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Tibetan Buddhist pendant, kartika. Daikini knife. Tantric. 925 silver, copper. Rotating DZI, Turquoise Compassion Mantra

Tibetan Buddhist pendant, kartika. Daikini knife. Tantric. 925 silver, copper. Rotating DZI, Turquoise Compassion Mantra

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Tibetan Buddhist pendant, Tantric Kartika, Daïkinis knife (description below)

925 silver hallmarked according to international standards

copper.

Inspired by Tibetan sacred agate, DZI rotating thanks to a precision rotating ball bearing system developed in Germany

mantra of compassion "om mani padme hum"

All-natural “sleeping beauty” turquoises and so-called “nan hong” (southern red) agates. This exceptional volcanic agate gets its intense red color from its natural cinnabar content.

As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology in Paris, all our materials are appraised and certified.

Dimensions of the kartika: 51mm high by 32mm wide. Weight of 28 grams

KARTIKA

A kartika or kartrika is a small crescent-shaped ritual skinning knife used in the. tantric ceremonies of Vajrayana Buddhism. The kartari is said to be "one of the quintessential attributes of wrathful tantric deities". It is commonly referred to as the "Knife of the Dakinis".

Its shape is similar to the Inuitsulu or woman's knife, which is used for many things, including cleaning hides. While the kartari is normally held in the right hand of a dakini in Vajrayana iconography and spiritual practice, it can sometimes be seen held by esoteric male deities, such as some forms of Yamantaka.

It is also found frequently in the iconography of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice of Chöd. In the same way that the bell and the vajra are usually paired ritual elements in spiritual practice and vajrayana iconography (one is held in the right hand and the other simultaneously held in the left), the kartika appears usually as a pair with the kapala or "skull-cup". The shape of the kartika, or trigug, with its crescent shape and the hook at the end, is derived from the shape of a traditional Indian butcher's knife shape .

Depictions of Vajrayogini usually contain the kartika as one of his attributes. In the iconography of enlightened dakinis and tantric female yidams, it is common to find the hooked kartika knife in her right hand and the cup of the skull in her left, representing "the inseparable union of wisdom and skillful means".

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Carol Lynn

This pendant is exquisite--the utmost construction and quality of materials.