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Vintage resin Vajrakila phurba

Vintage resin Vajrakila phurba

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The phurba is a ritual triangular knife common in vast territories of Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and others. There is no exact data on the duration of the use of phurba for ritual purposes, but according to references in the annals and finds from excavations it can be established that is has been used at least 3500 years.  

There are multiple ways in which the phurba is used. In many traditions it is used during ritual actions for its protective qualities, keeping the space safe from distortion by dark spirits and protecting the souls of the participants from getting lost. For this reason, before going into deep trance, Nepalese Orthodox Shamans (Jakri) stick the phurba into the ground on their left side to keep dark spirits at a distance.  

Also the phurba can be used as an attribute for healing, using it to expel evil spirits and entities from the human body and as a tool for directing energy and giving blessings.

In the appearance of a phurba there’s a lot of symbolism to be seen. Lengthwise it symbolizes the axis of the world, and the three levels of Middleworld, Upperworld and Underworld can be recognized. The three facets of the faces and the blade symbolize all kinds of trinities, like in time (past, present, future) or state (creation, preservation, destruction).

This phurba comes from Tibet. The handle of it is a depiction of the winged Vajrakila (or, in Tibetan language, Dorje Phurba), a wrathful aspect of Vajrasattva. 'Vajrakila' can roughly be translated as 'dagger of indestructable reality'. Practices associated with Vajrakila are designed to remove all inner and outer obstacled on the path to enlightenment.

The beautiful, very elaborate decorational style from this phurba is often found in phurba's made from bone. This particular phurba however, is made from resin, mimicking the appearance of bone. 

This phurba measures 31 centimeters length and has a weight of 410 grams. It is from vintage origin and has been used before. As can be seen on one of the detail pictures, on the backside of the wings one little hole has been drilled. This probably was done by the previous owner to attach it to some sort of stand on the altar.

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