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Thokcha (Tibetan: ཐོག་ལྕགས, Wylie: thog lcags; also alternatively Tibetan: གནམ་ལྕགས, Wylie: gnam lcags) are tektites and meteorites which serve as amulets. Typically high in iron content, these are traditionally believed to contain a magical, protective power comparable to Tibetan dzi beads. Most thokcha are made of a copper alloy.

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  • Ein Thokcha (tib.: thog lcags; Aussprache: toktscha) ist ein antikes Objekt aus Metall, das in Tibet häufig als Amulett getragen wird. Den Thokchas werden mitunter „besondere Kräfte“ zugeschrieben; in dieser Hinsicht sind sie mit den tibetischen Dzi (tib.: gzi zhags; Halsketten) oder Malas ganz oder teilweise aus Dzi (geätzter Achat) vergleichbar. (de)
  • Thokcha (Tibetan: ཐོག་ལྕགས, Wylie: thog lcags; also alternatively Tibetan: གནམ་ལྕགས, Wylie: gnam lcags) are tektites and meteorites which serve as amulets. Typically high in iron content, these are traditionally believed to contain a magical, protective power comparable to Tibetan dzi beads. Most thokcha are made of a copper alloy. The use of meteoric iron has been common throughout the history of ferrous metallurgy. Historically, thokcha were prized for the metallurgical fabrication of weapons, musical instruments, and sacred tools, such as the phurba. Thokcha are an auspicious addition in the metallurgical fabrication of sacred objects cast from panchaloha. Writer Robert Beer regards meteoric iron as "the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the vajra or other iron weapons." It was believed that these amulets had been tempered by the celestial gods before falling to earth. Beer describes the metal falling from space as a metaphor for "the indivisibility of form and emptiness." Many meteorite fragments can be found in Tibet due to its high altitude and open landscape. (en)
  • Een thokcha (Tibetaans: thog betekent "boven" of "bliksem"; lcags betekent "ijzer" of "metaal") is een Tibetaans, oud metalen object dat dienstdoet als talisman. Tibetaanse boeddhisten geloven dat thokchas begiftigd zijn met magie en beschermende kracht hebben. In deze hoedanigheid zijn ze vergelijkbaar met de Tibetaanse dzi-kralen. (nl)
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  • ཐོག་ལྕགས (en)
  • གནམ་ལྕགས (en)
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  • thog lcags (en)
  • gnam lcags (en)
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  • Ein Thokcha (tib.: thog lcags; Aussprache: toktscha) ist ein antikes Objekt aus Metall, das in Tibet häufig als Amulett getragen wird. Den Thokchas werden mitunter „besondere Kräfte“ zugeschrieben; in dieser Hinsicht sind sie mit den tibetischen Dzi (tib.: gzi zhags; Halsketten) oder Malas ganz oder teilweise aus Dzi (geätzter Achat) vergleichbar. (de)
  • Een thokcha (Tibetaans: thog betekent "boven" of "bliksem"; lcags betekent "ijzer" of "metaal") is een Tibetaans, oud metalen object dat dienstdoet als talisman. Tibetaanse boeddhisten geloven dat thokchas begiftigd zijn met magie en beschermende kracht hebben. In deze hoedanigheid zijn ze vergelijkbaar met de Tibetaanse dzi-kralen. (nl)
  • Thokcha (Tibetan: ཐོག་ལྕགས, Wylie: thog lcags; also alternatively Tibetan: གནམ་ལྕགས, Wylie: gnam lcags) are tektites and meteorites which serve as amulets. Typically high in iron content, these are traditionally believed to contain a magical, protective power comparable to Tibetan dzi beads. Most thokcha are made of a copper alloy. (en)
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  • Thokcha (de)
  • Thokcha (nl)
  • Thokcha (en)
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