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Buddhist Deity: Kurukulla (Compendium Texts)

Kurukulla Iconography

Compendia & Source Texts of Kurukulla:
- Siddhaikavira Tantra
- Ārya­ Tārā Kurukullā Kalpa Tantra
- Other Tantras...
- Bari Gyatsa
- Drub Tab Gyatso (Sadhanasamucchaya)
- Patsab Gyatsa
- Sadhanamala
- Vajravali
- Mitra Gyatsa
- Nartang Gyatsa (N/A)
- Rinjung Gyatsa & Lhantab
- Zurkha Gyatsa (N/A)
- Others...


Ārya­ Tārā Kurukullā Kalpa:
Tara Kurukulla (Five Deity Mandala)

The One Hundred Methods of Accomplishment Bari Gyatsa/Drub Tab Gyatsa) of Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag
51. Kurukulla
52. Kalpoktam Kurukulla
53. Kurukulla
54. Oddiyana Vinirgata Kurukulla

The Ocean of Methods (Sadhanamala, Drub Thab Gyatso) (9th Je Khenpo Shakya Rinchen edited text)
89. Kurukulla (1), Red with One Face and Four Hands
90. Kurukulla (2), Red with One Face and Four Hands
91. Kurukulla (3), Red with One Face and Six Hands
92. Kurukulla (4), Red with One Face and Eight Hands
93. Kurukulla (5), White with One Face and Two Hands
94. Kurukulla (6), White with One Face and Six Hands

Sadhanamala (Sanskrit Edited Version):
- [171] Tarobhava Kurukulla (Kalpoktam)
- [172] Tarobhava Kurukulla Sadhanam (Muktakena)
- [173] Kurukulla Shadbhuja (six hands)
- [174] Ashtabhuja Kurukulla (Indrabhuti, eight hands)
- [175] Bhramariyoga Kurukulla Sadhanam
- [176] Kurukulla Upadesha
- [177] Kurukulla Sadhanam
- [178] Arya Shrimati Kurukulla Sadhanam
- [179] Uddiyana Vinirgata Kurukulla
- [180] Shrulka Kurukulla Sadhanam
- [181] Kurukulla Sadhanam, Acharya Shri Krishna Padanam Mayajala Mahayoga Tantra
- [182] Kurukulla Shadbhuja Bhattarika Sadhanam
- [183] Kurukulla, Sahaja Vilasya Hevajra Tantra
- [184] Samskipta Kurukulla
- [185] Sita Kurukulla
- [186] Hevajra Krama Kurukulla
- [187] Kurukulla Sadhanam Karunachalashya Hevajra Tantra
- [188] Kurukulla Sadhanam
- [189] Karmaprasar Prayog
- [190] Kurukulla Balividhi

Jeff Watt 8-2005 [updated 9-2014, 3-2018, 12-2019, 6-2022]
84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha: Siddhaikavīra Tantra (Siddhaika­vīra­tantram, dpa’ bo gcig pu grub pa zhes bya ba’i rgyud kyi rgyal po chen po). Chapter Four. Fifty-Fourth Mantra.

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). (27 pages).

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).