vájra m. n. 'the hard or mighty one', a thunderbolt (esp. that of Indra, said to have been formed out of the bones of the Ṛishi Dadhīca or Dadhīci q.v., and shaped like a circular discus, or in later times regarded as having the form of two transverse bolts crossing each other thus x

• sometimes also applied to similar weapons used by various gods or superhuman beings, or to any mythical weapon destructive of spells or charms, also to manyu, 'wrath' RV. or [with apām] to a jet of water AV. &c. &c

• also applied to a thunderbolt in general or to the lightning evolved from the centrifugal energy of the circular thṭthunderbolt of Indra when launched at a foe

• in Northern Buddhist countries it is shaped like a dumb-bell and called Dorje

• See MWB. 201 ; 322 &c.) RV. &c. &c

• a diamond (thought to be as hard as the thunderbolt or of the same substance with it), ṢadvBr. Mn. MBh. &c

• a kind of talc L

• a kind of penance (feeding for a month on only barley prepared with cow's urine) L

• sour gruel W

• m. a form of military array, Mī. MBh. &c. (cf. -vyūha)

• a kind of column or pillar VarBṛS

• a partic. form of the moon ib

• a partic. Ekāha, Vtit

• a kind of hard mortar or cement (kalka) VarBṛS. (cf. -lepa)

• N. of the 15th of the 27 Yogas or astronomical divisions of time ib

• a partic. Soma ceremony ṢaḍvBr

• Euphorbia Antiquorum and another species L

• Astera L

• N. of a mountain R

• of an Asura Virac

• of a son of Aniruddha MBh. Hariv. Pur

• of a son of Vilvamitra MBh

• of a son of Manu Slvarṇa Hariv

• (with Jainas) of one of the 10 Dala-pūrvins L

• of a Ṛishi VarBṛS. (v. l. for vātsya)

• of a minister of Narendrāditya Rājat

• of a son of Bhūti ib

• of a heretical king Buddh

• (ā), f. Cocculus Cordifolius L

• Euphorbia Antiquorum or Tirucalli L. N. of Durgā, DeviP

• of a daughter of Vaisvanara VP

• (ī), f. a kind of Euphorbia L

• n. denunciation in strong language (compared to thunder) R. Sāh. Pratāp. (cf. vākya- and vāg-v○)

• a kind of hard iron or steel L

• a partic. posture in sitting Cat. (cf. vajrâsana)

• N. of a partic. configurations of the planets and stars (in which favourable planets are situated in the 1st and 7th houses and unfavourable in the 4th and 10th) VarBṛS

• myrobolan L

• the blossom of the sesamum or of any plant called Vajra L

• Andropogon Muricatus L

• = bālaka, a child, pupil L

• mfn. adamantine, hard, impenetrable W

• shaped like a kind of cross (cf. above), forked, zigzag ib. [Cf. Zd. vaśra, 'a club.'] [Page 913, Column 2]