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    Kurukullā

    Kurukullā (Tibetan: ་ ་་ ་ ; also Tibetan: རིག་ེད་མ་ , Wylie: rig byed ma


    "Knowledge/magic/vidyā Woman",[1] Chinese: 咕 嚕 咕 列 佛 母 "Mother-Buddha
    Kuru[kullā]" or Chinese: 作明佛母 "Knowledge-Causing Mother-Buddha"[2]) is a
    female, peaceful to semi-wrathful Yidam in Tibetan Buddhism particularly
    associated with rites of magnetization[3] or enchantment. Her Sanskrit name is of
    unclear origin.[1]

    Contents
    Representation
    History
    Mantra
    Notes
    Kurukullā at Samye
    References
    Further reading
    External links

    Representation
    Kurukullā is a goddess whose body is usually depicted in red with four arms,
    holding a bow and arrow made of flowers in one pair of hands and a hook and noose
    of flowers in the other pair. She dances in a Dakini-pose and crushes the asura Rahu
    (the one who devours the sun). According toHindu astrology, Rahu is a snake with a
    demon head (Navagraha) who represents the ascendinglunar node.

    She is considered either an emanation of Amitābha, one of Tara's forms, or a


    transformation of Heruka.

    History
    Kurukullā was likely an Indian tribal deity associated with magical domination. She
    was assimilated into the Buddhist pantheon at least as early as the Hevajra Tantra,
    which contains her mantra. Her function in Tibetan Buddhism is the "red" function Kurukulla sculpture from Calcutta Art
    of subjugation. Her root tantra is the Arya-tara-kurukulle-kalpa (Practices of the gallery, 1913
    Noble Tara Kurukullā).[3] It was translated by Ts'ütr'im jeya, a disciple of Atiśa.[4]

    Mantra
    The essential mantra of Kurukullā is Oṁ Kurukulle Hrīḥ Svāhā (Tibetan: ༀ་་ ་་ེ་ ིཿ ་ ). This mantra uses the vocative form
    (Kurukulle) of her name.

    Notes
    1. Shaw, Miranda (2006). Buddhist Goddesses of India(https://books.goog
    le.com/books?id=MvDKOK1h3zMC&pg=P A444). Princeton University
    Press. p. 444. ISBN 0-691-12758-1.
    2. "Dakinis-Energie und Weisheit" (https://web.archive.org/web/201307192
    13508/http://www.tibet-lahr.de/vajrakilaya-heruka-dakini/43-vajrakilaya/4
    5-weisheitsdakinis.html)(in German). Archived fromthe original (http://w
    ww.tibet-lahr.de/vajrakilaya-heruka-dakini/43-vajrakilaya/45-weisheitsda
    kinis.html) on 2013-07-19.
    3. Dharmachakra Translation Committee (2011)
    The mantra of Kurukulla
    4. Beyer (1978), p. 302

    References
    Beyer, Stephan (1978). The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet. University of California Press. pp. 301–310.
    ISBN 0-520-03635-2.
    Dharmachakra Translation Committee (tr.) (2011). The Practice Manual of Noble Tara Kurukulle (PDF). 84000.
    Retrieved 2015-03-22.
    Reynolds, John Myrdhin. "Kurukulla: The Dakini of Magic and Enchantments" . Vajranatha.com. Retrieved
    2016-05-28.

    Further reading
    Donaldson, Thomas E. (2001).Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa: e Txt. Abhinav Publications.
    pp. 298–301. ISBN 9788170174066.
    Shaw, Miranda (2006). "Krukulla: Red Enchantress with Flowered Bow".Buddhist Goddesses of India. Princeton
    University Press. pp. 432–447.ISBN 978-0691127583.
    Vessantara (2003). "Kurukulla and the Rite of Fascination". Female Deities in Buddhism: A Concise Guide .
    Windhorse Publications. pp. 79–81.ISBN 9781899579532.

    External links
    Kurukulla Main Page at HimalayanArt.com
    The Practice Manual of Noble Tara Kurukulle - translated from the Tibetan canon - at 84000.

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