vajra

[apte] a. [vaj-ran Uṇ. 2. 28] 1 Hard, adamantine. --2 Severe. --3 Forked, zigzag. --4 Cross. --jraḥ, --jraṃ 1 A thunderbolt, the weapon of Indra (said to have been formed out of the bones of the sage Dadhīci q. v.). āśaṃsaṃte samitiṣu surāḥ saktavairā hi daityairasyādhijye dhanuṣi vijayaṃ pauruhūte ca vajre Ś. 2. 15. --2 Any destruc- tive weapon like the thunderbolt. --3 A diamond-pin, an instrument [Page0939-b+ 57] for...