The khatvāṅga is a long club with skulls engraved on the body.[citation needed] Author Robert Beer states that "The form of the Buddhist khaṭvāṅga derived...

Dilīpa, also known as Khaṭvāṅga or Khash, was a king of the Ikshvaku dynasty featured in Ramayana and Hinduism. Dilipa is the son of Mulaka and Ilibila...

Mantra Om Hasaim Hasakarim Hasaim Bhairavyay Namo Namah Weapon Trishula, Khaṭvāṅga, Sword, Kapala, Sickle and Damru Mount Lotus Consort Bhairava, a form...

symbolically depicted as a khaṭvāṅga on Vajrayoginī's left shoulder, when she is in "solitary hero" form. Vajrayoginī's khaṭvāṅga is marked with a vajra and...

gazing at an image of the meditational deity Samvara and the figure at the bottom left holding a skull-staff (khaṭvāṅga) and a flaying knife (kartika)....

Nidhna Animitra (Anamitra) Duliduh or Mūlaka Dilipa II or Dirghabhahu or Khaṭvāṅga Raghu II Aja Dasharatha II Bharata III Rama Kusha and Lava Atithi Nishadha...

the 4th century CE, which traditionally carried a skull-topped trident (khaṭvāṅga) and an empty human skull as a begging bowl. Other attributes associated...

Affiliation Shiva Mantra ॐ भैरवाय नमः ॥ oṁ bhairavāya namaḥ Weapon Trishula, Khaṭvāṅga, Sword, Kapala, Sickle, Vajra, Noose, Pinaka bow, Pashupatastra arrow...

takes over Rudra's realm and defeats him by plunging a three-pointed khaṭvāṅga into his chest. He then devours Rudra, purifies him in his stomach and...

in a dancing posture, with a kapala (skull cup) in her left hand and a khatvanga on her left shoulder, while her right hand holds a curved knife. Vajravārāhī...

Nidhna Animitra (Anamitra) Duliduh or Mūlaka Dilipa II or Dirghabhahu or Khaṭvāṅga Raghu II Aja Dasharatha II Bharata III Rama The other sons of Dasharatha;...

carried by Dionysus and his followers. (Greek mythology) Khaṭvāṅga, Shiva and Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to as khatvāṅgīs...

is enthroned as the Lotus King (Pema Gyalpo). However, Padmasambhava's khaṭvāṅga staff falls on one of Indrabhuti's ministers, killing him, and Padmasambhava...

Bhairava is prescribed to be depicted with eight arms, in which six hold the khatvanga (club), the pasha (whip), the shula (spear), the damaru (drum), the kapala...

Padma (lotus). The Aparajitapriccha describes her holding a rosary, a khatvanga (a club with a skull), a bell, and a kamandalu (water-pot). The Vishnudharmottara...

princess Queen Soma fall in love with him. Khaṭvāṅga – In Hinduism, the god Shiva-Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to...

Rudra's realm, submits him and destroys him by plunging a three-pointed khaṭvāṅga into his chest. He then devours Rudra, purifies him in his stomach and...

damaru (drum), trishula (trident), sword, a snake (nāga), skull-mace (khatvanga), thunderbolt (vajra), a severed head and panapatra (drinking vessel,...

thunderbolt, mushti, abhaya, chakra (discus), sakti, staff, goad, sword, khatvanga, axe, akshamala, a bone, bow, musala, and fire; and the left hands to...

when Parashurama was destroying the Kshatriyas) Vishvasaha Anaranya(3) Khatvanga Dilīpa (Deerghabahu) Raghu Aja (Contemporary of Chandravanshi King Yayati)...

holding an elephant skin, a trident, a preta, a goat, a sword, and a khatvāṅga (a skull-topped club or staff). Some images of Mahākāla of this type found...

tantric ritual symbols include the ritual knife (kila), tantric staff (khatvanga), the skull cup (kapala), the flaying knife (kartika), hand drum (damaru)...

for the elimination of those very demons Khaṭvāṅga - In Hinduism, the god Shiva - Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to...

contains the power of the third eye of Shiva. Khaṭvāṅga: In Hinduism, the god Shiva - Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to...

Nandivarman preferred the Nandi. Under the reign of Parameswaravarman was Khatvanga (Skull mace) added to Pallava emblem. Ay Kingdom Elephant The Cheras took...

shaktyayudha (power-weapon), a danda (staff), a trishula in right hands and a khatvanga (skull-staff), snake, skull, shield and a deer in the left. Depictions...

arrow, hook, vajra, sword and spear. The six left [hold] a pestle, bow, khatvanga, skullcup filled with blood, skullcup filled with human flesh and a shield...

Nandivarman II preferred the Nandi. Under the reign of Paramesvaravarman I was Khatvanga (Skull mace) added to the Pallava emblem. There were probably different...

describes his iconography as having 16 arms and holding in his left arms a khatvanga, an arrow, a chakra, a damaru, a mudgara (a mallet-like weapon), an akshamala...

"an ascetic beggar who ride an old bull and carried an ant-bitten club (khatvanga)" – a humorous take on the Puranic Shiva. In another instance (1855),...