Subject: thutob / mthu stobs fighting monk, ldab-ldob 'punk monk'
Culture: Tibetan
Setting: Tibet mid-late 20thc
Object: tribu / drilbu bell and dorje 'thunderbolt' pestle
Turkish Cafe & Lounge *
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Palyul Changchub Dhargyayling *
Museo Nacional de Antropología *
"Vajra, Ghanta. (Tibet) R. P. China. Sigll XIX
La vajra (cetro) en la mano derecha simpoliza la verdad suprema,
lo masculino, y la ghanta (campana) en la mano izquierda simoliza la sabaduría,
lo feminino. Juntos componen la unión mistica para la salvación."
* Irving Arts Center > Genghis Khan: The Exhibition
"Thunderbolt and Bell Brass 19th-20th century"
Museum of Fine Arts *
"Ritual Implements: Bell, Thunderbolt, Carrying Case
Tibet, about 18th century Leather, brass, bell metal" ...
* Palyul Changchub Dhargyayling
National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > What's in Store? *
* Chester Beatty Library
"Bell and vajra
Bell: silver with brass handle
Vajra: brass
19th or 20th century Tibet ....
Bell presented to the Chester Beatty by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1991
Often used to together during rituals, the vajra (a type of sceptre) symbolises the indestructible nature
of the Buddha's teachings and the sound of the bell represents the Buddhist concept of impermanence."
National Museum of Ireland -- Decorative Arts and History > What's in Store? *
* Leeds City Museum > Voices of Asia
"Devotional Aids: Prayer Beads, a Prayer Wheel, Bell and Wand
China, 1910-1930 and Tibet, 1900-1940
Prayer beads help one count prayer series, prayer wheels rotate printed paper contents,
the bell marks out different aspects of devotion and
the Vajra thunderbolt emblem is a symbol of concentrated ritual power." ...
Crow Collection of Asian Art > Gift Shop *
Crow Collection of Asian Art *
"Vajra (rDo rje) Tibet Copper alloy, gilded" ...
"Ghanta Bell (Dril bu) Sino-Tibetan culture, 18th century
Copper alloy, gilded" ...
