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[[Image:Kurukulla.jpg|frame|From the visions of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. (Courtesy of [[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche]])]] | [[Image:Kurukulla.jpg|frame|From the visions of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. (Courtesy of [[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche]])]] | ||
'''Kurukulla''' (Skt. ''kurukullā''; Tib. ''rikjéma''; [[Wyl.]] '' | '''Kurukulla''' (Skt. ''kurukullā''; Tib. [[རིག་བྱེད་མ་]], ''rikjéma''; [[Wyl.]] ''rig byed ma'') — a female deity 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]] [[tantra]]s. | ||
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Kurukulla (Skt. kurukullā; Tib. རིག་བྱེད་མ་, rikjéma; Wyl. rig byed ma) — a female deity 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.