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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/kurukulla/index.html Outline page on Himalayan Art]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/kurukulla/index.html Outline page on Himalayan Art]
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/browser/released/UT22084/081/UT22084-081-006.pdf|The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā}}


[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]

Revision as of 09:32, 17 December 2013

From the visions of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. (Courtesy of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche)

Kurukulla (Skt. kurukullā; Tib. རིག་བྱེད་མ་, rikjéma; Wyl. rig byed ma) — a female deity of the Lotus family, associated with the activity of magnetizing. She is usually depicted as red in colour, in dancing posture and holding a flowery bow and arrow. She is also one of the Twenty-One Taras mentioned in the ancient Tara tantras.

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