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A handbell with a vajra-shaped handle.
Also known as: Drilbu, Ritual bell, Vajra bell, Bell with a sceptre handle
The ghanta is a ritual handbell whose handle is a half-vajra, so the bell and sceptre are physically matched as a pair. It is held in the left hand while the vajra is held in the right, and the two are not used separately.
Denotes the ritual handbell of Vajrayana Buddhism, its handle formed as a half-vajra.
Contexts: Religion
Is held in the left hand paired with the vajra in the right, the two forming a set that is not used separately.
Contexts: Religion
Has its handle deliberately made as half a vajra, so the pair is matched as objects and not only in use.
Contexts: Religion
A metal handbell with a flared circular open mouth, a decorated conical body, and a handle formed as a ribbed sphere topped by a ring of inward-curving prongs.