Indra
indraThe warrior-king of the Vedic gods, slayer of the serpent Vritra and releaser of the waters; the most-hymned deity of the Rigveda.
Where this term appears
- The Vedic Gods: Indra, Agni, and the world of the Rigveda Essentials
Walk into a working temple anywhere in India now and you will find Vishnu, or Shiva, or the Goddess. You will not find a shrine to Indra.
- The Aryan Migration Debate History
…he victims of conquest, he declared that "on circumstantial evidence, Indra stands accused." A generation later the case collapsed.
- The History of Sanatana Dharma: A Timeline History
…ion of 1,028 hymns in praise of gods such as Agni , the deified fire, Indra the warrior, and Varuṇa , the keeper of ṛta , the cosmic and moral order.
- The Vedic Age: A Civilization That Left No Ruins History
The most-praised god of the Rigveda is Indra , the warrior king who rides to battle and slays the serpent Vritra to release the waters.
- Devas and Asuras Deities
Bali, the asura emperor whom Vishnu dispossesses with three steps as the dwarf Vamana, is spared and installed as ruler of the netherworld, and the Bhagavata promises him the office of Indra in a coming age.
- Hindu cosmology: the fourteen worlds and the ages of the universe Essentials
…immer and much loved since: a procession of ants crosses the floor of Indra's palace, and a sage explains that each ant was, in some past cycle, an Indra of its own universe.
- How many gods does Hinduism have? Deities
That makes thirty-one, and the tradition completes the set with two more, most often Indra and Prajapati, though some texts name the two Ashvins , the divine twins.
- Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic? Essentials
… truth is one; the wise call it by many names." The poets who sang to Indra and Agni and Varuna already understood that they were naming one reality in many voices.