{"product_id":"hand-carved-yak-bone-phurba-tibetan-ritual-dagger","title":"Hand Carved Yak Bone Phurba, Tibetan Ritual Dagger","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmallest and finest  Tibetan Phurba,  yak bone carving\u003cbr\u003e\nthis fine art and rare. detail are amazing in this small size. \u003cbr\u003e\nHand work of Himalayan region of Tibet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe phurba (Tibetan: phur ba; alternate transliterations: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu) or kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: kīla) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, and Indian Vedic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe phurba is associated with the practice of the meditational deity (Sanskrit ishtadevata, Tibetan yidam) Vajrakīlaya (Tibetan Dorje Phurba) or Vajrakīla .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhurba: The ritual dagger symbolizes wisdom's ability to nail down and thus subjugate demons. It is the sharp point of wisdom fixed immobile onto goodness by the power of one-pointed concentration.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Phurba, like a magic wand, is a protective symbol and is used in Buddhism to ward off negative influences.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is used to ward off demonic forces - meaning demons, diseases, psychic forces. In Tibetan rituals, the shape of a demon is formed from fruits. There is purification through prayer, protection through putting on a ritual robe, invocation of the protective deities. Then follows a longer ritual in which mantras are spoken again and again and finally the Phurba is pushed into the fruit figure while calling out a \"completion mantra\". Fruits are used because fruits are carriers of life and can therefore absorb demonic forces on behalf of other life (e.g. the person seeking help).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHand carved for Himalayan region of Tibet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ework of art. if you collected fine art it is one of them..\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenzing Collections","offers":[{"title":"Phurba white look","offer_id":47982127284436,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/6270\/9716\/files\/il_fullxfull.4881961421_8wbl.jpg?v=1779686904","url":"https:\/\/www.tenzingcollections.com\/products\/hand-carved-yak-bone-phurba-tibetan-ritual-dagger","provider":"Tenzing Collections","version":"1.0","type":"link"}