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A kartika ( Skt. kartri, katari; Tib. gri-gug, or kartrika in Nepal, also sometimes referred to in Tibetan as a trigug or drigug) is a small, crescent-shaped hand-held ritual flaying knife used in the tantric ceremonies of Vajrayana Buddhism. The kartika is said to be "one of the quintessential attributes of the wrathful Tantric deities." It is commonly known as the "knife of the dakinis."
While the kartika is normally held in the right hand of a dakini in Vajrayana iconography and spiritual practice, occasionally it can be seen being held by esoteric male deities, such as certain forms of Yamantaka. It is also found frequently in the iconography of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice of Chöd.
Kartika or Karthika may refer to:
- alternative transliteration of Kartik
- Kartikeya, the son of Shiva in the Indian mythology
- alternative transliteration of Karthika, a feminine name in Indian languages
- Kartika Rane, Indian actress
- Kartika (sitcom), a Disney India sitcom
- Kartika (knife), a Buddhist ritual implement
- Kartika, a month in the Hindu calendar
- Kartika Airlines
- Kartika Liotard member of the European Parliament
- For Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, see Caning in Malaysia#Kartika case.
- Star (in Indonesia Language).
- In Indonesian bible, "Kartika" are written on Amos 5:8, Ayub 9:9
- Kartika I, the first Indonesian sounding rocket
It may also refer to:
- the Pleiades (in English).
- Subaru (in Japanese)
Kartika is an Indian show that aired on Disney Channel India. The show's advertisements started on September 15, 2008, just one week before its premiere on September 22, 2008 on Disney. Disney Channel aired the name as Kaarthika. The tagline of the series is "Sapnon ki Udaan-Kartika". The website showed in late 2007 that the show was set to premiere. However, after airing one episode, the show was immediately pulled off air and replaced by Shararat and Sanya.