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vajra
Sign in to savethumb|335x335px|Indra bearing a Lotus and Vedic form of a Vajra thumb|upright|A Tibetan Bell and Dorje (Vajra) are inseparable ritual tools thumb|upright|A Double Vajra appears in the national emblem of Bhutan.
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- Etymology
- Hinduism
- Rigveda
- Puranas
- Ramayana
- Vajrayana Buddhism
- Symbolism
- Vajra
- Accompanying bell
- Iconography and religious terminology
- In Indian culture
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- References
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thumb|335x335px|Indra bearing a Lotus and Vedic form of a Vajra thumb|upright|A Tibetan Bell and Dorje (Vajra) are inseparable ritual tools thumb|upright|A Double Vajra appears in the national emblem of Bhutan.
The vajra (, , ) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). It is also described as a "ritual weapon". The use of the bell and vajra together as symbolic and ritual tools is found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vajra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.