Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name)
5. weapons
6. armaments
7. ceremonial weapons

Anotations

Scope note:

Ritual weapons of Hinduism and Buddhism. A symbol of indestructibility and power often depicted as a ritual scepter or club and as an attribute of guardian deities. A vajra is in the form of a club having a head on both ends or on one end; the head is either ribbed to form a sphere or pointed to stab. The term means thunderbolt and diamond, symbolizing the indestructibility of diamond and the irresistible force of the thunderbolt.