Vajrayudha, Vajra-腻测耻诲丑补, Vajra-ayudha, 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补: 16 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Shaktism
2. Shaivism
3. Purana
4. Kavya
5. General definition
In Jainism
1. General definition
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1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
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Vajrayudha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ) refers to a 鈥渢hunderbolt weapon鈥�, according to the Kulakaulin墨mata verse 3.82-88.鈥擜ccordingly, while describing the nine attendants of Goddess Tvarit膩: 鈥�1) Hu峁價av膩 (She who makes the sound Hu峁�) has the form of a lightning flash and, auspicious, holds a thunderbolt weapon (惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补). 2) Khecar墨 (the Skyfaring Goddess) has the form of fire and is adorned with a javelin as a weapon. 3) Ca峁囜笉膩 (the Fierce One) holds a staff. She is black (办峁涐梗峁嘺) and points (threateningly) at (both) gods and demons. [...]鈥�.

: Manblunder: Lalitha Sahasranama

1) Indra has a powerful weapon called 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (said to have been formed out of the bones of the 峁氠梗i Dadh墨ca or 顿补诲丑墨肠颈), the thunder bolt. This 苍腻尘补 (Vajri峁嚹�, 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶苦ぃ啷€, 苍腻尘补 944) says that 尝补濒颈迟腻尘产颈办腻 holds 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 in Her hand to destroy the sinners. The 苍腻尘补 could also mean that She is bedecked with diamonds and gems.

2) It is also said that Indra obtained his famous and the deadliest of his armouries called 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 after performing penance on 痴补箩谤别艣墨. She was pleased with Indra鈥檚 penance and gave him this armour and then only Indra could return to his world.

: Manblunder: Journey to 艢r墨 Cakr膩

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 was given to Indra by 尝补濒颈迟腻尘产颈办腻. 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 is made of the spinal cord of a great sage 顿补诲丑墨肠颈, who was constantly meditation on Her. 尝补濒颈迟腻尘产颈办腻, in appreciation of his penance, took him with Her by offering him liberation through 痴补箩谤别艣墨, a goddess on the banks of river Vajr膩, whose dar艣an we had when we were in the open space between 11^th and 12^th forts. The spinal cord of 顿补诲丑墨肠颈 after his liberation was given to Indra as his weapon to destroy demons.

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 is considered as one of the most potent weapons. K峁涐梗峁嘺 talks about Indra on three occasions in Bhagavad G墨t膩 (Chapter X). He says, 鈥淚 am Indra, among gods鈥�; 鈥淎mong elephants, I am Air膩vata (Indra鈥檚 elephant vehicle)鈥� and 鈥淎mong thunderbolts, I am 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补.鈥�

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: murugan: Murukan in Cankam Literature

On the day Murukan was born, Intiran became his enemy and tried to destroy him with his Vaccirayutam Halics (vajrayudha). The six at once became one with six faces and twelve hands. The devas each gave Him an instrument, separated from their bodies, to fight against Intiran: The goat, peacock, cock, bow, maran, sword, spear, kotari, malu, kanali, garland and bells. He holds them in His twelve hands and appears majestic with them (Paripatal.5:55-70).

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Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ).鈥�(Thunderbolt). The famous weapon of Indra. The making of this weapon. In olden days a fierce asura named V峁泃ra was born. The K膩lakeyas and many other asuras became his followers. They began to create havoc in the world, and cause harm to the Devas. At last under the leadership of Indra, the Devas went to Brahm膩 and informed him of their grievances and requested for advice as to the way of killing V峁泃ra. Brahm膩 told them that only with a weapon made of the bone of the hermit Dadh墨ca, could V峁泃r膩sura be killed. The Devas went to the bank of the river 艢o峁嘺 and saw the hermit Dadh墨ca, who was the foremost of munificent men, doing penance there. Indra told him the purpose of their visit. He told the Devas to take his bone, if it was useful to them. Saying this he forsook his body. The Devas took the bones of the hermit and gave them to Vi艣vakarm膩 who made a powerful weapon with them and gave that to Indra. They named the weapon the 'thunderbolt.' (Mah膩bh膩rata Vana Parva, Chapter 100). (See full article at Story of 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩gara

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ) is the warder of Mahendr膩ditya, a world-conquering king (jagajjayin) from Avanti, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 120. Accordingly, as sage Ka峁噕a narrated to Narav膩hanadatta: 鈥�... and that king [Mahendr膩ditya] had a great minister named Sumati, and a warder named 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补, in whose family the office was hereditary. With these the king remained ruling his realm, propitiating 艢iva, and ever bearing various vows in order to obtain a son鈥�.

The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.

General definition (in Hinduism)

: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Vajrayudha (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶啶︵啶�): The weapon with which Indra killed Visvarupa on suspicion because his mother belonged to the asura tribe of daityas.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ) is the son of Ratnam膩l膩 and king K峁ma峁卥ara, and he is a previous incarnation of 艢膩nti-n膩tha, according to chapter 5.3 [艣膩ntin膩tha-caritra] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly:鈥斺€淸...] Apar膩jita鈥檚 soul, the Indra of Acyuta, fell from Acyuta and developed in her [i.e., queen Ratnam膩l膩鈥檚] womb, like a pearl in a pearl-oyster. [...] Because the queen had seen a thunderbolt in a dream, while he was in embryo, his father gave him the name 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补. He, having an extraordinary body, grew up gradually, protected every day from people鈥檚 evil-eye by a blooming garland. He, a traveler across the ocean of all the arts, attained youth alone confusing the heart of Gods, Asuras, men, and women. With the ribbon placed around his wrist, he married a princess, Lak峁墨vat墨, like Lak峁墨 embodied. [...]鈥�.

: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ) or 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补kath膩 refers to one of the 157 stories embedded in the 碍补迟丑腻尘补丑辞诲补诲丑颈 by Somacandra (narrating stories from Jain literature, based on the Karp奴raprakara), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擳he 碍补迟丑腻尘补丑辞诲补诲丑颈 represents a repository of 157 stories [e.g., 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补-kath膩] written in prose Sanskrit, although each of them is preceded by a verse. Together, they stage a large number of Jain characters (including early teachers). [...]

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ).鈥攁n epithet of Indra.

Derivable forms: 惫补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补岣� (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ啶�).

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and 腻测耻诲丑补 (啶嗋く啷佮ぇ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ).鈥攏ame of a yak峁: 惭补丑腻-惭腻测奴谤墨 11.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攑oet. [Subh膩shit膩vali by Vallabhadeva]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ):鈥擺from vajra > vaj] m. 鈥榯丑耻苍诲别谤产辞濒迟-补谤尘别诲鈥�, Name of Indra, [Hariva峁兣沘; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]

2) [v.s. ...] of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]

3) [v.s. ...] of another man, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (啶掂啷嵿ぐ啶距く啷佮ぇ):鈥擺惫补箩谤腻+测耻诲丑补] (dha岣�-dh膩-dha峁�) a. Armed with thunderbolts.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

痴补箩谤腻测耻诲丑补 (嗖掂矞喑嵿舶嗖距帛喑佮钵):鈥�

1) [noun] thunderbolt, as the weapon of Indra, the chief of gods.

2) [noun] Indra, himself.

3) [noun] a very strong, unfailing weapon.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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