Indra, the Glossary
Indra (इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism.[1]
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246 relations: *Perkʷūnos, Aditi, Adityas, Agni, Ahalya, Ahura, Airavata, Aitareya Upanishad, Amaravati (mythology), Amun, Anatolia, Arihant (Jainism), Arjuna, Aryaman, Askunu language, Astra (weapon), Asura, Atharvaveda, Avatar, Avesta, Avestan, Avyakta Upanishad, Ātman (Hinduism), Śakra (Buddhism), Śvetāmbara, Baal, Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex, Bangkok, Bengali language, Bhaga, Bhagavata Purana, Bimaran casket, Birth, Black Sea, Bodhisattva, Bow and arrow, Brahma, Brahman, Brahmin, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Brihaspati, Buddhism, Bundahishn, Burmese language, Cambridge University Press, Chaitra, China, Chinese language, Cilappatikaram, Circassians, ... Expand index (196 more) »
- Buddhist gods
- Dragonslayers
- Heroes in Hindu mythology
- Kings of the gods
- Lokapala
- Savior gods
*Perkʷūnos
*Perkʷūnos (Proto-Indo-European: 'the Striker' or 'the Lord of Oaks') is the reconstructed name of the weather god in Proto-Indo-European mythology.
Aditi
Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' or 'innocence') is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling, infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility.
See Indra and Aditi
Adityas
In Hinduism, Adityas (lit) refers to a group of major solar deities, who are the offspring of the goddess Aditi.
Agni
Agni (अग्नि) is the Hindu god of fire. Indra and Agni are Lokapala.
See Indra and Agni
Ahalya
In Hinduism, Ahalya (अहल्या, IAST: Ahalyā) also spelt as Ahilya, is the wife of the sage Gautama Maharishi.
See Indra and Ahalya
Ahura
Ahura (Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀) is an Avestan language designation of a type of deity inherited by Zoroastrianism from the prehistoric Indo-Iranian religion, and denotes a particular class of Zoroastrian divinities.
See Indra and Ahura
Airavata
Amber, Rajasthan Airavata (lit) is a divine elephant, characterized by four tusks, seven trunks and a white complexion.
Aitareya Upanishad
The Aitareya Upanishad (ऐतरेयोपनिषद्) is a Mukhya Upanishad, associated with the Rigveda.
See Indra and Aitareya Upanishad
Amaravati (mythology)
Amaravati is the capital city of Svarga, the realm of Indra, the king of the devas, in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
See Indra and Amaravati (mythology)
Amun
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Indra and Amun are kings of the gods.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Arihant (Jainism)
Arihant (italic, lit) is a jiva (soul) who has conquered inner passions such as attachment, anger, pride and greed.
See Indra and Arihant (Jainism)
Arjuna
Arjuna was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India. Indra and Arjuna are characters in the Mahabharata and Heroes in Hindu mythology.
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Aryaman
Aryaman is one of the early Vedic Hindu deities.
Askunu language
Âṣkuňu (Saňu-vīri) is a language of Afghanistan spoken by the Ashkun people – also known as the Âṣkun, Ashkun, Askina, Saňu, Sainu, Yeshkun, Wamas, or Grâmsaňâ – from the region of the central Pech Valley around Wâmâ and in some eastern tributary valleys of the upper Alingar River in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province.
Astra (weapon)
An is a supernatural weapon in Hindu mythology.
Asura
Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.
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Atharvaveda
The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (अथर्ववेद,, from अथर्वन्, and वेद, "knowledge") or Atharvana Veda (अथर्वणवेद) is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".
Avatar
Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.
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Avesta
The Avesta is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism from at least the late Sassanid period (ca. 6th century CE).
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Avestan
Avestan is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages, Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd to 1st millennium BC) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BC).
Avyakta Upanishad
The Avyakta Upanishad (अव्यक्त उपनिषत्, IAST: Avyakta Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism.
See Indra and Avyakta Upanishad
Ātman (Hinduism)
Ātman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual.
