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वज्रपाणि (vajrapANi)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
वज्रपाणि
m.
 (-णिः) INDRA.
E.
 वज्र the bolt, पाणि the hand: see वज्रधर ।
Capeller Eng
English
वज्रपाणि
a.
 having the thunderbolt in the hand (the
same).
Yates
English
वज्र-पाणि (णिः) 2.
m.
 Indra.
Wilson
English
वज्रपाणि
m.
 (-णिः) INDRA.
E.
 वज्र the thunder-bolt, and पाणि the hand: see वज्रधर.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वज्र—पाणि
mfn.
 ‘thunderbolt-handed’, wielding a th°
whose th° is the hand (said of Brāhmans),
MBh.
वज्र—पाणि
m.
N.
 of Indra, ṢaḍvBr.
MBh.
&c.
of a Bodhi-sattva (also called वज्र-धर, and corresponding in some respects to Indra),
MWB.
 195
201
&c.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
वज्रपाणिः
पुं*
 वज्र-पाणिः -
इन्द्र का विशेषण
L R Vaidya
English
vajra-pARi {% m. %} an epithet of Indra, वज्रं मुमुक्षुन्निव वज्रपाणिः R.ii.42.
Bopp
Latin
वज्रपाणि m. (fulmen in manu habens, BAH. e वज्र et
पाणि manus) id.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Vajrapāṇi (in Skt. ep. of Indra
in Pali Vajirapāṇi is n. of a yakkha, also of Indra, the two being identified, at least sometimes
on his character see DPPN
in BHS sometimes = Indra, as in Mv 〔i.183.10〕 where his form is assumed by Buddha
prob. also in Gv 〔250.20〕, where he parallels, and forms the climax of, a series of devatās
and prob. SP 〔445.6〕), n. of a yakṣa, Māy 〔3〕 (living at Rājagṛha)
cf. Vajra-rājagṛha
usually not, as in Māy, a mere local yakṣa, but a much more imposing and even terrifying yakṣa, who e.g. in Bbh 〔152.1〕 may be conjured up by a Bodhisattva to frighten evil-doers (cf. also Caṇḍavajrapāṇi)
often called by epithets like mahāyakṣasenāpati Suv 〔85.3〕, guhyakādhipati 〔91.17〕 (see the word, and cf. LV 〔66.6〕), yakṣendra 〔158.13〕
similarly Mmk 〔548.7〕, and often
elsewhere he is an important Bodhisattva, at or near the head of lists of them, Kv 〔1.7〕
Mvy 〔649〕
one of eight, Dharmas 〔12〕
a special attendant on Buddha Laṅk 〔240.10〕
a Bodhisattva in the 8th bhūmi is Vajrapāṇisatatānubaddha, Dbh 〔71.22〕
other references to V. the Bodhisattva, Śikṣ 〔274.3〕
Sādh 〔49.13〕 etc.
Mmk 〔11.6〕
〔62.28〕
〔68.20〕, etc.
it is clear, however, that for Mmk, at least, the Bodhisattva and the yakṣa or guhyaka prince are the same person
so Vajrapāṇir bodhisattvo 〔25.8〕 is referred to in 12 as (Ā)guhyakādhipatinā yakṣendreṇa
in addressing Vajrapāṇiṃ guhyakādhipatim, 〔36.2〕, he is called jinaputra (= bodhisattva) in the next line
he is called a bodhisattva in 〔145.2〕 and 13, and addressed as yakṣeśa in 14.
Mahabharata
English
Vajrapāṇi = Indra, q.v. Add: VI, 1900 (only B., C. has Cakrapāṇiḥ).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
वज्रपाणिः,
पुं,
 (वज्रं पाणौ यस्य ।) इन्द्रः । इतित्रिकाण्डशेषः ॥
(यथा, महाभारते । ६ । १९ । ७ ।“एष व्यूहामि ते व्यूहं राजसत्तम दुर्ज्जयम् ।अचलं नाम वज्राख्यं विहितं वज्रपाणिना ॥
”ब्राह्मणः । यथा, महाभारते । १ । १७१ । ५१ ।“वज्रपाणिर्ब्राह्मणः स्यात् क्षत्त्रं वज्ररथं स्मृतम् ।वैश्या वै दानवज्राश्च कर्म्मवज्रा यवीयसः ॥
”)
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
वज्रपाणि
पु०
 वज्रं पाणौ यस्य । १ इन्द्रे २ पेचके च त्रिका० वज्रहस्तादयोऽप्यत्र ।
Capeller
German
वज्रपाणि den Donnerkeil in der Hand
haltend, Bein Indra's.