As a deity name
Name 354 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
वज्रहस्त · noun · masculine
इंद्र · अग्नि (को॰) · मरुत (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वज्रहस्त · masculine
an epithet of Indra; an epithet of Agni; the Maruts; an epithet of Shiva
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वज्रहस्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वज्रहस्त (vájrahasta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vajra—hasta (vajra-), mfn. ‘thunderbolt-handed’, wielding a th˚ (said of Indra, Agni, the Maruts), RV.
vajra—hasta m. N. of Śiva, Śivag.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘thunderbolt-handed’, wielding a th˚ (said of Indra, Agni, the Maruts)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vajrahasta" is the vocative of "vajrahastā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
vajra—hasta (vajra-), mfn. ‘thunderbolt-handed’, wielding a th˚ (said of Indra, Agni, the Maruts), RV.
vajra—hasta m. N. of Śiva, Śivag.
vajra—hastā (ā), f. N. of one of the nine Samidhs, Gṛhyās.
of a Buddhist goddess, W.
Alternative readings
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