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Definition[1]

Vajira

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

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

3. Vajira. A teacher who wrote a commentary to the work of Janghadāsaka. Gv.74.

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

Source
Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
Definition[2]

vajira : [nt.] diamond; a thunder-bolt.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[3]

Vajira1 [cp. Vedic vajira, Indra's thunderbolt; Idg. *ṷeĝ=Sk. vaj, cp. Lat. vegeo to thrive, vigeo>vigour; Av. vaƶra; Oicel. vakr=Ags. wacor=Ger. wacker; also E. wake etc. See also vājeti] a thunderbolt; usually with ref. to Sakka's (=Indra's) weapon D i.95=M i.231 (ayasa); Th 1, 419; J i.134 (vajira -- pūritā viya garukā kucchi "as if filled with Sakka's thunderbolt." Dutoit takes it in meaning vajira2 and trsls "with diamonds"); SnA 225 (˚āvudha the weapon of Sakka).
   -- pāṇin having a thunderbolt in his hand (N. of a yakkha) D i.95=M. i.231.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[4]

Vajira2 (m. & nt.) [cp. Sk. vajra=vajira1] a diamond A i.124 (˚ûpamacitta)=Pug 30; Dh 161; J iv.234; Miln 118, 267, 278; Mhvs 30, 95; KhA 110 (˚sankhāta -- kāya); DhA i.387 (˚panti row of diamonds), 392 sq.

 
Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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