Tsogyal (མཚོ་རྒྱལ་) means "victorious ocean." **Yeshe Tsogyal (757-817)** — "Wisdom Lake Queen" — was the **principal female disciple and consort of Padmasambhava**, who brought Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet. **Considered the female Buddha of Tibetan tradition** — she memorized the entire body of Padmasambhava's teachings and concealed them as *termas* (treasures) across the Himalayas to be discovered by future generations. **Among the most revered figures in Tibetan Buddhism.**
Subject of countless Tibetan biographies including Nam-mkha'i snying-po's *Mother of Knowledge*.
Tsogyal reduces to nine — the number of female Buddha of Tibet.