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Vajrapāṇi (in Skt. ep. of Indra; in Pali Vajirapāṇi is n. of a yakkha, also of Indra, the two being identified, at least sometimes; on his character see DPPN ; in BHS sometimes = Indra, as in Mv i.183.10 where his form is assumed by Buddha; prob. also in Gv 250.20 , where he parallels, and forms the climax of, a series of devatās; and prob. SP 445.6 ), n. of a yakṣa, Māy 3 (living at Rājagṛha); cf. Vajra-rājagṛha ; usually not, as in Māy , a mere local yakṣa, but a much more imposing and even terrifying yakṣa, who e.g. in Bbh 152.1 may be conjured up by a Bodhisattva to frighten evil-doers ( cf. also Caṇḍavajrapāṇi ); often called by epithets like mahāyakṣasenāpati Suv 85.3 , guhyakādhipati 91.17 (see the word, and cf. LV 66.6 ), yakṣendra 158.13 ; similarly Mmk 548.7 , and often; elsewhere he is an important Bodhisattva, at or near the head of lists of them, Kv 1.7 ; Mvy 649 ; one of eight, Dharmas 12 ; a special attendant on Buddha Laṅk 240.10 ; a Bodhisattva in the 8th bhūmi is Vajrapāṇisatatānubaddha, Dbh 71.22 ; other references to V. the Bodhisattva, Śikṣ 274.3 ; Sādh 49.13 etc. ; Mmk 11.6 ; 62.28 ; 68.20 , etc. ; it is clear, however, that for Mmk , at least, the Bodhisattva and the yakṣa or guhyaka prince are the same person; so Vajrapāṇir bodhisattvo 25.8 is referred to in 12 as (Ā)guhyakādhipatinā yakṣendreṇa; in addressing Vajrapāṇiṃ guhyakādhipatim, 36.2 , he is called jinaputra (= bodhisattva) in the next line; he is called a bodhisattva in 145.2 and 13, and addressed as yakṣeśa in 14.