The many-armed female bodhisattva known as the Mother of the Seven Koti Buddhas is Cundi.
Cundi, also written Cundī or Cundā, is a female Buddhist deity especially important in Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions. Her epithet refers to seven koti, or seventy million, Buddhas. In Chinese Buddhism she is called Zhunti Fomu, “Mother Buddha Zhunti,” and is closely connected with the Cundi Dhāraṇī, a ritual formula believed to purify negative karma, protect practitioners, and support progress toward awakening.
Her most recognizable form has eighteen arms, although other traditions depict different numbers. The many hands hold symbolic objects and make ritual gestures, expressing her expansive ability to overcome obstacles and assist beings. Cundi became particularly prominent during the Pala period in India and spread through Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, China, Korea, and Japan.
Cundi is sometimes confused with Prajnaparamita because their iconography overlaps, and some images are difficult to identify. She is also connected with Avalokiteshvara in the Kāraṇḍavyūha tradition, where her dharani appears within a larger devotional and tantric setting.