The vajra essentially symbolizes the immovable, immutable, indivisible, and indestructible state of enlightenment or Buddhahood. In Tibetan Buddhism, the Kartika, or Dirgug, is a ritual flaying knife used in burial rituals, with the handle crafted as a Dorje. It is a tool of the wrathful female deities known as Dakinis. The Kartika symbolizes the cutting away of all things material, symbolized by the human body.
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