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Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Pukkasī (पुक्कसी) refers one of the eight Gaurīs, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is blue; her Symbol is the bowl; she has two arms.—The fifth goddess in the Gaurī group is Pukkasī.

Pukkasī is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (pañcaḍāka-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“Pukkasī is blue in colour and holds in the right hand the bowl of bodhi-mind”.

[The left shows the tarjanī against the chest as a common gesture.

All the deities are violent in character with fearful appearance and ornaments, and garlands of heads. They dance in pratyālīḍha and show the raised index finger with clasped fist against the chest, as the common gesture.]

Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Pukkasī (पुक्कसी) is also mentioned as the Ḍākinī of the south-eastern corner in the Jñānacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the jñānacakra refers to one of the three divisions of the saṃbhoga-puṭa (‘enjoyment layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. Two colors are evenly assigned to the four corner Ḍākinīs [viz., Pukkasī] in order in accordance with the direction which they face.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pukkasī (पुक्कसी).—name of a yoginī: Sādhanamālā 445.21.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pukkasī (पुक्कसी):—[from pukkasa > pukkaṣa] f. the indigo plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] = kalikā or kālikā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Sopaka, Caturdevi, Konavasi, Vishuddhaheruka, Krodhishvari.

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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)

Figure 204 - Eight Gaurī Group: Pukkasī

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