the head of the council of ministers of a king or state.

the chief of a cavalry unit in an army.

the natural source of a stream; a oozing of usu. water from underground.

very hard; strong; highly resistant.

that cannot be broken or shattered.

deep; profound.

the hardest, colourless mineral consisting of nearly pure carbon in crystalline form which us cut into precious gems of great brilliance; diamond.

thunderbolt, as the weapon of Indra, the chief of gods.

the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge; thunder.

a very strong, hard to resist weapon.

a device used to bore a hole in the gems.

a particular type of military array (prob. in the shape of a diamond).

a kind of cement prepared by adding sand, lime, jaggery, myrobalan in a particular proportion; a hard mortar.

a kind of animal glue.

the berry of the tree Phyllanthus emblica of Euphorbiaceae family; Indian gooseberry.

a kind of white-flowering grass.

a variety of spurge plant, Euphorbia antiquorum of Euphorbiaceae family.

the plant Sesamum indicum ( = S. orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame; gingely plant.

steel, an alloy of iron with carbon and with various other metals in small percentages.

(myth.) name of a hell.

Indra, who uses thunderbolt as his weapon.

(jain.) Śantīśvara, the sixteenth spiritual jaina teacher.

name of a Buddhist deity.

= ವಜ್ರ2 - 11.

= ವಜ್ರ2 - 11.

the plant Tinosporia cordifolia ( = Menispermum cordifolium, Cocculus cordifolius) of Menispermaceae family; moon-creeper; tinospore.

the flower of sesame plant.

steel, an alloy of iron with carbon and with various other metals in small percentages.

a plough-share.

an outer garment, esp. for men and boys, extending from the waist generally to the ankles, and divided into separate loose coverings for the legs; trousers.