Thigh bone trumpet

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Thigh bone trumpet

Thigh bone trumpet (Tib. རྐང་གླིང་, kangling, Wyl. rkang gling) - a trumpet originally made out of human thigh bone, or sometimes copper or silver, used in Indian and Tibetan tantric Buddhism.

Out of the four enlightened activities, the thigh bone trumpet is related to wrathful or subjugating activity.

A copper version