Vajrahridaya, Vajrahṛdaya, Vajra-hridaya: 4 definitions
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Vajrahridaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Vajrahṛdaya can be transliterated into English as Vajrahrdaya or Vajrahridaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvajrahṛdaya (वज्रहृदय).—a (S) pop. vajrahṛdayī a Iron-hearted.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVajrahṛdaya (वज्रहृदय).—an adamantine heart.
Derivable forms: vajrahṛdayam (वज्रहृदयम्).
Vajrahṛdaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and hṛdaya (हृदय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vajrahṛdaya (वज्रहृदय):—[=vajra-hṛdaya] [from vajra > vaj] n. an adamantine heart, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Buddhist [work]
[Sanskrit to German]
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: Hridaya, Vajra.
Full-text: Vajrahruday.
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