page_title: Marici (Buddhism)
section_title: Tibet
hierarchical_section_title: Marici (Buddhism) / Region / Tibet
caption_attribution_description: English: Marichi (Buddhist Deity). 1600–1699, Central Tibet. Ground mineral pigment on silk. Collection of Navin Kumar.
context_page_description: Mārīcī, is a deva, as well as a bodhisattva associated with light and the Sun. She is among the lists one of the guardian devas, specifically the Sixteen Devas, the Twenty Devas and the Twenty-Four Devas. In Taoism and Chinese folk religion, Doumu is considered to be synonymous with Mārīcī within Chinese Esoteric Buddhism.
context_section_description: Three texts are preserved in the Kriya Tantra of the Tibetan Kangyur in which Mārīcī is the primary subject:
  The Incantation of Mārīcī (Skt. ārya mārīcī nāma dhāraṇī, Wyl.  'phags ma 'od zer can zhes bya ba'i gzungs, D 564)
  The Sovereign Practices Extracted from the Tantra of Māyāmārīcī (Skt. Māyāmārīcījāta tantrād uddhitaṃ kalparājā, Wyl. sgyu ma'i 'od zer can 'byung ba'i rgyud las phyung ba'i rtog pa'i rgyal po’’, D 565)
  The Seven Hundred Practices of Mārīcī from the Tantras (Skt. ārya mārīcī maṇḍalavidhi mārīcījāta dvādaśasahasra uddhitaṃ kalpa hṛdaya saptaśata, Wyl. ‘phags ma 'od zer can gyi dkyil 'khor gyi cho ga 'od zer can 'byung ba'i rgyud stong phrag bcu gnyis pa las phyung ba'i rtog pa'i snying po bdun brgya pa’’, D 566)
  Several more texts may be found in the Dergé Tengyur commentaries.
caption: Mārīcī painted 1600–1699, Central Tibet. Ground mineral pigment on silk. "The Fifth Dalai Lama instructed Choying Dorje to go to Drak, a remote region south of Lhasa. There at Ngakdrak Monastery he produced some of his last works of art, a sculpture of Vajrapani and a drawing of the goddess Mārīcī."[4]
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