Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another very interesting and unusual item

dennee · 2nd April 2006, 11:19 PM

The Sanskrit term for axe is parashu, and similar axes did find their way into Tibetan Buddhism. But such an axe often appears as an attribute of Ganesha (perhaps explaining the trunk-like hilt here).

2nd April 2006, 11:19 PM	#2
dennee Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 186	The Sanskrit term for axe is parashu, and similar axes did find their way into Tibetan Buddhism. But such an axe often appears as an attribute of Ganesha (perhaps explaining the trunk-like hilt here).