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dorje
[ dawr-juh ]
noun
, Lamaism.
- a small trident symbolizing power.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dorje1
1880–85; < Tibetan rdo rje (the initial r is absent in Tibetan pronunciation)
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Example Sentences
A letter was sent Dorje Phagmo, asking if she would receive three British officers, including the antiquary of the expedition.
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The classical keraunos is still preserved in Tibet as the dorje, which is identified with Indra's thunderbolt, the vajra.
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No wonder that the original Dorje preserved at the Sera monastery has become an object of actual worship.
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It often has half a Dorje as a handle, or the handle is ornamented with various mystical symbols carved on it.
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The handle is composed of a Dorje (p. 322), and is surmounted by carvings of the heads of the three most powerful Dragsheds.
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