A ḍākinī ( THL Khadroma; ; ; another Chinese and Japanese: 荼枳尼) is placed as Vajravārāhī in tantrism and as Tennin in Vajrayana Buddhism. The Sanskrit term is likely related to the term for drumming, while the Tibetan term means "sky goer" and may have originated in the Sanskrit khecara, a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra. Dakinis are often represented as consorts in Yab-Yum representations. The masculine form of the word is , which is usually translated into Tibetan as pawo "hero" .