A kartika or drigug (Sanskrit: kartari; Tibetan: གྲི་གུག་, Wylie: gri-gug, [1] or kartrika in Nepal [2]) is a small, crescent-shaped, hand-held ritual flaying knife used in the tantric ceremonies of Vajrayana Buddhism. The kartari is said to be "one of the quintessential attributes of the wrathful Tantric deities." [3] .

The flaying knife (gri gug – hooked-knife) is a curved, crescent-shaped or hooked knife with a vajra handle. It is also called a Kyi gri (sKyi gri – knife for flaying or scraping a hide) and owes its origin to the butcher’s knife of ancient India.

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Gri-gug the thunderbolt flaying knife. The gri-gug is a symbol often associated with the khandromas (mKha’ ’gro ma), the sky-dancing sources of inspiration – but it is also held by male forms such as Ögyen Khyungpo (o rGyen Khyung po – Udiyana Garuda) who holds a gri-gug in the talons of each foot. The gri-gug is held by many important yidams such as Tröma Nakmo – …

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Ritual knife (grigug) Dimensions: Height: 16cm; Width: 12cm; Gallery label (14/06/2011) Ritual Chopper (Drigug) 1700–1800 In Tibetan Buddhism, this type of chopper is held by certain wrathful deities who aid the devotee in overcoming spiritual obstacles. It symbolises the sharp edge of