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Vajrapāṇi (Sanskrit; Pali: Vajirapāṇi, 'holder of the thunderbolt', lit. meaning, "Vajra in [his] hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas...
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Samantabhadra into
Vajrapāni by Vairocana, the
cosmic Buddha,
receiving a
vajra and the name "
Vajrāpani".
Vairocana then
requests Vajrapāni to
generate his...
- wrestler-like statues. They are
dharmapala manifestations of the
bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi, the
oldest and most powerful[citation needed] of the
Mahayana Buddhist...
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resides in Saila. The
great deity Manava resides in Uttara. The
great sage
Vajrapani though lives in
Rajagrha Often dwells in
Mount Grdhrakuta. The
deity Garuda...
- the Buddhas' comp****ion and
Vajrapāṇi manifests all the Buddhas'
power as well as the
power of all five tathāgatas.
Vajrapāṇi is one of the
earliest dharmapalas...
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receives the
mission to
destroy Rudra, for
which he is
accompanied by
Vajrapani,
himself a
reborn Pramadeva or Denphak, Nakpo's
servant and
fellow disciple...
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gazes down at the world"), the
savior bodhisattva of
great comp****ion
Vajrapāṇi ("Vajra in hand"), the
bodhisattva of protection, the
protector of the...
- of the bodhisattva,
Vajrapani. He
plays an
important role in the seventh-century text, the Tattvasaṃgraha
Tantra where Vajrapani takes the role of Trailokavijaya...
- of
Theravada Buddhism in the 5th century,
identified the
Bodhisattva Vajrapani with Indra. Many
later puranas describe the vajra, with the
story modified...
- 130-125 BCE.
Herakles as
Vajrapani,
protector of the Buddha.
Herakles with the
Nemean lion, Gandhara.
Herakles as
Vajrapani Herakles/
Vajrapāni with the Buddha...
