| The classical keraunos is still preserved in Tibet as the dorje, which is identified with Indra's thunderbolt, the vajra. |
| At the centre is a five-pronged vajra draped and bound with a coloured silk scarf, representing one of the Five Buddha wisdoms or activities. |
| Paired with the vajra, the bell represents wisdom, and as wisdom and method are an undivided unity, so the vajra and bell are never parted or employed separately. |
| Those five principles or buddha families are called vajra, ratna, padma, karma, and buddha. |
| In her lower hands, in most instances she holds a sword and a shield, a dagger or, sometimes, a bell or a vajra. |
| The spokes of a peaceful Vajra meet at the tip whereas those of a wrathful vajra are slightly splayed at the end. |
