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The kīla ( Sanskrit Devanagari: कील; IAST: kīla; , pronunciation between pur-ba and pur-pu, alt. transliterations and English orthographies: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, and Indian Vedic traditions. The kīla is associated with the meditational deity (Srkt: ishtadevata, Tib. yidam) Vajrakīla (वज्रकील) or Vajrakīlaya (Tib. Dorje Phurba) according to the means for attainment Mahayoga class. Vajrakilaya is the Buddha's activity natural expression representation.
Kíla are an Irish folk music/ world music group, originally formed in 1987 in the Irish language secondary school, Coláiste Eoin in County Dublin.
'Kila or KILA' can refer to:
- Kíla, Irish folk band
- Koila, Kozani, a village in northern Greece
- Kila Marr, a xenologist in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA)
- Kīla (Buddhism), an iconic ritual dagger and deity
- Kila, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
- Kila, Sweden, settlement in Sala Municipality