Stone Begging Bowl of Buddha

The was the Buddha's stone begging bowl. In the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, it was believed to be located in India, however Kagura tracked it down to a village in Japan. She manipulated a swarm of demons to attack the village and retrieve the bowl, but they were unsuccessful. She later confronted Kikyō, who had visited the village after it was attacked and obtained the bowl from a dying young girl. To Kagura's suprise, Kikyō surrendered the bowl freely without a fight, claiming that she had no need of it. However, Kikyō, for reasons similar to Naraku and the Swallow's Cowrie Shell, namely to draw out Kaguya. Kikyō's designs differed from Naraku's, though, in that Kikyō wanted to draw Kaguya out so that she could be destroyed by Inuyasha. The bowl signifies the element earth and is represented by the color purple. As it was cast into Lake Kawaguchi, Kanna recited these words: "I had hoped to find the gleam of the fallen dew but nothing can I see, why did you go yonder to Mount Ogura?"