Phurba - Tibetan ritual dagger No. 2
Excluding taxes and duties
Shipping policy
Preparation
Every piece is packed to measure. Orders ship within 2 to 3 working days, 3 to 4 for furniture.
Mainland France and Corsica
Pickup point delivery (Mondial Relay, Chronopost Shop2Shop): free for orders up to €200, for eligible items. Above that, parcels are too large for pickup points.
Home delivery: under €100: €9 · €100 to €199: €15 · €200 to €599: €25 · €600 and over: free.
Estimated times, from order to receipt (public holidays excluded)
Pickup point: 5 to 9 working days · Parcel to your door: 4 to 8 working days · Furniture on a pallet, by carrier: 7 to 10 working days, by appointment with the carrier.
Good to know
Furniture is delivered to your doorstep or to the foot of the building. The driver does not install or unpack anything. Check the condition of the parcel on receipt and note any damage on the delivery slip: without this note, no compensation is possible.
Europe
We deliver to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Costs depend on the order amount and are shown before payment; the detail per country is on our Delivery page. For Switzerland and the United Kingdom, import duties and taxes are paid by the recipient.
Other destinations
Delivery on quotation: write to hello@orpai-studio.com with the pieces you are interested in and the delivery postcode.
Handmade
Vintage
One-of-a-kind piecePhurbas are ritual daggers associated with deities of Vajrayana Buddhism. Made up of a blade, a handle and a pommel, these carved daggers are often made of brass and metal, but also of wood, as here. The pommel of a phurba often depicts the three faces of Vajrakila (joyful, peaceful, wrathful), but can also depict the Tibetan snow lion, a stupa... The blade traditionally has three faces that meet at the tip. They symbolise the dagger's power to transform the negative energies of the "three poisons": attachment/craving/desire, delusion/ignorance/false views, and aversion/fear/hatred.
Technically, in rituals the phurba is meant to pierce the earth vertically. Phurbas are known to symbolise peace and stability, and are used to ward off demons. Padmasambhava is regarded as the inventor of the phurba. In the 8th century, Padmasambhava is said to have used the phurba to bless the ground on which he founded the Samye monastery. In Tibet, tents have always played a special role because nomadic culture is very present there, and driving tent pegs into the ground could be interpreted as a sacrifice of the earth. The shape of the phurba may therefore derive from the pegs used to fix these tents to the ground. In rituals, only shamans and certain other individuals are allowed to use a phurba. The blade of these magical daggers is not really sharpened, as its purpose is spiritual rather than destructive.
Dimensions: H26cm x W4.5cm x D4.5cm
Origin: India
Material(s): Wood
Pickup point delivery (within 8 working days):
Choice of Chrono Shop2Shop or Mondial Relay. Pickup point delivery is available for orders up to €200. Above that amount, parcels are generally too bulky to be accepted by pickup points.
Home delivery (within 5 working days):
Delivery via Chronopost or Colissimo.
Returns:
You have 14 days after receipt to request a return. It is essential to keep the original packaging for your returns. Return fees apply.
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Phurbas are ritual daggers associated with deities of Vajrayana Buddhism. Made up of a blade, a handle and a pommel, these carved daggers are often made of brass and metal, but also of wood, as here. The pommel of a phurba often depicts the three faces of Vajrakila (joyful, peaceful, wrathful), but can also depict the Tibetan snow lion, a stupa... The blade traditionally has three faces that meet at the tip. They symbolise the dagger's power to transform the negative energies of the "three poisons": attachment/craving/desire, delusion/ignorance/false views, and aversion/fear/hatred.
Technically, in rituals the phurba is meant to pierce the earth vertically. Phurbas are known to symbolise peace and stability, and are used to ward off demons. Padmasambhava is regarded as the inventor of the phurba. In the 8th century, Padmasambhava is said to have used the phurba to bless the ground on which he founded the Samye monastery. In Tibet, tents have always played a special role because nomadic culture is very present there, and driving tent pegs into the ground could be interpreted as a sacrifice of the earth. The shape of the phurba may therefore derive from the pegs used to fix these tents to the ground. In rituals, only shamans and certain other individuals are allowed to use a phurba. The blade of these magical daggers is not really sharpened, as its purpose is spiritual rather than destructive.
Dimensions: H26cm x W4.5cm x D4.5cm
Origin: India
Material(s): Wood
Pickup point delivery (within 8 working days):
Choice of Chrono Shop2Shop or Mondial Relay. Pickup point delivery is available for orders up to €200. Above that amount, parcels are generally too bulky to be accepted by pickup points.
Home delivery (within 5 working days):
Delivery via Chronopost or Colissimo.
Returns:
You have 14 days after receipt to request a return. It is essential to keep the original packaging for your returns. Return fees apply.
A question about this piece?
Phurba - Tibetan ritual dagger No. 2
Excluding taxes and duties
Shipping policy
Preparation
Every piece is packed to measure. Orders ship within 2 to 3 working days, 3 to 4 for furniture.
Mainland France and Corsica
Pickup point delivery (Mondial Relay, Chronopost Shop2Shop): free for orders up to €200, for eligible items. Above that, parcels are too large for pickup points.
Home delivery: under €100: €9 · €100 to €199: €15 · €200 to €599: €25 · €600 and over: free.
Estimated times, from order to receipt (public holidays excluded)
Pickup point: 5 to 9 working days · Parcel to your door: 4 to 8 working days · Furniture on a pallet, by carrier: 7 to 10 working days, by appointment with the carrier.
Good to know
Furniture is delivered to your doorstep or to the foot of the building. The driver does not install or unpack anything. Check the condition of the parcel on receipt and note any damage on the delivery slip: without this note, no compensation is possible.
Europe
We deliver to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Costs depend on the order amount and are shown before payment; the detail per country is on our Delivery page. For Switzerland and the United Kingdom, import duties and taxes are paid by the recipient.
Other destinations
Delivery on quotation: write to hello@orpai-studio.com with the pieces you are interested in and the delivery postcode.
More about how your order is prepared
Careful, reused packaging
Your parcel is prepared in our warehouse in France. As most of our pieces are one of a kind, the packaging has to be made to measure, which takes a little longer than for standard products. The item is protected and packed in a cardboard box for the safest possible shipping.
The little extra? We reuse packaging as much as possible to reduce our impact on the planet.
collection by the carrier
Once your order has been prepared, the carrier chosen at checkout is notified and your parcel is collected the next working day.
The carriers we use most often are Chronopost, Colissimo or UPS for home deliveries. For pickup point deliveries, we offer the Mondial Relay and Chrono Shop2Shop networks.
notification from the carrier
You will then receive an e-mail from us with delivery tracking, in the form of a link to the carrier's tracking page.