Gandhanra Antique Tibetan Amulet,Mini Kartika(knife of the dakinis) and Kila(Dorje Phurba), for Mala Prayer Beads, Made of Cold Iron

❤These handmade crafts are collect from Ganzi, Tibet, made of bronze,very delicate. Its upper part is a half vajra, and the lower part is a kartika/Dorje Phurba ❤Details 100% Handmade Pendant material:bronze Pattern: kartika(knife of the dakinis),Kila(Dorje Phurba) Size: kartika: Height 19mm/ 0.75inch Width 13mm/ 0.51 inch Phurba: Height 26mm/ 1.02inch Width 6mm/ 0.24 inch ❤ABOUT KARTIKA A kartika (Sanskrit: kartari; Tibetan: གྲི་གུག་, Wylie: gri-gug,or kartrika in Nepal,) is a small, crescent-shaped, hand-held ritual flaying knife used in the tantric ceremonies of Vajrayana Buddhism. The kartari is said to be "one of the quintessential attributes of the wrathful Tantric deities."It is commonly known as the "knife of the dakinis."Its shape is similar to the Inuit ulu or woman's knife, which is used for many things including cleaning skins. While the kartari is normally held in the right hand of a dakini in Vajrayana iconography and spiritual practice, occasionally it can be seen being held by esoteric male deities,such as certain forms of Yamantaka.It is also found frequently in the iconography of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice of Chöd. The dakini's knife has a flat sharpened blue iron blade with a curved hook at its outer extremity, which enables the flaying activities of cutting, scraping, and pulling. Its faceted or eight-sided handle is attached to the upper edge of the blade by either a leaf-shaped golden mount or the wide-open mouth of a golden makara, and the handle's top is sealed by a half-vajra. The same way that the bell and vajra are usually paired ritual items in Vajrayana spiritual practice and iconography (one is held in the right hand and the other simultaneously held in the left), the kartika usually appears as a pair with the kapala or "skull-cup". The shape of the kartika, or trigug, with its crescent shape and the hook on the end, is derived from the shape of a traditional shape of the Indian butcher's knife. Depictions of Vajrayogini typically contain the kartika as one of h