines a hundred autumn moons at their fullest! Blazing with light rays resplendent as a thousand stars

3. Sð nam chog ter ma. Yellow with bluish aura.

The Giver of Supreme Virtue. Golden-blue one, lotus water born, in hand adorned! Giving, calm, patience. Meditation her sphere!

4. Nam gyai ma. White

The All Victorious. Tara of the Life Force. Crown of tathagatas. Actions triumph without limit! Relied on by conquerors, children, having reached every perfection!

5. Rig je ma. Red / Yellow.

The Giver of Intelligence. Tara who resonates with HUM. Desire, direction and space. Trampling with her feet the seven worlds, able to draw forth all beings

6. Jig je ma. Black with tinge of Red.

The Terrifier. Tara who is victorious over the three worlds. Worshipped by the All-Lords. Shakra, Agri, Brahma, Marut! Honored by the hosts of spirits, corpse-raisers, gandharvas, yakshas!

7. Shen gyi mi tub ma. Black

The Invincible. Tara who crushes others' forces. With her trad and sounds distroying foes magic diagrams! Her feet pressing, left out, right in. Blazing in a raging fire-blaze!

8. Shen le nam par gyai ma. Red / Black

The Conqueror of Others. Tara the pulverizer of the Maras. Very dreadful! She with the frowning lotus visage who is slayer of all enemies!

9. Jig ten sum la gyai ma. White

The Saviour of the Scented Forest. Tara who embodies the Three Jewels. At the heart her fingers, adorn her with three jewel muda! Light-ray masses all excited! All direction's wheels adorn her!

10. Jig ten sum la gyai ma. Red

The Conqueror of the Three Worldly Realms. She so joyous, radiant, Crown emitting garlands of light! Mirthful, laughing. Subjugating maras, devas!

11. Nor ter ma. Red / Yellow

The Giver of Wealth. Tara who Eliminates Poverty. She able to summon all earth guardians assembly! Sking, frowning with her HUM sign saving from every misfortune!

12. Ta shi don je ma. Yellow / Red

The Auspicious. Tara Who Bestows Auspicious Conditions. Crown adorned with crescent Moon, all ornaments most shining! Amitabha in her hair knot sending out light eternal!

13. Da pung som ze ma. Red.

The Distroyer of Opposing Forces. Tara Who Blazes in Flames. She ablaze like Eon ending fire abiding! Right stretched, left bent, joy surrounds you, troops of enemies destroying!

14. To nyer chen. Red / Black

The Wrathful. Tara of the Wrathful Gaze. She who strikes the ground with her palm and with her foot beats it! Scowling, with the letter HUM the Seven levals she does conquer!

15. Rab shi ma. White

The Very Peaceful. The Great Pacifier. She whose field is peace, nirvana! She endowed with OM and SVAHA, Destroyer of the great evil.

16. Bar wa od chem ma. Red

The Blazing Light. Tara Who Saves by means of HUM. She with joy surrounded tearing foes' bodies asunder, frees with HUM and knowledge mantra. Arrangement of the ten letters!

17. Pag me non ma. Red / Yellow

The Subduer of Countless Harmful Forces. Tara Who Causes the Three Worlds to Tremble. TURE! With seed letter of the shape of syllable HUM! By foot stamping shakes the three worlds, Meru, Mandara and Vindhya!

18. Ma ja ma. White.

The Peahen. Tara Who Eliminates Poisons. Holding in her hand the Deer-marked moon deva lake form! With twice spoken TARA and PHAT, totally dispelling poison!

19. Mi pam gyai ma. White

The Invincible Queen. Tara Who Eliminates Conflicts and Bad Dreams. She whom gods and their kings, and the kinnaras do honour! Armoured in all joyful splendar, she dispels bad dreams and conflicts!

20. Ri tð ma. Red / Yellow

The Mountain-dwelling Mendicant. Tara Who Eliminates Diseases. She whose two eyes bright with radiance of sun and full moon! With twice HARA and TUTTARE she dispels severe contagion!

21. Od zer chen ma. White

Rays of Light. Tara Who Accomplishes All Enlightened Activities. Full of liberating power by the set of three natures! Destroys hosts of spirits, yakshas, and raised corpses! Supreme! TURE!


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