Mandarava was Padmasambhava's Indian consort. Together they practiced the long-life sadhana of Amitayus in the Maratika cave, attaining the immortal vajra body and becoming deathless vidyadharas.
Yeshe Tsogyal and Mandarava, the two principal consorts of Padmasambhava, are revered as the foremost human dakinis — women who attained full enlightenment and embodied the wisdom dakini principle in living form.
Padmasambhava and Mandarava retreated to the Maratika cave in Nepal, where they practiced the long-life sadhana of Amitayus for three months and attained the immortal vajra body, becoming deathless vidyadharas.
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