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Definition[1]
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ghaṇṭā (Sanskrit). A ritual bell used in Buddhist tantric practice, often in conjunction with the vajra. The half-vajra which surmounts the bell as a handle normally has the usual five prongs but examples with one, three, or nine prongs are also found, the latter especially associated with the Tibetan Nyingma lineage. In Tibetan Buddhism, the bell has a range of meanings from a simple reminder of impermanence (anitya) to a symbolic representation of the female principle of insight (prajñā). In Japanese Shingon it is associated with the Matrix of Compassion Realm (karuṇā-garbha-dhātu).
Source
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A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
Definition[2]
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ghaṇṭā : [f.] a bell.
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[3]
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Ghaṇṭā (f.) a small bell (cp. kinkanikā) J iv.215; VvA 36, 37, 279 (khuddaka˚). As ghaṇṭī at Vism 181.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[4]
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ghaṇṭā f. of ○ṭa, q.v
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Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William
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ghaṇṭābha , ghaṇṭābīja , ghaṇṭaka , ghaṇṭākarṇa , ghaṇṭāli , ghaṇṭ , ghanottara , ghanottama , ghanorū , ghanoparuddha
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