See Indra and Ātman (Hinduism)
Śakra (Buddhism)
Śakra (शक्र; सक्क) is the ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven according to Buddhist cosmology. Indra and Śakra (Buddhism) are Buddhist gods and Mythological kings.
See Indra and Śakra (Buddhism)
Śvetāmbara
The Śvetāmbara (also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara.
Baal
Baal, or Baʻal (baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity.
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Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
The Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) is the modern archaeological designation for a particular Middle Bronze Age civilisation of southern Central Asia, also known as the Oxus Civilization.
See Indra and Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
Bengali language
Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.
See Indra and Bengali language
Bhaga
Bhaga is the Vedic god of wealth, as well as a term for "lord, patron" and "wealth, prosperity".
See Indra and Bhaga
Bhagavata Purana
The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).
See Indra and Bhagavata Purana
Bimaran casket
The Bimaran casket or Bimaran reliquary is a small gold reliquary for Buddhist relics that was removed from inside the stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition.
See Indra and Birth
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
Bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).
Brahma
Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva. Indra and Brahma are Lokapala.
See Indra and Brahma
Brahman
In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe.
Brahmin
Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्) is one of the Principal Upanishads and one of the first Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism.
See Indra and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brihaspati
Brihaspati (बृहस्पति), is a Hindu god.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bundahishn
The Bundahishn (Middle Persian:, "Primal Creation") is an encyclopedic collection of beliefs about Zoroastrian cosmology written in the Book Pahlavi script.
Burmese language
Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's principal ethnic group.
See Indra and Burmese language
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Chaitra
Chaitra is a month of the Hindu calendar.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Cilappatikaram
Cilappatikāram (சிலப்பதிகாரம், ചിലപ്പതികാരം, IPA: ʧiləppət̪ikɑːrəm, lit. "the Tale of an Anklet"), also referred to as Silappathikaram or Silappatikaram, is the earliest Tamil epic.
Circassians
The Circassians or Circassian people, also called Cherkess or Adyghe (Adyghe and Adygekher) are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group and nation who originated in Circassia, a region and former country in the North Caucasus.
Classical Tibetan
Classical Tibetan refers to the language of any text written in Tibetic after the Old Tibetan period.
See Indra and Classical Tibetan
Daeva
A daeva (Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 daēuua) is a Zoroastrian supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics.
See Indra and Daeva
Daily Times (Pakistan)
The Daily Times (DT) is an English-language Pakistani newspaper.
See Indra and Daily Times (Pakistan)
Dakṣiṇā
or Dakshina (दक्षिणा) is a Sanskrit word found in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikh and Jain literature where it may mean any donation, fees or honorarium given to a cause, monastery, temple, spiritual guide or after a ritual.
Danava (Hinduism)
In Hindu mythology, the danavas are a race descending from Kashyapa and his wife Danu, a daughter of the progenitor god, Daksha.
See Indra and Danava (Hinduism)
Denkard
The Dēnkard or Dēnkart (Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭲 "Acts of Religion") is a 10th-century compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs and customs during the time.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.
Devaraja
Devaraja was a religious order of the "god-king," or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia.
Devasena
Devasena is a Hindu goddess of aspiration, and the consort of the war god Kartikeya (Murugan).
Devendra
Devendra is a common Indian masculine given name.
Devi
Devī (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is ''deva''.
See Indra and Devi
Dharmapala
A dharmapāla is a type of wrathful god in Buddhism. The name means "dharma protector" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Justice (Dharma), or the Guardians of the Law. There are two kinds of dharmapala, Worldly Guardians (lokapala) and Wisdom Protectors (jnanapala).
Digambara
Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad).
Diksha
Diksha (Sanskrit: दीक्षा) also spelled diksa, deeksha or deeksa in common usage, translated as a "preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony", is giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru (in Guru–shishya tradition) of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
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Diwali
Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.
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Dyaus
Dyaus or Dyauspitr (द्यौष्पितृ) is the Rigvedic sky deity.
