佛母为诸佛菩萨之母,但这个“母”并不是指人,而是喻指佛菩萨的智慧。因为人世间母亲的功德最大,能生儿育女,繁衍后代,所以佛教拿她比喻智慧能生诸佛。如《大品般若经》卷十六载曰:“般若波罗蜜是诸佛母,……何以故,是般若波罗蜜出生诸佛。”可见,佛母像同密修本尊像一样也是密教思想高度拟人化的艺术形式。佛母的形象多为寂静形善相,而且都是女性形象。《造像量度经》规定其形象为:“其像作十六岁童女相”,“面形如芝 The Buddha Mother is the mother of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but this “mother” does not refer to people but refers to the wisdom of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Because the mother of the world’s largest merit, can have children, multiply offspring, so Buddhism take her metaphor wisdom to Buddhism. Such as “Prajna Paramita” Volume XVI set reads: “Prajna Paramita is the Buddha’s mother, ... Why so, is the birth of Buddhism Prajna Paramita.” It can be seen, Art form. Buddha’s image is mostly quiet and good-natured, and are all female images. “Statues measured by the” provisions of its image as follows: “its like a sixteen year-old virgin”, "