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Definition[1]

The five kinds of bells used by the Shingon sect in Japan, also called 金剛鈴, i. e. 五鈷鈴, 賣鈴, 一鈷. 三鈷鈴, 塔鈴; the different names are derived from their handles; the four first named, beginning with the five-pronged one, are placed each at a corner of the altar, the last in the middle.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

為密教所用之法器。即一鈷鈴、三鈷鈴、五鈷鈴、寶鈴、塔鈴,總稱為金剛鈴。鈴,表說法之義;五種謂五智。此五種鈴表示五智五佛說法之外用。仁王經法等大法修行壇場用之,行者於金剛盤上之東方置五鈷鈴,南方置寶鈴,西方置一鈷鈴,北方置三鈷鈴,塔鈴為法,置於中央。日僧宗叡自唐朝請歸此法,自後即盛行於日本密宗。(參閱「金剛鈴」3567)

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p1187
Definition[3]

(名數)鈴有五鈷鈴,寶鈴,一鈷鈴,三鈷鈴,塔鈴,五種之別。又總名之曰金剛鈴。仁王經法等大法修行壇場所用之密具也。行者於東方前列之金剛盤上,以五鈷鈴置東方,寶鈴置南方,一鈷鈴置西方,三鈷鈴置北方,塔鈴置中央為法。日本僧宗叡入唐,請歸此法,遂盛行於日本密家。五鈷等名,皆取於其柄形也。

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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