Antique tibetan selling buddhism phurba phurpa phurwa handmade ethnic brass vintage tantric bronze dagger thunderbolt Nepal

Description of Item

Length of Phurba : 4.13" Inches / 10.5 Cms

Width of Phurba : 0.47" Inches / 1.2 Cms

Weight of Phurba : 34 Gms / 0.074 Lbs

Product Code : PHU0516

This is very beautiful handcrafted copper Phurba.

A Phurwa, sometimes called a "magic dagger", is a tantric ritual object used to selling conquer evil spirits and to destroy obstacles. It is utilized in magic rituals by high level tantric practitioners. The word Phurwa is used primarily in Central Tibet, while the word phurba is used more often in Kham, Amdo, and Ladakh. The component phurba in the word Phurwa is a Tibetan rendering of the Sanskrit word Kila, meaning peg or nail. The Phurwa is an implement that nails down as well as binds. It was thus by stabbing a Phurwa into the earth, and thereby nailing and binding the evil spirits, that Padmasambhava, regarded as the inventor of this implement, consecrated the ground on which the Samye monastery was established in the eighth century.