Kartika pendant. Vajrayana Buddhism, Esoteric, Tantric, Tibetan, Shingon. Knife of the daïkinis. silver 925, copper, nephrite jade.

Kartika pendant.
Vajrayana Buddhism, Esoteric, Tantric, Tibetan, Japanese Shingon.
Knife of the daïkinis.
silver 925 punched
Copper
all-natural nephrite jade from Qinghai Province
Choice set with Arizona turquoises "sleeping beauty"
or agates nan hong from Yunnan. This exceptional volcanic agate owes its intense red color to its natural sinnabar content.

As a gemologist graduated from the National Institute of Gemmology of Paris, all our stones are appraised and certified.

The whole is embellished with zirconium oxides set all over the pendant

Pendant dimension: 31mm by 20mm by 6.8mm

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A kartika or kartrika is a small ritual peeling knife in the shape of a crescent used in them. tantric ceremonies of Vajrayana Buddhism. It is said that the kartari is "one of the attributes par excellence of wrathful tantric deities". It is commonly referred to as the "dakinis knife." Its shape is similar to that of Inuitsulu or woman's knife, which is used for many things, including skin cleansing.

While the kartari is normally held in the right hand of a dakini in the iconography and spiritual practice of vajrayana, it can sometimes be seen held by esoteric male deities, such as some forms of Yamantaka. It is also frequently found in the iconography of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice of Ched.

In the same way that the bell and vajra are usually ritual elements paired in the spiritual practice and iconography of vajrayana (one is held in the right hand and the other simultaneously held in the left), the kartika usually appears as a pair with the kapala or "skull-Cup".

The shape of the kartika, or trigug, with its crescent shape and hook at the end, is derived from the form of a traditional form of the Indian butcher's knife.

Vajrayogini's representations generally contain kartika as one of his attributes. In the iconography of the enlightened dakinis and tantric female yidams, it is common to find the hooked kartika knife in his right hand and the cut of the skull in his left, representing "the inseparable union of wisdom and skillful means".