See Indra and Dyaus
Fereydun
Fereydun (Θraētaona, 𐭯𐭫𐭩𐭲𐭥𐭭,; New Persian: فریدون, Fereydūn/Farīdūn) is an Iranian mythical king and hero from the Pishdadian dynasty. Indra and Fereydun are Mythological kings.
Govardhan Hill
Govardhana Hill (गोवर्धन), also called Mount Govardhana and Giriraj, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, which is about from Vrindavan.
Great Gish
Gish or Great Gish (Kamkata-vari: Giṣ/Gaviṣ, Kati: Giwīṣ, Gyīṣ, Waigali: Giwiš, Prasun: Gīṣ) was the most popular god of Nuristani mythology and received the greatest amount of attention among the Siah-Posh Nuristani of Bashgul.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
Guardians of the directions
The Guardians of the Directions (दिक्पाल) are the deities who rule the specific directions of space according to Hinduism, Jainism and Vajrayāna Buddhism—especially Kālacakra.
See Indra and Guardians of the directions
Haneunim
Haneunim or Hanunim is the sky God of Cheondoism and Jeungsanism.
Henotheism
Henotheism is the worship of a single, supreme god that does not deny the existence or possible existence of other deities--> that may be worshipped.
Hindu cosmology
Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
See Indra and Hindus
Historical Vedic religion
The historical Vedic religion, also known as Vedicism and Vedism, sometimes called "Ancient Hinduism", constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).
See Indra and Historical Vedic religion
Hittite mythology and religion
Hittite mythology and Hittite religion were the religious beliefs and practices of the Hittites, who created an empire centered in what is now Turkey from.
See Indra and Hittite mythology and religion
Hoysaleswara Temple
Hoysaleswara temple, also referred simply as the Halebidu temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva.
See Indra and Hoysaleswara Temple
Hurrians
The Hurrians (Ḫu-ur-ri; also called Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri, Hurri) were a people who inhabited the Ancient Near East during the Bronze Age.
I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia.
See Indra and Indonesian language
Indra Jatra
Indra Jātrā, also known as Yenyā Punhi is the biggest religious street festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Indra Vila
Indra Vila, sometimes rendered Indra Vizha, was a historical Hindu festival that was celebrated in Tamilakam during the Sangam period (2nd century BCE – 3rd century CE).
Indra's net
Indra's net (also called Indra's jewels or Indra's pearls, Sanskrit Indrajāla, Chinese: 因陀羅網) is a metaphor used to illustrate the concepts of Śūnyatā (emptiness), pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination),.
Indrani
Indrani (Sanskrit: इन्द्राणी, IAST: Indrāṇī), also known as Shachi (Sanskrit: शची, IAST: Śacī), is the queen of the devas in Hinduism.
Indrastra
Indrastra is the astra (celestial weapon) of the Hindu deity Indra.
Indreswor
Indreshwar is a village development committee in Kabhrepalanchok District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal.
Infobase
Infobase is an American publisher of databases, reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
See Indra and Islam
Jade Emperor
In the myths and folk religion of Chinese culture, the Jade Emperor or Yudi is one of the representations of the primordial god.
Jainism
Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.
Jan Gonda
Jan Gonda (14 April 1905 – 28 July 1991) was a Dutch Indologist and the first Utrecht professor of Sanskrit.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
See Indra and Japan
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
See Indra and Japanese language
Javanese language
Javanese (basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا, IPA) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.
See Indra and Javanese language
Jayanta
Jayanta (lit)), is a character who appears in Hindu literature. He is the son of Indra, the king of the devas (gods), and his wife, Shachi (Indrani). He has a sister called Jayanti. He appears in various Hindu scriptures, fighting in wars on behalf of the devas. Jayanta also appears in the epic Ramayana and other lore, in which he disguises himself as a crow.
Jayanti (Hinduism)
Jayanti is a character in Hindu mythology.
