Description
This p’hurba is 8 inches tall and the handle is copper and brass plated with three faces and a horse head, the emblem of the wrathful deity Hayagriva. The p’hurba stand shown is sold separately.
P’hurba: Tib. ཕུར་པ་ p’hur-ba, is a ritual dagger with a pointed three-edge blade. The p’hurba is associated with wrathful activity, and is, for example, held by the deity Vajrakilaya, a buddha who embodies the quality of wrathful enlightened activity. A p’hurba can be placed on a shrine or be a meditation support on a puja table.