✅The trident (sankosho) is a type of esoteric Buddhist ritual implement collectively known as a vajra (kongosho).
✅A vajra is a pestle-shaped ritual implement with spear-like blades on both ends. Its sharp blades are used to overcome difficulties and worldly desires and to express bodhicitta (Buddha nature). It is said that simply having one close by wards off misfortune and disaster.
✅The trident (sankosho) has three forked blades, like a fork. The three spears are said to symbolize the Buddha's "three mysteries" (body, speech, and mind) and the sentient beings' (human) "three actions" (body, speech, and mind), and represent the control of the "three actions" with the "three mysteries." It is written in the sutras that "holding this (trident) in one's hand during goma (fire) or chanting will bring success." In other words, the Sanko vajra is a ritual implement in esoteric Buddhism that is said to be able to remove internal and external obstacles and barriers that lie before your eyes. ✅You can carry it with you as a talisman or keep it on your desk at home or at work. [Country of Origin] China [Size] Length: Approx. 15.1 cm, Width: 4.3 cm, Thickness: 1.6 cm [Weight] Approx. 209 g [Material] Alloy