संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

गिरिध्वज

वज्र

thunderbolt

छिदक

वज्र

thunder-bolt

दम्भोलि

वज्र

thunderbolt

हिन्दी — अंग्रेजी

वज्र — vajra (Noun)

Monier–Williams

वज्र — {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.']