See Indra and Jayanti (Hinduism)
John Colarusso
John Colarusso is a linguist specializing in Caucasian languages.
Jupiter (god)
Jupiter (Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. Iovis), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Indra and Jupiter (god) are kings of the gods and Mythological kings.
Kalash people
The Kalash (Kalasha: کالؕاشؕا, romanised: Kaḷaṣa), or Kalasha, are an Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They are considered unique among the people of Pakistan. They are also considered to be Pakistan's smallest ethnoreligious group, and traditionally practice what authors consider as a form of animism or ancient Hinduism.
Kalasha-ala
Waigali (Kalaṣa-alâ), also known as Nuristani Kalasha, is a language spoken by about 10,000 Nuristani people of the Waigal Valley in the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan.
Kalpa Sūtra
The Kalpa Sūtra (कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira.
Kamkata-vari language
Kamkata-vari (Kâmkata-vari), also known as Katë or Kati, is the largest Nuristani language.
See Indra and Kamkata-vari language
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.
See Indra and Kanji
Kannada
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), formerly also known as Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.
Karma
Karma (from कर्म,; italic) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.
See Indra and Karma
Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Indra and Karna are characters in the Mahabharata.
See Indra and Karna
Kartikeya
Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.
Kashyapa
Kashyapa (कश्यप) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism.
Kaushik
Kaushik (कौशिक) or Kaushike (कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra.
Kevala jnana
Kevala jnana (केवल ज्ञान) or Kevala gyana, also known as Kaivalya, means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding or supreme wisdom.
Khmer language
Khmer (ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people and the official and national language of Cambodia.
King of the gods
As polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for one deity to achieve preeminence as king of the gods. Indra and king of the gods are kings of the gods and Mythological kings.
See Indra and King of the gods
Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
See Indra and Korea
Korean language
Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.
Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism. Indra and Krishna are characters in the Mahabharata, Heroes in Hindu mythology and savior gods.
Kural
The Tirukkuṟaḷ (lit), or shortly the Kural (குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each.
See Indra and Kural
Kutsa
Kutsa is a heroic figure of the Rigveda.
See Indra and Kutsa
Lao language
Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language.
Lightning
Lightning is a natural phenomenon formed by electrostatic discharges through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions, either both in the atmosphere or one in the atmosphere and one on the ground, temporarily neutralizing these in a near-instantaneous release of an average of between 200 megajoules and 7 gigajoules of energy, depending on the type.
List of thunder gods
Polytheistic peoples from many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the forces of thunder and lightning; a lightning god does not have a typical depiction, and will vary based on the culture.
See Indra and List of thunder gods
Lohri
Lohri is a popular winter Dogra and Punjabi folk festival celebrated primarily in Northern India.
See Indra and Lohri
Loka
Loka is a concept in Hinduism and other Indian religions, that may be translated as a planet, the universe, a plane, or a realm of existence.
See Indra and Loka
Lokapala
(लोकपाल), Sanskrit, Pāli, and Tibetan for "guardian of the world", has different uses depending on whether it is found in a Hindu or Buddhist context.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mahavira
Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism.
Mahavira Hall
A Mahavira Hall, usually simply known as a Main Hall, is the main hall or building in a traditional Chinese Buddhist temple, enshrining representations of Gautama Buddha and various other buddhas and bodhisattvas.
Mahendra
Mahendra is a Sanskrit compound word deriving from mahā (great) and indra (the title of the king of the devas) from Hinduism.
Malay language
Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
Malayalam
Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.
Manvantara
A manvantara, in Hindu cosmology, is a cyclic period of time identifying the duration, reign, or age of a Manu, the progenitor of mankind.
Maruts
In Hinduism, the Maruts (मरुत), also known as the Marutagana and sometimes identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Prisni.
See Indra and Maruts
Max Müller
Friedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a comparative philologist and Orientalist of German origin.
Mātali
Matali is the charioteer of Indra, the king of the devas, in Hinduism. Indra and Mātali are characters in the Mahabharata.
