Fantastic fire-gilded phurba pendant from Nepal

 


An extremely rare, handmade piece, I only bought a few pieces from a Tibetan in Patan. The processing is very fine and detailed. A very special piece, which was made by hand!

A very fine handwork from Nepal with the best workmanship. The pendant was fire-gilded in the traditional Nepalese way. Bronze is used as the basis for fire gilding.

 

Measurements: 4.3 cm long (measured without eyelet), 2.5 cm wide and 0.6 cm thick

The unusual pendant looks great worn by both men and women.

 

The phurba is a protective symbol and is used in Buddhism to ward off negative influences.

It is used to ward off demonic forces - meaning demons, illnesses, 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).

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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). uddha Buddhism monk Nepal Butan Bhutan Ladakh tibetan tibetan thangka mala jewelry lucky symbol symbols auspicious chain ring nepalese tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan buddhist buddhist shell pendant amulet monks pendulum thangkas silver bodhisatva bodisattva bhodisatva tara chenres
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). uddha Buddhism monk Nepal Butan Bhutan Ladakh tibetan tibetan thangka mala jewelry lucky symbol symbols auspicious chain ring nepalese tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan tibetan buddhist buddhist shell pendant amulet monks pendulum thangkas silver bodhisatva bodisattva bhodisatva tara chenres