dorje
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dorje
1880–85; < Tibetan rdo rje (the initial r is absent in Tibetan pronunciation)
Example Sentences
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It represents the Greek cross and the double dorje or thunderbolt of Vishnu and Indra and also a map of the Indian races, as distributed at the time of the union.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
The Tibetan dorje, like its Greek original, is obviously a conventionalized flower, the leaf-design about the base of the corona being quite clearly defined.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
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