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    A khakkhara (Sanskrit: खक्खर; Tibetan: འཁར་གསིལ, THL: khar sil; Chinese: 錫杖; pinyin: xīzhàng; Japanese pronunciation: shakujō; Korean: 석장; romaja: seokjang;...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Taoist and Buddhist monastic hierarchy in China and Japan, along with the khakkhara, jewel scepter, and begging bowl. The fly-whisk in Buddhism represents...
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  • 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...
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  • cricketer Sameer Khakhar, Indian actor Khakhara, Uttar Pradesh, India Khakkhara. a staff traditionally carried by Buddhist monks Kharkhari, Dhanbad, Jharkhand...
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    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)...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    fabric, 16th century, Czech Republic. Jagiellonian University Museum Khakkhara Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Crozier" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7...
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