Qing Imperial Palace Cining Palace: Tantric Staff
Rosewood and gilt copper alloy
木卡章嘎杖
中國
清代（1644～1911）十八世紀宮廷作品，原存北京紫禁城慈寧宮花園。卡章嘎杖，又稱天杖、骷髏杖，藏傳佛教常用的一種法器，其形狀源自古印度濕婆教的骷髏手杖，為降伏法器。一般有三顆頭顱，分別以不同的衰敗程度表現，代表剋除貪瞋癡三毒。
此法器圓柱形杖身，紫檀木造。杖首以象牙骷髏頭和鎏金五股金剛杵組成。杖尾亦設金剛杵，上飾鎏金覆蓮瓣和聯珠紋。雕工精細，造型簡單，和常見的三顆頭顱卡章嘎杖形式有異。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 266.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace Cining Palace: Tantric Staff." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 266.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace Cining Palace: Tantric Staff" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:266.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace Cining Palace: Tantric Staff. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 266).
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