- The Five Pancha Raksha:
- Maha Pratisara: Four faces, eight hand, yellow in colour.
- Maha Sahasrapramardini: One face, six hands, white in colour.
- Mahamayuri: Three faces, six hands, green in colour.
- Sitavati: One face, four hands, red in colour
- Mantramanudharani: One face, four hands, blue in colour.
The 'Five Protectors' are a group of five female deities that are the personifications of five early Buddhist texts (sutra), the oldest dated to the 4th century A.D. The personifications are also of the special verbal utterances contained in the sutras - called mantras. These five deities each have specific functions and are directed towards accomplishing worldly welfare and happiness, preventing and surviving natural disasters, curing snakebite, overcoming fear and averting pestilence and epidemics.
There are many forms for each of these five female deities, with multiple heads and arms, and many different traditions of practice. The Pancha Raksha deities are most popular in Nepal but can be found throughout the Himalayas and Central Asia as well as in China, Korea and Japan.
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本文来自郝文鑫先生（文殊金刚）的公众号：图像金刚乘教法史（或朋友圈）。
藏地一般会把她和大千摧碎佛母、密咒随侍佛母、大寒林佛母、大孔雀佛母列为“五陀罗尼佛母”。这位慈悲的佛母是宝生佛和观世音菩萨的化身，在汉藏两地都有很多信仰者。
她的修持方法相对简便，对环境没有太多要求，如《佛心经品亦通大随求陀罗尼》所言：
若受持者不须择日，不择星宿日月，不问斋与不斋。于如来前，或于像前，或于净室，或舍利塔前，随心所持香花，尽心供养。
于白月十五日，洗浴清净，著新净衣，随力所办供养。为护法故，须三种白食，作一方坛，随心作之。幡灯随力办。诵心中心及随心咒各一千八十遍。于像足下便取睡眠，于晨朝时如来即为现身，及圣者金刚亦为现身，十方菩萨诸天即来围绕，一切行愿皆悉满足。
以上摘自《满众生所愿·大随求佛母》
