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）。
“萨迦巴姆”大致可以理解为“被历代萨迦法王等高僧大德降伏的一众女性世间护法神”，也被称为“萨迦女妖”，在日喀则的萨迦母寺和拉萨大昭寺附近的“萨迦拉章”都有她们的塑像。
“萨迦巴姆”是一个族群，图像上都是蓬头垢面，歪牙咧嘴的形象，很多时候还会被铁链锁住。要注意她们是世间护法神，所以不能戴骷髅冠。
以上摘自《萨迦的巴姆》
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Witches are a minor class of female deity unique to the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Known as bamo in Tibetan they are considered particularly unruly. Three main witches are commonly known along with many lesser ones. The most important of these are the Bamo Sum; Mamo Rikye, Namka Drolma and Shangmo. These witches are often recognised by a large flower ornament adorning the forehead. In the Sakya Tradition it is generally only the high teachers and lineage holders that retain these witches as servant protectors. They are considered difficult to control and thought to cause physical illness and madness to the weak hearted.
