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Antique Rare Buddhist Iron Wisdom Fire Ceremonial Kartika Blade,Sacred Buddhist Kartika Blade,Tantric Buddhist Knife,Buddhist Artifact
Antique Rare Buddhist Iron Wisdom Fire Ceremonial Kartika Blade,Sacred Buddhist Kartika Blade,Tantric Buddhist Knife,Buddhist Artifact
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$185.85 USD
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$185.85 USD
TIBETAN BUDDHIST KARTIKA TANTRIC RITUAL BLADE :
In Tibetan Buddhism, the Kartika, or Drigug, is a ritual flaying knife used in burial rituals, with the handle crafted as a dorje. A tool of the wrathful female deities known as Dakinis, the kartika symbolizes the cutting of all things material, symbolized by the human body. The blade is left dull (never sharpened) because it was used in a ritual representing the flaying of flesh and not for the actual purpose.
While the Kartika is used in many Buddhist rituals, generally in connection with the kapala (skullcap), it is especially essential in the Tibetan practice of Chöd, a ritual involving self-sacrifice in which the practitioner visualizes their own body as an offering at a tantric feast. The Kartika is also famous for its use in the Tibetan sky burial ritual, in which the bodies of the dead are cut into small pieces and left on top of special gats or burial platforms for the vultures to consume. Unexpectedly, the Kartika is also used in Feng Shui practice.
Iconography
The Dakini's knife has a flat sharpened blue iron blade with a curved hook at its outer extremity, which enables the flaying activities of cutting, scraping, and pulling. Its faceted or eight-sided handle is attached to the upper edge of the blade by either a leaf-shaped golden mount or the wide-open mouth of a golden makara, and the handle's top is sealed by a half-vajra.
SYMBOLISM OF KARTIKA KNIFE :
The Kartika is used to symbolize the severance of all material and worldly bonds and is often crowned with a vajra, which is said to destroy ignorance, thus leading to enlightenment. Another more nuanced interpretation says that "the Kartika represents the severing of the two Buddhist obscurations of defilements and knowledge that obstruct the path of enlightenment.
The kartika is also used to cut through human obscurations to progress on the spiritual path including "pride, lack of belief, lack of devotion, distraction, inattention, and boredom.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DESIGN :
The handle is a very ornate brass Dorje that goes into what looks like flames rising from a dragon straddling the "sky iron" blade with his tail ending at the down-turned hook. The blade has a bronze handle topped with a dorje and a heavy iron blade with dragons connecting the handle to the blade.
MATERIAL:
Brass and Bronze
WEIGHT:
Approximately 809.7 grams
MEASUREMENT :
Length: Approximately 5 inches
Width: 4 1/4 inches
Depth: 1 3/8 inches at dorje handle
In Tibetan Buddhism, the Kartika, or Drigug, is a ritual flaying knife used in burial rituals, with the handle crafted as a dorje. A tool of the wrathful female deities known as Dakinis, the kartika symbolizes the cutting of all things material, symbolized by the human body. The blade is left dull (never sharpened) because it was used in a ritual representing the flaying of flesh and not for the actual purpose.
While the Kartika is used in many Buddhist rituals, generally in connection with the kapala (skullcap), it is especially essential in the Tibetan practice of Chöd, a ritual involving self-sacrifice in which the practitioner visualizes their own body as an offering at a tantric feast. The Kartika is also famous for its use in the Tibetan sky burial ritual, in which the bodies of the dead are cut into small pieces and left on top of special gats or burial platforms for the vultures to consume. Unexpectedly, the Kartika is also used in Feng Shui practice.
Iconography
The Dakini's knife has a flat sharpened blue iron blade with a curved hook at its outer extremity, which enables the flaying activities of cutting, scraping, and pulling. Its faceted or eight-sided handle is attached to the upper edge of the blade by either a leaf-shaped golden mount or the wide-open mouth of a golden makara, and the handle's top is sealed by a half-vajra.
SYMBOLISM OF KARTIKA KNIFE :
The Kartika is used to symbolize the severance of all material and worldly bonds and is often crowned with a vajra, which is said to destroy ignorance, thus leading to enlightenment. Another more nuanced interpretation says that "the Kartika represents the severing of the two Buddhist obscurations of defilements and knowledge that obstruct the path of enlightenment.
The kartika is also used to cut through human obscurations to progress on the spiritual path including "pride, lack of belief, lack of devotion, distraction, inattention, and boredom.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DESIGN :
The handle is a very ornate brass Dorje that goes into what looks like flames rising from a dragon straddling the "sky iron" blade with his tail ending at the down-turned hook. The blade has a bronze handle topped with a dorje and a heavy iron blade with dragons connecting the handle to the blade.
MATERIAL:
Brass and Bronze
WEIGHT:
Approximately 809.7 grams
MEASUREMENT :
Length: Approximately 5 inches
Width: 4 1/4 inches
Depth: 1 3/8 inches at dorje handle
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