8 1/2" EXTRA LARGE TRADITIONAL BRASS TIBETAN BUDDHIST TANTRIC RITUAL PHURBA KILA

• Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Tantric ritual phurba, p'hurpa (Tibetan) or kila, kilaya (Sanskrit)
• first used by Padmasambhava in the 8th century
• shimmering brass, incredibly detailed & beautifully balanced
• 8 1/2 inches in height, 12 1/2 ounces in weight
• traditional 3 sided blade -  the sides of the Phurba destroy the three poisons: attachment, aversion, delusion.
• Among a myriad of definitions and descriptions of the phurba and its use:  in Buddhist ceremonies exorcises demons or as a spiritual nail to pin down the distractions of greed, desire, envy.
• the 3 sided blade is held in the mouth of the mythical sea creature Makara and represents the power to transform the "3 poisons", or kleshas, into wisdom
• often associated with wrathful Vajra-kila-ya, who holds a phurba in one of his hands (see the picture below)