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Vajira (other)
Vajira may refer to: *Vajira (Buddhist nun), mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya *Vajira Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand *Princess Vajira, empress of the Magadha Empire c. 492 – c. 460 BCE; consort of emperor Ajatashatru *Sister Vajirā, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka See also *Vajra, the weapon of Indra in Indian religions *Bajra (other) Bajra may refer to: * Bajra (Ludhiana East), Punjab, India * Bajra, Pakistan, in Punjab province * The name in Indian languages for pearl millet Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum'') is t ... {{disambiguation, given name Sinhalese feminine given names Sinhalese given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajira (Buddhist Nun)
Vajira may refer to: * Vajira (Buddhist nun), mentioned in the Samyutta Nikaya * Vajira Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand * Princess Vajira, empress of the Magadha Empire c. 492 – c. 460 BCE; consort of emperor Ajatashatru * Sister Vajirā, a Buddhist ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka See also *Vajra The Vajra (, , ), is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). It is also described as a "ritual weapon". The use of the bell and vajra together as s ..., the weapon of Indra in Indian religions * Bajra (other) {{disambiguation, given name Sinhalese feminine given names Sinhalese given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajira Hospital
Vajira Hospital (, ) is one of the first hospitals in Thailand, founded by King Rama VI. It is a teaching university hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University; the Faculty of Medicine, Bangkokthonburi University and an affiliated teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University. It is situated on Samsen Road, Dusit District, Bangkok, Thailand. Background Vajira Hospital is funded and operated by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Following the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital (then BMA Medical College) it has been a teaching hospital since. It now houses the campus of the Faculty of Medicine, and also the training center of the Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing which are faculties of Navamindradhiraj University. Vajira is known for its excellency in clinical services, medical education and urban medication programs. The hospital serves a large numbers of patients, serving more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Vajira
Vajira (also called Vajirakumari) was queen consort of Magadha as the principal consort of King Ajatashatru. She was the mother of her husband's successor, King Udayibhadra. Vajira was born a princess of the Kingdom of Kosala and was the daughter of King Pasenadi and Queen Mallika. She was also the niece of her mother-in-law, Queen Kosala Devi, the first wife and chief consort of King Bimbisara and the sister of King Pasenadi. Life Birth Vajira or Vajirakumari was born to Pasenadi's chief queen, Mallika. According to Pali tradition, her mother was a beautiful daughter of the chief garland maker of Kosala. When the princess was born, her father was apparently disappointed on hearing the child was a girl, but Buddha assured him that some women were wiser than men. Marriage The events which led to her betrothal and eventual marriage to Ajatashatru Ajatasattu (Pāli: ) or Ajatashatru (Sanskrit: ) in the Buddhist tradition, or Kunika () and Kuniya () in the Jain traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Vajirā
Sister Vajirā (Hannelore Wolf) was a dasa sil mata, a Buddhist Ten Precepts (Buddhism)#Ten Precepts, ten precept-holder nun in Sri Lanka. Lay life Hannelore was looking for religious meanings and in early summer 1949 she came across the teachings of the Buddha. Hannelore was so impressed that she came to the seminary group of Debes, one of the most prominent lay Theravada teachers at that time, and took part in her first “weeks of investigation” in an Adult Education College in the Lüneburger Heide area. She worked as a private teacher. In June 1954 the Sinhalese monk Narada Maha Thera, Ven. Nārada turned up in Hamburg and Hannelore took the opportunity to request to go to Ceylon and become a nun. Ven. Nārada gave Pali names to many Buddhists and Hannelore became Vajirā. After much turmoil she finally got her chance to go to Ceylon. She took on the 10 training rules and was ordained as Sister Vajirā by Ven. Nārada on the full moon of July in 1955 at the Vihāra Mahā Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vajra
The Vajra (, , ), is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). It is also described as a "ritual weapon". The use of the bell and vajra together as symbolic and ritual tools is found in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The vajra is a round, symmetrical metal scepter with two ribbed spherical heads. The ribs may meet in a ball-shaped top, or they may be separate and end in sharp points. The vajra is considered inseparable from the bell, and both are sold in dharma stores only in matching sets. The bell is also metal with a ribbed spherical head. The bell also depicts the face of Dhatvisvari, a female buddha and the consort of Akshobhya. The vajra has also been associated as the weapon of Indra, the Vedic king of the Deva (Hinduism), devas and Svarga, heaven. It is used symbolically by the dharma, dharmic traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, often to represent firmness of spir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajra (other)
Bajra may refer to: * Bajra (Ludhiana East), Punjab, India * Bajra, Pakistan, in Punjab province * The name in Indian languages for pearl millet Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum'') is the most widely grown type of millet. It has been grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times. The center of diversity, and ... See also * Vajira (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese Feminine Given Names
Sinhala may refer to: * Sinhala or Sinhala dvipa, another name of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people, an ethno-linguistic group native to Sri Lanka * Sinhala language, the native language of the Sinhalese people * Sinhala script, the writing system of the Sinhala language ** Sinhala (Unicode block), a block of Sinhala characters in Unicode * Sinhala cinema, cinema in the Sinhala language * Sinhala Kingdom, the successive historical Sinhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka between 543 BCE and 1815 CE * "Sinhala", a song from the 1999 album ''The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia'' See also * Sinha, an Indian name ** Sinha (surname), an Indian surname * Simha (other) * Singam (other) * Singham (other) * Singa (other) * Singhania (other) * Singh Singh ( IPA: ) is a title, middle name, or surname that means "lion" in various South Asian and Southeast Asian communities. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, it was later mandated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
