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'Thunderbolt', IAST: Vajra) is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). In Hinduism, it has also been associated with weapons. [1] [2] The use of the bell and vajra as symbolic and ritual tools is found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism
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A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". [ 2 ] Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian , which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades.
A sword fesswise Or atop two ceremonial bowls also Or, in chief a representation of the Sacred Aum Or and in base a laurel wreath proper and a representation of the Royal Order of Cambodia also proper: Supporters: Two creatures: a Gajasingha and a Singha, both Or, holding two five-tiered royal umbrellas, also Or: Compartment
He penances to Kali, who blesses him to let anybody not beat him and boons with a diamond-studded sword. Meanwhile, Indra invites him to heaven poses to conclude the best among Rambha & Urvashi . Whereat, he presents two garlands to them and judges Urvasi as the finest as her spray is fresh.
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