Kartika, the tibetan curved knife

yuanzhumin · 23rd August 2007, 10:58 AM

I was having the other day a discussion with some friends on the Tibetan ritual knives, precisely on the kartika, the curved knife of the Tibetan deities. One of my friend was saying that the handle of this ritual knife must be in bronze or in gilt bronze. The other one was saying not always.
I was amused with this but, finally, we had no answer to the question.
May be, you, the experts, will be able to give me an answer and also show me some pictures of these ritual knives as I'm not very familiar with them.
Thanks
Nicolas

23rd August 2007, 10:58 AM	#1
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Kartika, the tibetan curved knife I was having the other day a discussion with some friends on the Tibetan ritual knives, precisely on the kartika, the curved knife of the Tibetan deities. One of my friend was saying that the handle of this ritual knife must be in bronze or in gilt bronze. The other one was saying not always. I was amused with this but, finally, we had no answer to the question. May be, you, the experts, will be able to give me an answer and also show me some pictures of these ritual knives as I'm not very familiar with them. Thanks Nicolas