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phurbu,nepal browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1930: Item # 1054353
galerie Cecile Kerner 19,rue Lebeau Brussels 1000 Belgium 32475830042 Guest Book 250€ |
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| a wooden phurbu with three shaman heads on the handle ,blade with spiral motive coming out of a bird beak from an old belgium collection 20cm The phurpa is an implement that nails down as well as binds. It was thus by stabbing a phurpa 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. it seems very likely that in Tibet the form of the phurpa, with its three-sided blade, was suggested by the pegs that were driven into the earth to hold the rope stays of the tent. Due to the essentially nomadic nature of life in ancient Tibet, the tent was an important part of their routine. While traveling it was used by all, the peasants, the traders, the royalty, nobility and even the exalted monks. Indeed, the peg of the tent is the prototype of the phurpa. Its triple blade is really not a dagger but a peg, precisely the kind of peg used to secure tents. The triple blade of the phurpa symbolizes the overcoming or cutting through of the three root poisons of ignorance, desire, and hatred, and also represents control over the three times of past, present and future. The triangular shape represents the element of fire and symbolizes wrathful activity. | ||
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