vajraagni

[Arlo Griffiths]

The word vajraagni- also pops up in my database at

Divyaavadaana (ed. Vaidya)
269.027. na ;sastravajraagnivi.saa.ni pannagaa.h kurvanti pii.daa.m nabhaso
'vikaari.na.h/

AG


> From: Jonathan Silk <silk at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU>
> Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:39:52 -0800
> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: vajraagni
>
> In the Ratnagotravibhaaga 106.3, 118.17 we have the word varjaagni,
> evidently in the meaning lightning. I have found  this word only in
> CDIAL 653b, the Skt being given as hypothetical for Old Awadhii
> bajaagi, fire caused by lightning.
>
> Has anyone seen the word elsewhere in Skt or MIA?
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