Bhurkumkuta: Remover of Illness - Updated
Bhurkumkuta, Krodha Raja (Tibetan: me wa tseg pa, tro wo gyal po) is a meditational deity specifically employed in the eradication of sickness, illness and disease. The emphasis for the function of Bhukumkuta is illness of an individual person while the emphasis for all the different types of contagious diseases in general is found with the deity Parnashavari. Many specific illnesses can be associated with any number of other deities such as blood disorders with Hayagriva, leprosy and skin disorders caused by nagas are relieved by the meditational deity Garuda for example. Bhurkumkuta is found in the Nartang Gyatsa and Rinjung Gyatsa collections of sadhanas (practices). Both of these collections of Indian Buddhist practice were compiled in Tibet. Bhurkumkuta is more commonly found as a minor figure in painted compositions. Three of the images exhibited here are intended as Initiation Cards (tsakli).