金剛杵
jīn​gāng​chǔ

vajra

  • created sense approved 金刚杵/金剛杵 · jīn​gāng​chǔ · vajra — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金刚杵 / 金剛杵

    jīn​gāng​chǔ

    vajra

    A ritual scepter used in Buddhism symbolizing the power of wisdom and the indestructible nature of reality; originally a weapon representing the thunderbolt of the god Indra. deity Indra.

    金刚 (literal) → 金刚/金剛 · jīn​gāng · vajra 杵 (literal) → 杵 · chǔ · club-like weapon

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense