Vajrakita, Vajrakīṭa, Vajra-kita: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVajrakīṭa (वज्रकीट):—m. ein best. Insect, welches Holz und sogar Steine anbohren soll, = ghuṇa [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha.3,58.] [Oxforder Handschriften 24,a, Nalopākhyāna 4.] — Vgl. vajradaṃṣṭra .
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XLVI - Parable of the stony sheath of the soul < [Book VI - Nirvana prakarana part 1 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter II - Burning of the seeds of action for prevention of their vegetation < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XIV - Ascertainment of the thinking principle < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)