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五股

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(五股杵 or 五股金剛); also 五鈷, 五古, or 五[月*古] The five-pronged vajra or thunderbolt emblem of the 五部 five groups and 五智 five wisdom powers of the vajradhātu; doubled it is an emblem of the ten pāramitās. In the esoteric cult the 五股印 five-pronged vajra is the symbol of the 五智 five wisdom powers and the 五佛 five Buddhas, and has several names 五大印, 五智印, 五峰印; 金剛慧印, 大羯印, and 大率都婆印, and has many definitions.