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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]]]] | [[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. | The '''curved knife''' (Tib. [[གྲི་གུག་]], [[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> | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*hooked knife | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 4 September 2017
The curved knife (Tib. གྲི་གུག་, Wyl. gri gug) is a symbolic instrument that symbolizes the severing of the four demons.[1]
Alternative Translations
- hooked knife
References
- ↑ 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.