Nairatmya
Nairātmyā or Dagmema (Wylie: bdag med ma ) is a yoginī, the consort of Hevajra in the Hevajra-tantra. The name means "she who has no self(ātman)". The Sanskrit negative particle "na" is combined with the masculine noun for self-"ātman". "Ātman" is made feminine (ātmyā) and a negative "naiḥ" is added in front making the bahuvrīhi compound Nair-ātmyā, the no-self female, that is, she who has no self. She is an embodiment of the Buddhist philosophical concept of anātman (anatta in Pāli).
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