Tārā, “she who ferries across”, is a female bodhisattva or buddha who swiftly rescues beings from danger. Tradition says she vowed always to take female form until all beings are free. Green Tārā and White Tārā are the most popular of her twenty-one forms.
Tārā
The saviouress: a female buddha of compassionate action, especially beloved in Tibet.
Also: Tara