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Find name 102 very interesting

102 Vajrahasta One Who Has A Thunderbolt In His Hands

- the vajra find repeated mention in various cultures

- Zeus resorted to his famous keraunós to defeat Typhon and the
Biblical Yahweh subjected Leviathan or Yamm with a similar device

- indra weilds it ( interesting account of how it was made - will
post it later)

- the japanese call is Kong
- vajra icons have been seen in korea, vietnam, thailand
- buddha holds the Rdo-rje
- scandanavia - Thor's Hammer

The form of the vajra as a sceptre or a weapon appears to have its
origin in the single or double trident, which arose as a symbol of
the thunderbolt or lightning in many ancient civilizations of the
Near and Middle East. Parallels are postulated with the meteoric
hammer of the Teutonic sky-god Thor, the thunderbolt and sceptre of
the Greek sky-god Zeus, and the three thunderbolts of the Roman god
Jupiter. As a hurled weapon the indestructible thunderbolt blazed
like a meteoric fireball across the heavens, in a maelstrom of
thunder, fire and lightning."

what strikes me is the design of the vajra and its usage - the
commonality spans the entire earth/ with its uniformity in design.
ofcourse it is a thunderbolt making machine but it does have anusual
shape for a lightning thrower, some people describe this design as a
manifestation of the visible world axis during one of its most
complex phases. The little sphere in the centre represented the seed
from which the universe was thought to have arisen and the
two ‘lotus blossoms’ at the opposite ends symbolised the poles of
the universe connected by the central axis mundi.


Lightning is one of the primary manifestations of plasma in the
ionosphere and the atmosphere of the earth. It is intriguing,
therefore, that the complex morphology displayed in the vajrá and
other ancient forms of the thunderbolt is matched by laboratory
experiments involving a high-energy plasma discharge. This striking
convergence poses the question if ancient societies could have
correctly remembered some of the most complex stages of a real
display of plasma in the sky.

Vajras may have nine, five or three spokes. The spokes of a peaceful
Vajra meet at the tip whereas those of a wrathful vajra are slightly
splayed at the end. When paired with a bell their length can vary
from four finger-widths to twenty-eight finger widths.


Vajra in design

The upper sets of spokes of a five-spoked vajra symbolize the
five wisdoms, which are:

1) The mirror like wisdom-that which reflects all sense perceptions
is purified when one attains enlightenment and becomes the mirror
like wisdom.
2) The wisdom of equality-arises after all the feelings of
pleasantness, unpleasantness and indifference have been purified.
3) The wisdom of individual analysis-arises when the factor of
discrimination, which distinguishes one object from another is
purified. It enables one to benefit each sentient being according to
his or her needs and disposition.
4) The wisdom of accomplishing activity-arises when the basic
ability to perform acts according to particular circumstances is
purified.
5) The wisdom of the sphere of reality-arises when consciousness is
purified and becomes the mind that is the seed of the wisdom truth
body of a Buddha. The five lower spokes symbolize have five mothers.


Vajra in Hinduism

Indra - the holder of vajra

"More than 250 hymns have been dedicated to Indra in Rigveda.
Another fifty plus hymns sing the praises of Indra in combination
with other gods like Vayu, Varuna, Agni, Vishnu, Soma and
Brihaspati. Vedic sages do not get tired of describing the glorious
deeds of Indra. More than one fourth of the Rig-Vedic verses are
about Indra.

Rig-Veda 2.12

13. For whom earth and heaven bow, whose strength mountains fear,
who drinks and protects Soma, who holds Vajra in his hand, he, O
people, is Indra.

Rigveda 1.32

1. Now I describe the glorious deeds of Indra, who holds Vajra. He
killed the serpent and made waters flow. He broke the hearts of
mountains.

5. Indra severed and killed the great coverer Vritra by mighty
devastating Vajra. Like a trunk of a tree cut down by axe, serpent
was lying on earth.

15. Indra, who holds Vajra in his hand, is the king of moving and
stationary, of peaceful and horned animals. He is the king of men.
He is enveloping like the felly of wheel surrounds spokes."

Vajrayana Buddhism

Sanskrit: Vehicle of the Diamond [or Thunderbolt], also called
Tantric Buddhism, important development within Buddhism in India and
neighbouring countries, notably Tibet. Vajrayana, in the history of
Buddhism, marks the transition from Mahayana speculative thought to
the enactment of Buddhist ideas in individual life. The term vajra
(Sanskrit: "diamond," or "thunderbolt") is used to signify the
absolutely real and indestructible in man, as opposed to the
fictions an individual entertains about himself and his nature; yana
is the spiritual pursuit of the ultimately valuable and
indestructible.


can post more n pictures,if someone is interested...

vj