वज्र a. [वज्-रन् Uṇ. 2. 28]
1 Hard, adamantine.
2 Severe.
3 Forked, zigzag.
4 Cross. −ज्रः, −ज्रं
1 A thunderbolt, the weapon of Indra (said to have been formed out of the bones of the sage Dadhīci q. v.). आशंसंते समितिषु सुराः सक्तवैरा हि दैत्यैरस्याधिज्ये धनुषि विजयं पौरुहूते च वज्रे Ś. 2. 15.
2 Any destructive weapon like the thunderbolt.
3 A diamond-pin, an instrument for perforating jewels; मणौ वज्रस- मुत्कीर्णे सूत्रस्येवास्ति मे गतिः R. 1. 4.
4 A diamond in general, an adamant; वज्रादपि कठोराणि मृंदूनि कुसुमा- दपि U. 2. 7; R. 6. 19.
5 Sour gruel.
−ज्रः
1 A form of military array.
2 A kind of Kuśa grass.
3 N. of various plants.
4 A kind of pillar.
−ज्रं
1 Steel.
2 A kind of talc.
3 Thunder-like or severe language.
4 A child.
5 Emblic myrobalan.
6 The blossom of the sesamum or Vajra plant.
−Comp.
−अंगः a snake.
−अभ्यासः crossmultiplication.
−अशनिः the thunderbolt of Indra.
−आकरः a diamond mine; R. 18. 21.
−आख्यः a kind of mineral spar.
−आघातः 1. a stroke of thunder or lightning. −2. (hence fig.) any sudden shock or calamity.
−आभः a kind of spar or valuable stone.
−आयुधः an epithet of Indra.
−आसनं a diamond-seat.
−कंकटः an epithet of Hanumat.
−कालिका N. of the mother of Śākyamuni.
−कीलः a thunderbolt, an adamantine shaft; जीवितं वज्र- कीलं Māl. 9. 37; cf. U. 1. 47.
−कूटः a mountain consisting of diamonds.
−केतुः N. of the demon Naraka.
−क्षारं an alkaline earth. −गोपः = इंद्रगोपः q. v.
−चंचुः a vulture.
−चर्मन् m. a rhinoceros.
−जित् m. N. of Garuḍa. −ज्वलनं −ज्वाला lightning.
−तुंडः 1. a vulture. −2. mosquito gnat. −3. N. of Garuḍa. −4. of Gaṇeśa.
−तुल्यः lapis lazuli or azure stone.
−दंष्ट्रः a kind of insect.
−दाक्षिणः N. of Indra.
−दंतः 1. a hog. −2. a car.
−दंशनः a rat. −देह, −देहिन् a. having an adamantine or very hardy frame.
−धरः 1. an epithet of Indra; वज्रधरप्रभावः R. 18. 21. −2. an owl.
−नाभः the discus of Kṛṣṇa. −नि- र्घोषः, −निष्पेषः a clap or peal of thunder.
−पाणिः 1. an epithet of Indra; वज्रं मुमुक्षन्निव वज्रपाणिः R. 2. 42. −2. an owl. −पातः, −पतनं a stroke of lightning, fall of thunderbolt; U. 4. 24.
−पुष्पं 1. the blossom of sesamum. −2. a valuable flower.
−भृत् m. an epithet of Indra.
−मणिः a diamond, an adamant; Bh. 2. 6.
−मय a. 1. hard, adamantine. −2. cruel, hard-hearted.
−मुष्टिः an epithet of Indra.
−रदः a hog. −ले पः a kind of very hard cement; व- ज्रलेपघटितेव Māl. 5. 10, U. 4 (for its preparation see Bṛ. S. chapter 57).
−लोहकः a magnet.
−वधः 1. death by thunderbolt. −2. crossmultiplication.
−ष्युहः a kind of military array.
−शल्यः a porcupine.
−सार a. as hard as adamant, having the strength of the thunderbolt, adamantine; क्व च निशितनिपाता व- ज्रसाराः शरास्ते Ś. 1. 10; त्वमपि कु- सुमबाणान्वज्रसारीकरोषि 3. 2. −सू- चिः, −ची f. a diamond-needle.
−हृदयं an adamantine heart.