Vajira untranslated

Vajira 01. A senāpati of Dappula II. He built Kacchavāla vihāra for the Paṁsukūlīs. Cv.xlix.80.

Vajira 02. A minister of Sena I. He built for the monks a dwelling house called Vajirasenaka. Cv.i.84.

Vajira 03. A teacher who wrote a commentary to the work of Jaṅghadāsaka. Gv.74.

Vajira 04. One of the seven Yakkhas, guardians of Jotiya’s palace. He stood at the third gate and had a retinue of three thousand. Dhp­a.iv.209.

Vajirā 01. Vajirā. See Vajirakumārī.

Vajirā 02. Vajirā Therī. The Saṁyuttanikāya (SN.i.134f) relates that one day, when she was taking her siesta in Adhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned her as to the origin of “being” (satta), its creator, its origin, its destiny. Vajirā answers that there is no such thing as “being,” apart from certain conditioned factors, like a chariot, which exists only because of its parts. Māra retires discomfited.

Vajirā’s verses are often quoted (E.g Kv. 240, 626; Mil. p.28; Vsm.ii.593) both in the Canon and in later works, but they are not included in the Therīgāthā, nor do we know anything else about her.

Vajirā 03. A city in which reigned twenty-six kings, descendants of Deva. The last of them was called Sādhīna (Dpv.iii.20). The Mahā Vaṁsaṭīkā (p.128, 130) calls the city Vajiravutti. According to the Buddhavaṁsa (Bv.xxviii.8), the Buddha’s bowl and staff were deposited, after his death, in Vajirā.

Vajirā 04. Wife of Sakkasenāpati, the son of Kassapa V. She built a pariveṇa, which was named after her. Cv.lii.52, 62.