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[[Image:Bhurkumkuta.jpg|frame|Bhurkumkuta, courtesy of Nyingjei Lam]]
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'''Ucchusma''' (Skt. ''Ucchuṣma''; Tib. སྨེ་བརྩེགས་, ''Metsek'', [[Wyl.]] ''sme brtsegs'') — a wrathful form of [[Vajrapani]] found in the [[Düpa Do]] and such practices as ''[[Removing All Defilements of Samaya]]'' (''Damdrip Nyepa Kunsel'').
'''Ucchusma''' (Skt. ''Ucchuṣma''; Tib. སྨེ་བརྩེགས་, ''Metsek'', [[Wyl.]] ''sme brtsegs'') — a wrathful form of [[Vajrapani]] who is associated with the purification of defilements and pollution of samaya (''[[Damdrip Nyepa Kunsel]]'').


==Texts==
==Texts==
There is only one canonical text solely dedicated to Ucchusma preserved in the Tibetan [[kangyur]]. It is classified as a [[kriya tantra]].
The Tibetan [[kangyur]] preserves one [[kriya tantra]] dedicated to Ucchusma:
*'''The Mantra Praising the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa''' (Skt. ''krodha bhurkuṃkūṭa rāja stotra mantra''; [[Wyl.]] ''sme brtsegs bstod sngags'', or more fully ''khro bo'i rgyal po sme brtsegs la bstod pa'i sngags'', D 756).
*'''The Mantra Praising the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa''' (Skt. ''krodha bhurkuṃkūṭa rāja stotra mantra''; [[Wyl.]] ''sme brtsegs bstod sngags'', or more fully ''khro bo'i rgyal po sme brtsegs la bstod pa'i sngags'', D 756).



Revision as of 06:55, 8 October 2019

Bhurkumkuta, courtesy of Nyingjei Lam

Ucchusma (Skt. Ucchuṣma; Tib. སྨེ་བརྩེགས་, Metsek, Wyl. sme brtsegs) — a wrathful form of Vajrapani who is associated with the purification of defilements and pollution of samaya (Damdrip Nyepa Kunsel).

Texts

The Tibetan kangyur preserves one kriya tantra dedicated to Ucchusma:

  • The Mantra Praising the Wrathful King Bhurkuṃkūṭa (Skt. krodha bhurkuṃkūṭa rāja stotra mantra; Wyl. sme brtsegs bstod sngags, or more fully khro bo'i rgyal po sme brtsegs la bstod pa'i sngags, D 756).

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