Weapons in Buddhist mythology

thumb|335x335px|Indra bearing a Lotus and Vedic form of a Vajra thumb|upright|A Tibetan Bell and Dorje (Vajra) are inseparable ritual tools thumb|upright|A Double Vajra appears in the national emblem of Bhutan.

thumb|Statue of Shiva holding a trishula. The trishula () is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism. It is most commonly associated with the deity Shiva and widely employed in his iconography.

instrument in training elephants

thumb|Phurba in the Walters Art Museum The phurba (; alternate transliterations: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu)or kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement deeply rooted in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Bön traditions. Its primary association is with the meditational deity Vajrakīlaya (Dorje Phurba), embodying the essence of transformative power. The etymology and historical context of the term reveal some debate. Both the Sanskrit word kīla and the Tibetan phurba are used interchangeably in sources.

A khaṭvāṅga () is a long, studded staff or club with a skull at the top. The weapon is found in the iconography of Tantric Hindu as well as Tibetian Vajrayana Buddhism. It is variously described as "a skull-topped club, a skull-mounted trident, or a trident staff on which three skulls are impaled".

Buddhist ceremonial flaying knife