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Source: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems

The Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities are known in Tibetan as (1) khro bo lha nga brgyad or (2) 'khro bo lnga bcu lnga brgyad.

1. Buddha Krodheśvarī,
2. Buddha Heruka,
3. Vajra Krodheśvarī,
4. Vajra Heruka,
5. Ratna Krodheśvarī,
6. Ratna Heruka,
7. Padma Krodheśvarī,
8. Padma Heruka,
9. Karma Krodheśvarī,
10. Karma Heruka,
11. Kerima (or Gaurī),
12. Pukkaśī,
13. Caurimā (Chaurā),
14. Ghasmarī,
15. Pramohā,
16. Caṇḍalī,
17. Vetalī (Vaitalī, Petalī),
18. Śmaśalī (Śmaśaṇī),
19. Siṃhamukhī,
20. Gṛdhramukhī,
21. Vyāghramukhī,
22. Kaṅkamukhī,
23. Sṛgalamukhī,
24. Kākamukhī,
25. Śvamukhī,
26. Ūlumukhī,
27. Ankuśā,
28. Paśadhārī,
29. Vajraśṛṅkhalā,
30. Ghaṇṭā,
31. Yak-headed Rākṣasī,
32. Brahmaṇī (Brahmī),
33. Mahādevī,
34. Vaiṣṇavī (Lobhā),
35. Kumārī,
36. Indraṇī,
37. Cuckoo-headed Vajrā,
38. Sow-headed Vajrī,
39. Śānti,
40. Amṛtā,
41. Candrā,
42. Daṇḍā,
43. Tiger-headed Rākṣasī,
44. Antelope-headed Vajrā,
45. Bhakṣiṇī,
46. Ratī,
47. Mahābalī,
48. Dog-headed Rākṣasī,
49. Abhilāsī,
50. Vasurakṣā,
51. Lion-headed Vajrā,
52. Vajudevī,
53. Nārī,
54. Sow-headed Vārāhī,
55. Crow-headed Vajrī,
56. Mahāhastini,
57. Varunī,
58. Serpent-headed Vajrā

context information

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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Glossary

The Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities belong to the maṇḍala of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities, and feature in several practices and cycles of teachings, most notably the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Guhyagarbha Tantra.

The Fifty-eight Wrathful Deities are:

1. Buddhaheruka,
2. Vajraheruka,
3. Ratnaheruka,
4. Padmaheruka,
5. Karmaheruka,
6. Buddhakrodhīśvarī,
7. Vajrakrodhīśvarī,
8. Ratnakrodhīśvarī,
9. Padmakrodhīśvarī,
10. Karmakrodhīśvarī,
11. Gaurī,
12. Pukkasī,
13. Caurī,
14. Ghasmarī,
15. Pramohā,
16. Caṇḍālī,
17. Vetālī,
18. Śmaśānī,
19. Siṃhamukhā,
20. Vyāghramukhā,
21. Śṛgālamukhā,
22. Śvanamukhā,
23. Gṛdhramukhā,
24. Kaṅkamukhā,
25. Kākamukhā,
26. Ulūkamukhā,
27. Aṅkuśā,
28. Pāśā,
29. Śṛṅkhalā,
30. Ghaṇṭā,
31. Rākṣasī (white),
32. Brahmī,
33. Mahādevī,
34. Lobhā,
35. Kumārī,
36. Indraṇī,
37. Vajrā,
38. Śānti,
39. Amṛtā,
40. Candrā,
41. Daṇḍā,
42. Rākṣasī (dark-yellow),
43. Bhakṣiṇī,
44. Ratī,
45. Mahābalī,
46. Rākṣasī (pale-red),
47. Kāmā,
48. Vasurakṣā,
49. Vāyudevī,
50. Nārī,
51. Vārāhī,
52. Nandā,
53. Mahāhastinī,
54. Varuṇadevī,
55. White Vajrā (shar khu byug),
56. Yellow Vajrā (lho ra gdong),
57. Red Vajrā (nub seng gdong),
58. Dark-green Vajrā (byang sbrul gdong ),
59. Mahottara Heruka,
60. Krodhīśvarī.

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Partial matches: Wrathful, Deity.

Full-text (+158): Khro bo lha nga brgyad, 'khro bo lnga bcu lnga brgyad, \'bar ba lnga bcu rtsa brgyad, Chemchok, Krodhishvari, Mahottaraheruka, che mchog heruka, Guhyagarbhatantra, Guhyagarbha, Mayajala, Mayajalatantra, phra men brgyad, Vajraheruka, Karmaheruka, Ratnakrodheshvari, Padmaheruka, Buddhakrodheshvari, Vajrakrodheshvari, Padmakrodheshvari, Karmakrodheshvari.

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