Vajrakhya, Vajrākhya, Vajra-akhya: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVajrākhya (वज्राख्य).—a kind of mineral spar.
Derivable forms: vajrākhyaḥ (वज्राख्यः).
Vajrākhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and ākhya (आख्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vajrākhya (वज्राख्य):—[from vajra > vaj] mfn. named or called Vajra, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of mineral spar, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. vajra-pāṣāṇa).
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vajra, Akhya.
Full-text: Vajrabha.
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