Translations of Vasundharā | |
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Pali | Vasundharā |
Burmese | Wathondare (‹See Tfd›ဝသုန္ဓရေ) Wathondara (‹See Tfd›ဝသုန္ဓရာ) |
Khmer | Neang Konghing (នាងគង្ហីង) Preah Thoroni (ព្រះធរណី) Preah Mae Thoroni (ព្រះម៉ែធរណី) |
Thai | Vasundharā (พระแม่ธรณี) Mae Phra Thorani (แม่พระธรณี) Nang Thorani (นางธรณี) |
Glossary of Buddhism |
Vasundharā or Dharaṇī is a chthonic goddess from Buddhist mythology of Theravada in Southeast Asia. Similar earth deities include Pṛthivī, Kṣiti, and Dharaṇī, Vasudhara bodhisattva in Vajrayana and Bhoomi devi and Prithvi in hinduism.