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dorje [dawr-juh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Lamaism.
- a small trident symbolizing power.
Origin of dorje 1880–85; Tibetan rdo rje (the initial r is absent in Tibetan pronunciation) Examples from the Web for dorje Historical Examples of dorje
No wonder that the original Dorje preserved at the Sera monastery has become an object of actual worship.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity
Sir Monier Monier-Williams
It often has half a Dorje as a handle, or the handle is ornamented with various mystical symbols carved on it.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity
Sir Monier Monier-Williams
The handle is composed of a Dorje (p. 322), and is surmounted by carvings of the heads of the three most powerful Dragsheds.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity
Sir Monier Monier-Williams
A letter was sent Dorje Phagmo, asking if she would receive three British officers, including the antiquary of the expedition.
Edmund Candler
The classical keraunos is still preserved in Tibet as the dorje, which is identified with Indra’s thunderbolt, the vajra.
G. Elliot Smith