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[[Image:Dakini_tangka.JPG‎|300px|thumb|Curved knife held in the right hand of the dakini, from a tangka of [[Yeshe Tsogyal]]]]
The '''curved knife''' (Tib. [[གྲི་གུག་]], ''driguk'', [[Wyl.]] ''gri gug'') is a symbolic instrument that symbolizes the severing of the [[four maras|four demons]].<ref>''bskyed rim gyi zin bris cho ga spyi ’gros ltar bkod pa man ngag kun btus/ kun mkhyen bstan pa’i nyi ma''. Quoted in the glossary of ''Deity, Mantra & Wisdom'', Translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee.</ref>

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[[Category: Vajrayana]]
[[Category: Hand Implements]]