object

Vajra

Objects · Rituals · Traditions

A thunderbolt-sceptre of Indian and Buddhist ritual, a striking-diamond of rite. Not Mjolnir, not a generic staff, and not a jewelry diamond.

Also known as dorje

Vedic tradition

sources

  • The Rigveda · Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation)

    Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton, The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India.