neuter · vajira 1 · vajira 2
diamond
vajira (= Pali id. ), MIndic for Skt. vajra, in mg. diamond (or thunderbolt? ), only in vss m.c. : vajirakāya LV 298.19 ; vajirasāra- Gv 56.1 ; 372.8 .
diamond; a thunder-bolt
Vajira 1 [cf. Vedic vajira, Indra's thunderbolt; Indo-Germanic seeg = Sanskrit vaj, cf. Latin vegeo to thrive, vigeo > vigour; Avesta vazra; Old-Icelandic vakr = Anglo-Saxon wacor = German wacker; also English wake etc. See also vājeti] a thunderbolt; usually with reference to Sakka's (= Indra's) weapon D I 95 = M I 231 (ayasa); Thag 419; Ja I 134 (vajira-pūritā viya garukā kucchi "as if filled with Sakka's thunderbolt." Dutoit takes it in meaning vajira 2 and translates "with diamonds"); Pj II 225 (°āvudha the weapon of Sakka). -pāṇin having a thunderbolt in his hand (N. of a yakkha) D I 95 = M. I 231. Vajira 2 (masculine and neuter) [cf. Sanskrit vajra = vajira 1 ] a diamond A I 124 (°ūpamacitta) = Pp 30; Dhp 161; Ja IV 234; Miln 118, 267, 278; Mhv 30, 95; Pj I 110 (°saṅkhāta-kāya); Dhp-a I 387 (°panti row of diamonds), 392 f.
【中】 鑽石，雷電。~pāṇi, ~hattha,【陽】 手持鑽石權杖的，即： 帝釋 (Sakka)。
(nt, nt) diamond diamond
(nt, nt) thunder-bolt thunder-bolt