ID: 901000859 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000859	Record Type: Character/Person

	Kurukulla (Buddhist character)

Note: An emanation of the savior goddess Tara. Usually depicted with a red body having four arms, holding a bow and arrow made of flowers, and a hook and noose of flowers.

Names:

	Kurukulla (Buddhist character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Kurukullā (Buddhist character) (English,U,N)
	ཀུ་རུ་ཀུ་ལླཱ (Buddhist character) (Tibetan,U,N)
	咕嚕咕列佛母 (Buddhist character) (Chinese,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
		........<Buddhist characters> (P)
		............Kurukulla (Buddhist character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	emanation of .... Tara
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Buddhist iconography, Buddhist characters, Tara (Hindu-Buddhist deity)) [901001903]

Other Relationships:

	culture/religion is .... Buddhism
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Kurukulla (Buddhist character)
	................Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)
	................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
	Kurukullā (Buddhist character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85073491
	ཀུ་རུ་ཀུ་ལླཱ (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukull%C4%81
	咕嚕咕列佛母 (Buddhist character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukull%C4%81

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Ling, Dictionary of Buddhism (1972)
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85073491
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukull%C4%81#/media/File:Samye16.JPG