A khakkhara (Sanskrit: खक्खर; Tibetan: འཁར་གསིལ, THL: khar sil; Chinese: 錫杖; pinyin: xīzhàng; Japanese pronunciation: shakujō; Korean: 석장; romaja: seokjang;...

if needed. Over time, they were stylised into the monk's spade weapon. Khakkhara Sasumata Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900—1950, Harvard...

Mahayana Buddhism. His traditional textile depiction shows him holding a khakkhara in his right hand and a vase in his left; an excellent example can be...

Taoist and Buddhist monastic hierarchy in China and Japan, along with the khakkhara, jewel scepter, and begging bowl. The fly-whisk in Buddhism represents...

wearing a Buddhist crown (an Ushnisha or a Black Crown), and wielding a khakkhara staff. In some depictions or media sometimes Sanzang is depicted as a...

July 1723 with Douka 7 Tsuboi 4choume, Soushinji Temple Ksitigarbha with Khakkhara on the right hand and Globus cruciger on the left hand. With Douka 8 (A)...

with his uchiwa, and the other, Sekido, shocks the siblings with his khakkhara. Genya arrives and beheads them with a sawed-off shotgun and a Nichirin...

Buddhist monks who take a vow of silence often carry an iron staff called khakkhara, which makes a metallic noise to frighten away animals. Since they cannot...

fabric, 16th century, Czech Republic. Jagiellonian University Museum Khakkhara Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Crozier" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7...

Sanemori's nephew Miyaji no Kunihira – takes the form of a monastic staff (khakkhara, shakujō) head with an image of the dual Kangiten flanked by two attendants...