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'''Thigh bone trumpet''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rkang gling'', Tib. ''Kangling'') - a trumpet originally made out of human thigh bone, or sometimes copper or silver, used in Indian and Tibetan tantric Buddhism.
'''Thigh bone trumpet''' (Tib. རྐང་གླིང་, ''kangling'', [[Wyl.]] ''rkang gling'') - a trumpet originally made out of human thigh bone, or sometimes copper or silver, used in Indian and Tibetan tantric Buddhism.


Out of the [[four activities|four enlightened activities]], the thigh bone trumpet is related to wrathful or subjugating activity.
Out of the [[four activities|four enlightened activities]], the thigh bone trumpet is related to wrathful or subjugating activity.

Latest revision as of 20:18, 23 February 2018

Thigh bone trumpet

Thigh bone trumpet (Tib. རྐང་གླིང་, kangling, Wyl. rkang gling) - a trumpet originally made out of human thigh bone, or sometimes copper or silver, used in Indian and Tibetan tantric Buddhism.

Out of the four enlightened activities, the thigh bone trumpet is related to wrathful or subjugating activity.

A copper version