Dakini in Sanskrit Khandro in Tibetan literally means “sky dweller” or “sky dancer” and is the most sacred aspect of the feminine principle in Tibetan Buddhism embodying both humanity and divinity in feminine form.
Dakinis may appear differently in various contexts, when needed she may appear as fierce and intense or playful and nurturing. At other times she may appear outrageous or repulsive in order to cut through conceptual thinking and mistaken perception. She may appear as a human being as a goddess either peaceful or wrathful or she may be perceived as the general play of energy in the phenomenal world.
In general the dakini represents the ever-changing flow of energy with which the yogic practitioner must work in order to become realized. Ultimately all women are seen as some kind of dakini manifestation.