| has gloss | eng: :for the village in Laos see Namkha, Laos Namkha (Tibetan: ནམ་མཁ nam mkha ) is a Tibetan word meaning "sky", "space", "aether"," heaven" (also known as De; (Tibetan mdos (མདོས) ) is a form of yarn or thread cross composed traditionally of wool or silk and is metonymic of the Endless knot of the Ashtamangala. In certain rites, the Namkha becomes a pure land abode or temenos (Sanskrit: vihara) of a thoughtform; where in other rites it becomes a snare for demons. It is a form of intentional process art. Weavings of a similar nature are called "Gods eye" in English folk art. In the Bön and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions, a namkha is constructed as the temporary dwelling or temenos for a deity during ritual practice. The structure of the namkha is traditionally made with colored thread symbolic of the elements (blue, green, red, white, and yellow; space, air, fire, water, and earth respectively ), the sequence, and the shape of the namkha differing for each deity or yidam. |