Double Vajra
Gilt copper alloy
金銅十字金剛杵
日本
日本十三世紀之作。十字金剛又稱十字羯磨、羯磨金剛，為密教之法器。修法時置於大壇四隅，象徵諸佛本具之作業智。三股在四方，係「三」乘以「四」，表摧破十二因緣之義。器形源於古印度投擲用武器，由於質地堅固，能擊破各種物質，故冠以金剛之名。
金剛杵為銅鑄鎏金，軸心為素面圓形，外有八葉蓮瓣，從其四方伸出金剛杵，均勻分布。四個三股金剛杵組成「十」字形。杵由仰蓮座相托，股鉤向內曲拱。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 62.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Double Vajra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 62.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Double Vajra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:62.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Double Vajra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 62).
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