Traditional Wooden Phurbas.

Tibetan phurbas are wooden or metal daggers used in Tibetan rituals for the slaying of demons and negativity. The phurba is also used to pin down the ego, one of the main obstacles to enlightenment.

One of the oldest types of 'medicine tools' from the shamanic traditions in the Himalayas is the phurba (phurbu or phurpa). Known variously as a demon dagger, magical knife, thunder nail, or diamond spike, this three-sided blade is a powerful ritual implement used by shamans, magicians, tantrikas (tantric practitioners), and lamas of different ethnic backgrounds and spiritual orientations. These daggers also were traditionally used to pin down demonic influences as part of a process of taming them. The triple blade represents the cutting through of the three root poisons of ignorance, desire and hatred.

Purbas come from the mountain tribes of Bonpo Shamans in the Himalayan region between Kathmandu Nepal and Tibet. It can be used as Yantra to store personal power and also for ritual protection to destroy demons in Tibetan mythology. They are one of the more occult items that has come from the Bonpo shaman religion of pre-Buddhist Tibet. On top we find the 3 faces of the daggers diety spirit. On the bottom is the totem symbols (a Bonpo Shamanistic magical protector).