The vajra as divine thunderbolt and ritual scepter passes from Vedic Hinduism through Buddhist adoption into Tibetan Vajrayana, where it remains the central ritual implement symbolizing indestructible awakened mind.
Vajrapani wields the vajra as protector of the Buddha and lord of all wrathful deities, his very name meaning 'Vajra in Hand,' the indestructible thunderbolt-diamond inseparable from his identity and power.
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