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Ghanta is the Sanskrit term for a ritual bell used in either Hindu or Buddhist religious practices. Hindu temples generally have one metal bell hanging at the entrance and devotees ring the bell while entering the temple. Priests and devotees ring bells during the puja. There are bells specially made to produce the long strains of the sound OM. In Buddhism, the ritual bell is almost always paired with another ritual implement called a dorje.
Usage examples of "ghanta".
Conan buckled to his hip a Ghanta knife, a weapon borne by the fierce desert men who dwelt to the south of the Stygians, a broad, heavy, slightly curved blade of fine steel, edged like a razor and long enough to dismember a man.
She pulled the ghanta from her back, and as the rumbling shuddered underneath them and fissures opened up in the walls and ceiling of the tunnel, she rang it.