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Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist symbols — the part of the catalogue's religious category that was almost entirely absent. What holds the group together is that each is a living object or practice rather than a historical motif, and that several carry a rule about their own use: a mani wall is passed on the right, a vajra is never used without its bell, a sand mandala is destroyed on completion by design, prayer flags are meant to fade. Where a tradition maintains an authoritative account of its own symbols the record follows that account rather than an outside description, and where a symbol is shared between traditions with different readings the record names each.
A triangular saffron flag bearing the Khanda.
A crescent at the top of a stylised human-shaped universe.
A horse carrying a flaming jewel, printed on prayer flags.
A short ribbed sceptre with prongs curving in at both ends.
A concentric geometric diagram, square within circle.
A handbell with a vajra-shaped handle.
A heart-shaped leaf with a long tapering drip tip.
A stone carved with mantra text, stacked in walls.