Kila (Purba) – Ritual dagger with a stone support
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ABR 064

 Code: ABR 064

  Country: Tibet

  Style:

  Date: 1800 - 1900

  Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 4.8 x 14 x 4.8

  Materials: Silver and stone

Bazin, Nathalie, 2002. Les objets rituels du bouddhisme tibétain. Rituels tibétains: visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama. . Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. p. 46–52

Bazin, Nathalie (ed.), 2002. Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes de Ve Dalaï Lama, [Catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, 5 november 2002 - 24 février 2003]. Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux. p. 53–192

This book is available at the museum's library Beer, Robert , 2003. Les symboles du bouddhisme Tibétain. Albin Michel. Pp. 143-151

The piece is featured in this book This book is available at the museum's library Béguin, Gilles, 2013. Art sacré du Tibet – Collection Alain Bordier, [catalogue of the exhibition held at the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent; 14 mars au 21 juillet 2013]. Paris: Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent. Editions Findakli. p.225

Boord, Martin J. , 1993. The Cult of the Deity Vajrakila. Tring: Institute of Buddhist Studies.

This book is available at the museum's library Huntington, John C. , 1975. The Phur-pa, Tibetan Ritual Daggers, Artibus Asiae, Supplementum, XXXIII. Ascona: Artibus Asiae.

This book is available at the museum's library Marcotty, Thomas, 1987. Dagger Blessing - The Tibetan Phurpa Cult: Reflections and Materials. Delhi: B.R.Publ..

Mayer, Robert, 1992. "Observations on the Tibetan Phur-Ba and the Indian Kila", The Buddhist forum, Vol. II: Seminar Papers 1988-1990, ed. T. Skorupski. London: SOAS.

Musée Guimet, 2002. Rituels tibétains: visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux.

The piece is featured in this book This book is available at the museum's library von Schroeder, Ulrich and von Schroeder, Heidi, 2009. Tibetan Art of the Alain Bordier Foundation. Hong Kong: Visual Dharma Publications. P. 34-35