Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.51
Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.51
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*Vajra* is the thunder-bolt. This has a long history beginning from the Buddhistic period.[*] In later Hindu mythology, it is shown in almost the same form which it had in earlier times. It is made up of two similar limbs, each having three claws resembling the claws of birds; and both its parts are connected together by the handle in the middle (see Pl. III, fig. 7).