FromProto-Indo-Aryan*wáȷ́ras, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*wáȷ́ras, fromProto-Indo-European*weǵ-(“strong,lively”). Cognate withAvestan𐬬𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬀(vazra,“mace; main weapon ofMithra”),Persianگرز(“club, mace”). Compare alsoOld Armenianվարզ(varz,“mace”), an Iranian borrowing.

• (Vedic)IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́d͡ʑ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit)IPA^(key): /ʋɐd͡ʑ.ɾɐ/

वज्र• (vájra)stem, m (rootवज्)

1. (alson) "thehard ormightyone", athunderbolt
   1. especially that ofIndra, said to have been formed out of thebones of therishiदधीच(dadhīca) orदधीचि(dadhīci), and shaped like a circulardiscus, or in later times regarded as having the form of twotransversebolts crossing each other thus x
      • c. 1500BCE – 1000BCE,Ṛgveda1.55.1:

        दि॒वश्चि॑दस्य वरि॒मा वि प॑प्रथ॒ इन्द्रं॒ न म॒ह्ना पृ॑थि॒वी च॒न प्रति॑।
        भी॒मस्तुवि॑ष्माञ्चर्ष॒णिभ्य॑ आत॒पः शिशी॑ते॒वज्रं॒ तेज॑से॒ न वंस॑गः॥

        diváścidasya varimā́ ví papratha índraṃ ná mahnā́ pṛthivī́ caná práti.
        bhīmástúviṣmāñcarṣaṇíbhya ātapáḥ śíśītevájraṃ téjase ná váṃsagaḥ.

        His expansion spreads out even beyond heaven; not even the earth is the counterpart to Indra in greatness.
        Fearsome and mighty, a scorching firebrand for the settled domains, he hones hisvajra, like a buffalo its horn, to be piercingly sharp.

   2. sometimes also applied tosimilarweapons used by variousgods orsuperhumanbeings, or to anymythical weapondestructive ofspells orcharms, also toमन्यु(manyu,“wrath”),RV. or [withअपाम्(apām)] to a jet ofwaterAV. etc.
   3. also applied to a thunderboltin general, or to thelightningevolved from thecentrifugalenergy of thecircular thunderbolt of Indra whenlaunched at afoe
   4. in Northern Buddhist countries, it is shaped like adumbbell and calledDorje (MWB. 201, 322 etc.;RV. etc.)
2. adiamond (thought to be as hard as the thunderbolt or of the same substance with it), (ShaḍvBr.,Mn.,MBh. etc.)
3. a kind oftalc (L.)
4. a kind ofpenance (feeding for a month on only barley prepared with cow'surine) (L.)
5. sourgruel (W.)
6. a form ofmilitaryarray (Mn.,MBh., etc.) (compareवज्रव्यूह(vajra-vyūha))
7. a kind ofcolumn orpillar (VarBṛS.)
8. a particular form of themoon (ib.)
9. a particularएकाह(ekāha) (Vait.)
10. a kind of hardmortar orcement (कल्क(kalka)) (VarBṛS.) (compareवज्रलेप(vajra-lepa))
11. name of the 15th of the 27yogas or astronomical divisions of time (ib.)
12. a particularsoma ceremony (ShaḍvBr.)
13. Euphorbia antiquorum and another species (L.)
14. Astera (L.)
15. name of amountain (R.)
16. name of anasura (Vīrac.)
17. name of ason ofअनिरुद्ध(aniruddha) (MBh.,Hariv.,Pur.)
18. name of a son ofविश्वामित्र(viśvāmitra) (MBh.)
19. name of a son of Manu Sāvarṇa (Hariv.)
20. (Jainism) of one of the 10dala-pūrvins (L.)
21. name of arishi (VarBṛS.) (compareवात्स्य(vātsya))
22. name of aminister ofनरेन्द्रादित्य(narendrāditya) (Rājat.)
23. name of a son ofभूति(bhūti) (ib.)
24. name of ahereticalking (Buddh.)

• वज्रपाणि(vajrapāṇi)
• वज्रसत्त्व(vajrasattva)
• वज्रयान(vajrayāna)
• वज्रयोगिनी(vajrayoginī)
• वज्राङ्गबलि(vajrāṅgabali)

वज्र• (vájra)stem, n

1. denunciation in strong language (compared tothunder) (R.,Sāh.,Pratāp.) (compareवाक्यवज्र(vākya-vajra) andवाग्वज्र(vāg-vajra))
2. a kind of hardiron orsteel (L.)
3. a particularposture insitting (Cat.) (compareवज्रासन(vajrā*sana))
4. name of a particularconfigurations of theplanets andstars (in which favourable planets are situated in the 1st and 7th houses and unfavourable in the 4th and 10th) (VarBṛS.)
5. myrobalan (L.)
6. theblossom of thesesamum or of any plant calledvajra (L.)
7. vetiver,Chrysopogon zizanioides, formerlyAndropogon muricatus (L.)
8. =बालक(bālaka), achild,pupil (L.)

वज्र• (vájra)stem

1. adamantine,hard,impenetrable (W.)
2. shaped like a kind ofcross (compare above ),forked,zigzag (ib.)

• → Prakrit:𑀯𑁃𑀭(vaira)
• → Bengali:বজ্র(bôjrô)(learned)
• → English:vajra
• → Hindi:वज्र(vajra)(learned)
• → Japanese:伐折羅,伐闍羅,跋折羅,縛日羅(basara)
• → Japanese:ばさら(basara),婆娑羅
• → Old Khmer:bejra
  • → Khmer:ពេជ្រ(pɨc),ពេជ្(péch)
  • → Thai:เพชร(pét)
• → Kannada:ವಜ್ರ(vajra)(learned)
• → Old Javanese:bajra,braja
  • → Javanese:ꦧꦿꦗ(braja)(learned)
• → Lao:ເພັດ(phet)
• → Malayalam:വജ്രം(vajraṁ),വൈരം(vairaṁ)
• → Odia:ବଜ୍ର(båjrå)(learned)
• → Pali:vajira
  • → Burmese:စိန်(cin)
    • → Shan:ၸိင်ႇ(tsìng)
  • → Thai:วิเชียร(wí-chiian)
• → Tamil:வைரம்(vairam)
• → Telugu:వజ్రము(vajramu)
• → Tibetan:བཇྲ(bjra,“benza”)

• Monier Williams (1899), “वज्र”, inA Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At theClarendon Press,→OCLC, page0913.

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