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What is this mysterious object?
Take a look at this object and tell me what you think or know this is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIs9MAPQLQY
It has been bought in a curiosity shop as a.. well curiosity
It is possibly silver (at least silverisch), about 10 cm (4 inch) and has no moving parts.
2 Answers
- ღஜღTsering♡ღஜღLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's a dorje and is usually sold with a bell.It is used in Tibetan pujas (prayer)
Dorje is a Tibetan word. It refers to the ritual object that is held in the right hand of a Lama during various religious ceremonies.
Dorje is a common given-name for men in people of Tibetan culture. Hence Phu Dorje, Ang Dorje (young Dorje) and Nima Dorje (Monday Dorje) or, more usually, Dorje.
Symbolically a dorje represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment,'
Yours could have been smuggled out of Tibet when the Chinese invaded.It might be worth A LOT of money.
Source(s): Me....i'm a Buddhist
