Buddhist Deity: Kurukulla (Mandalas)

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Kurukulla Iconography

Types of Mandalas:
- Description
- Five Deity Mandala: HAR #58229, 3314565
- Fifteen Deity Mandala: HAR #58108, 89465, 204336
- Others...

The Five Deity Mandala originates from the source text Toh 437. The Practice Manual of Noble ​Tārā​ Kurukullā​ (Ārya­tārā­kurukullā­kalpa, འཕགས་མ་སྒྲོལ་མ་ཀུ་རུ་ཀུལླེའི་རྟོག་པ། · ’phags ma sgrol ma ku ru kul+le’i rtog pa).

The Fifteen Deity Mandala originates with the Hevajra Tantra and also belongs to the group of practices described in the Vajravali text of Abhayakara Gupta.

Jeff Watt [updated 3-2021]