Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Kurukulla (Buddhist Deity)

ཀུ་རུ་ཀུ་ལེ། ནང་ལྷ། 作明佛母(佛教本尊)
(item no. 55704)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Interpretation / Description

Kurukulla as a form of Tara along with Red Vasudhara and Vajrayogini Tinuma from the group of deities known as the Three Small Red Ones from the larger set of Thirteen Golden Dharmas of Sakya.

Jeff 2-2009

Secondary Images
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Thematic Sets
Collection of Lhasa Museum, Tibet
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