作明佛母
Kurukullā

青海(安多) 二十世紀中葉
Qinghai (Amdo), mid 20th century
作明佛母,又稱作咕嚕咕咧佛母,是觀修的本尊。一面四臂三目,現半忿怒的紅色身相,頭戴五骷髏寶冠,腰繫虎皮裙,佩戴骨飾瓔珞,四臂各執由烏巴拉花葉的弓、箭、索、鉤,作射箭姿,以平息眾生情執的煩惱,使人聯想起她原本是使用法術的愛情女神。佛母右足內踡,左足微弓,踏於蓮花座上的屍身,以舞立姿安住般若烈焰之中。忿怒相之金剛手菩薩見於其上,左上角有藏王,右上角有格魯派高僧,兩人側身面向主尊。下界左右兩角均有紅色身的空行母,皆以咕嚕咕咧佛母之舞立姿示現。
The four-armed, semi-wrathful goddess Kurukullā is a meditation deity. Surrounded by a flaming mandorla, she is shown dancing in the ardhaparyaṅka posture on a corpse which lies on a lotus. Her red-coloured body is adorned with bone ornaments and she wears a tiger skin around her waist. Crowned with skulls and blowing hair, her attributes refer to her origin as a deity for love magic spells and powers. Two hands hold bow and arrow, the second left a noose and the second right a hook, all made of lotus flowers and leafs. Above her appears probably the wrathful Bodhisattva Vajrapāṇī. In all upper left corner, a Tibetan king is depicted, and in the upper right a high Gelug monk, both in three-quarter profile. In the lower corners appear two red-coloured ḍākinī in the same stance as Kurukullā.