The kartika is used to symbolize the severance of all material and worldly bonds and is often crowned with a vajra, which is said to destroy ignorance, and thus leading to enlightenment.

Curved Knife, or Hooked Knife (Sanskrit: kartari. Tibetan: Tri Gug): a knife with a curved blade commonly depicted in the hands of wrathful and semi-wrathful deities of Tantric Indian religious traditions. In Tantric Buddhism the knife is immediately recognizable because it has a half vajra handle (as opposed to the entire vajra).

The flaying knife (gri gug – hooked-knife) is a curved, crescent-shaped or hooked knife with a vajra handle. It is also called a Kyi gri (sKyi gri – knife for flaying or scraping a hide) and owes its origin to the butcher’s knife of ancient India.

金刚杵（chǔ），梵名Vajra（瓦支拉），藏语称“多吉”，曾音译为伐折罗、缚日啰、伐折啰、跋折啰、伐阇啰。 又叫做宝杵、降魔杵、梵林金刚杵等。 原为古代印度之武器。

The hooked crescent-shaped knife of the dakini with its vajra handle pulls one forth from suffering, chops up the ego-centred self and is guided by the diamond clarity of the vajra. The kartika usually appears as a pair with the kapala , or skullcup .

The flaying knife (kartrika) is one of the most prominent weapons used by Tantric Buddhism’s angry deities, both male and female, especially the Mahakala and the Vajrayogini class of deities. They typically brandish a flaying knife in one hand and a skullcup (kapala) in the other.

Red Manohara Vasudhara holds a vajra hook in her right hand and a treasure spewing mongoose in her left hand. She is red and wears a beautiful crown. In Tibet, Red Manohara Vasudhara is depicted as a 16-year-old girl.

This flaying knife is styled in the Indian manner, with a long, hooked steel blade for butchering and flaying. A vajra (thunderbolt scepter), symbol par excellence of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, forms the handle. The steel blade issues from a wide-jawed sea monster (makara) hilt, finely damascened with gold and silver.

2025年3月6日 · The hooked crescent-shaped knife of the dakini with its vajra handle pulls one forth from suffering, chops up the ego-centred self and is guided by the diamond clarity of the vajra.[7] The kartika is used to symbolize the severance of all material and worldly bonds and is often crowned with a vajra, which is said to destroy ignorance, and thus ...

Brilliant white and holding vajra and bell. Who holds a hooked knife and skullcup. And wear silk and jewel ornaments. Encircled by the hundred-syllable mantra. Be purified, each and every one, I pray. And tiny creatures. The nectar then fills the whole interior of the body. Repeat this hundred-syllable mantra as many times as possible.