准提

(準提, 准提)

Candī, or Cundi; also [lang id =1028]准胝; [lang id =1028]尊提.

(1) In Brahmanic mythology a vindictive form of Durgā, or Pārvatī, wife of Śiva.

(2) In China identified with Marīci [lang id =1028]摩里支 or [lang id =1028]天后 Queen of Heaven. She is represented with three eyes and eighteen arms; also as a form of Guanyin, or in Guanyin's retinue.