Vajrayana
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Vajrayana /ˌvadʒrəˈjɑːnə/
▶noun the Tantric tradition of Buddhism, especially when regarded as distinct from the Mahayana tradition from which it developed.
– origin Sanskrit vajrayāna, from vajra ‘thunderbolt’ (the god Indra's symbolic vehicle) and yāna ‘path, journey’.
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