See Indra and Mātali
Mirpur Jain Temple
Mirpur Jain Temple is a site of Śvetāmbara Jain pilgrimage situated in Mirpur, a fortified village in the Sirohi district of Rajasthan, India.
See Indra and Mirpur Jain Temple
Mitanni
Mitanni (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts,; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences.
Mitra (Hindu god)
Mitra (मित्र) is a Hindu god and generally one of the Adityas (the sons of the goddess Aditi), though his role has changed over time.
See Indra and Mitra (Hindu god)
Moksha
Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.
See Indra and Moksha
Moksha (Jainism)
Sanskrit or Prakrit mokkha refers to the liberation or salvation of a soul from saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and death.
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Mola Ram
Mola Ram or Maula Ram (1743–1833), p.119 was an Indian painter, who originated the Garhwal branch of the Kangra school of painting.
Mon language
The Mon language (ဘာသာမန်; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်; မွန်ဘာသာစကား; ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.
Mongolian language
Mongolian is the principal language of the Mongolic language family that originated in the Mongolian Plateau.
See Indra and Mongolian language
Mount Meru
Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes.
Nahusha
Nahusha (नहुष) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar dynasty) in Hindu mythology. Indra and Nahusha are characters in the Mahabharata.
Nat (deity)
The nats (နတ်; MLCTS: nat) are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism.
Odia language
Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO:,; formerly rendered as Oriya) is an Indo-Aryan classical language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.
Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Indra and Odin are Dragonslayers.
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Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic is the first Slavic literary language.
See Indra and Old Church Slavonic
Old High German
Old High German (OHG; Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050.
Old Irish
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; Sean-Ghaeilge; Seann-Ghàidhlig; Shenn Yernish or Shenn Ghaelg), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts.
Ossetian language
Ossetian, commonly referred to as Ossetic and rarely as Ossete (iron ӕvzag southern; northern), is an Eastern Iranian language that is spoken predominantly in Ossetia, a region situated on both sides of the Greater Caucasus.
See Indra and Ossetian language
Panch Kalyanaka
Panch Kalyanaka (pan̄ca kalyāṇaka, "Five Auspicious Events") are the five chief auspicious events that occur in the life of tirthankara in Jainism.
Parjanya
Parjanya (पर्जन्य) according to the Vedas is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning, and the one who fertilizes the earth. Indra and Parjanya are Buddhist gods.
Pattachitra
Patachitra or Pattachitra is a general term for traditional, cloth-based scroll painting, based in the eastern Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal and parts of Bangladesh.
Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
Perkūnas
Perkūnas (Perkūnas, Pērkons, Old Prussian: Perkūns, Perkunos, Yotvingian: Parkuns, Latgalian: Pārkiuņs) was the common Baltic god of thunder, and the second most important deity in the Baltic pantheon after Dievas.
Perun
In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перун) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees.
See Indra and Perun
Prajapati
Prajapati (lit) is a Vedic deity of Hinduism.
Prithvi
Prithvi (Sanskrit: पृथ्वी,, also पृथिवी,, "the Vast One"), also rendered Pṛthvī Mātā, is the Sanskrit name for the earth, as well as the name of a devi (goddess) in Hinduism of the earth and some branches of Buddhism.
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.
See Indra and Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European mythology
Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans, speakers of the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European language.
See Indra and Proto-Indo-European mythology
Puloman
Puloman, also known as Puloma, is a figure in Hindu mythology.
Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.
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Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.
See Indra and Rain
Rainbow
A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky.
Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan Quote: m Hindi rakśābandhan held on the full moon of the month of Savan, when sisters tie a talisman (rakhi q.v.) on the arm of their brothers and receive small gifts of money from them.
Rama
Rama is a major deity in Hinduism. Indra and Rama are Buddhist gods, characters in the Mahabharata, Heroes in Hindu mythology and savior gods.
