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symbols, emblems, scepter, instruments, symbolic attributes of deities [JV]

symbolic implement [RB]

instruments; symbolic implement; attribute, hand-emblem, hand-symbol, scepter, instrument, implement, ritual object, symbolic implement, identifying hand held emblem, implement of a deity, instruments, scepters, hand [emblems], implement "hand-instruments" attributes. manual symbols, attributes; hand-implements or emblems held by - the deities. insignia [RY]

[identifying] attribute, hand-emblem/ - symbol, scepter, instrument/implement, ritual object [of a deity] [IW]

1) hand implements; 2) symbolic implements. Generally, the particular objects which are held in the hands of a deity. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]