Pāṇḍaravāsinī

Pāṇḍaravāsinī (T. gos dkar mo གོས་དཀར་མོ་; C. Báichùzūn púsà 白處尊菩薩). A Sanskrit name used to refer to multiple deities in Tibetan Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

Common usages in Tibetan Buddhism include:

1. A Buddhist goddess.
2. The name of a female Buddhist deity of the lotus family that means “White-Clothed One.”
3. The chief goddess of the lotus family, personifying the true nature of the element of fire.
4. The name of a female Buddhist deity that means “White-Clothed One,” sometimes used as an epithet of Sitātapatrā.
5. One of the vidyārājñīs dwelling with Śākyamuni in the realm of the Pure Abode; one of the five tathāgata-consorts.

In East Asian Buddhism, the Chinese term Báichùzūn púsà (白處尊菩薩) can refer to one of the following:

1. Báichùzūn púsà 白處尊菩薩 (Skt. Pāṇḍaravāsinī Bodhisattva). A figure in the Court of the Lotus Division 蓮華部院 in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala 胎藏界曼荼羅. White yellow in color 白黃色, he sits on a red lotus. In the left hand he holds a blossomed lotus, with the right hand making the wish-granting mudrā.
2. Báiyī Guānyīn 白衣觀音. "White-robed Guanyin". Also known as Bàn ná luō mó xī níng 半拏囉嚩悉寧 (Skt. Pāṇḍara-vāsinī)