See Indra and Rama
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Rigveda
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
Rigveda 1.32
Hymn 1.32 of the Rigveda is a poem praising the deity Indra for his victory over the serpent Vritra. Indra and Rigveda 1.32 are Dragonslayers.
Rigvedic deities
Rigvedic deities are deities mentioned in the sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).
See Indra and Rigvedic deities
Rigvedic rivers
The Rigveda refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, from Gandhara to Kurukshetra.
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore.
Rudra
Rudra (रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt.
See Indra and Rudra
Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
Saṃsāra (संसार, saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying again.
See Indra and Saṃsāra (Buddhism)
Sabines
The Sabines (Sabini; Sabini—all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.
Saman (deity)
Saman (also called Sumana, Sumana Saman, සුමන සමන් දෙවි) is a deity, subject to local and indigenous belief and worship in Sri Lanka. Indra and Saman (deity) are Buddhist gods.
Sangam literature
The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam, Malayalam: സംഘസാഹിത്യം, saṅgha sāhityam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ), connotes the early classical Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India.
See Indra and Sangam literature
Savitr
Savitṛ (सवितृ, nominative singular: सविता, also rendered as Savitur), in Vedic scriptures is an Aditya (i.e., an "offspring") of the Vedic primeval mother goddess Aditi.
See Indra and Savitr
Sawan
Sāwaṇ or Sāuṇ (Shahmukhi: ساؤݨ; Gurmukhi: ਸਾਵਣ, ਸਾਉਣ) is the fifth month in the Punjabi calendar and the Nanakshahi calendar.
See Indra and Sawan
Sāyaṇa
Sayana (IAST: Sāyaṇa, also called Sāyaṇācārya; died 1387) was a 14th-century Sanskrit Mimamsa scholar from the Vijayanagara Empire of South India, near modern day Bellary, Karnataka.
See Indra and Sāyaṇa
Shashthi
Shashthi or Shashti (षष्ठी, ষষ্ঠী,, literally "sixth") is a Hindu goddess, venerated in Nepal and India as the benefactor and protector of children.
Shatapatha Brahmana
The Shatapatha Brahmana (lit,, abbreviated to 'SB') is a commentary on the Śukla Yajurveda.
See Indra and Shatapatha Brahmana
Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis. Indra and Shiva are characters in the Mahabharata and savior gods.
See Indra and Shiva
Shukra
Shukra (शुक्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "clear" or "bright".
See Indra and Shukra
Sinhala language
Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.
See Indra and Sinhala language
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
See Indra and Smithsonian Institution
Soma (drink)
In the Vedic tradition, soma (sóma) is a ritual drink of importance among the early Vedic Indo-Aryans.
Storm
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body.
See Indra and Storm
Surya
Surya (सूर्य) is the SunDalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. Indra and Surya are characters in the Mahabharata.
See Indra and Surya
Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a in Japanese mythology. Indra and Susanoo-no-Mikoto are Dragonslayers.
See Indra and Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Susna
Susna is an asura described in Hindu texts.
See Indra and Susna
Svarga
Svarga (lit), also known as Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism.
See Indra and Svarga
Tai Lue language
Tai Lue (New Tai Lü:, Tai Tham:, kam tai lue) or Xishuangbanna Dai is a Tai language of the Lu people, spoken by about 700,000 people in Southeast Asia.
See Indra and Tai Lue language
Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
Taranis
In Celtic mythology, Taranis (Proto-Celtic: *Toranos, earlier *Tonaros; Latin: Taranus, earlier Tanarus) is the god of thunder, who was worshipped primarily in Gaul, Hispania, Britain, and Ireland, but also in the Rhineland and Danube regions, amongst others.
Telugu language
Telugu (తెలుగు|) is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language.
Tengri
Tengri (lit; Old Uyghur: tängri; Middle Turkic: تآنغرِ; تڭری; Теңир; Тәңір; Tanrı; Tanrı; Тангра; Proto-Turkic: *teŋri / *taŋrɨ; Mongolian script:, T'ngri; Тэнгэр, Tenger; تەڭرى, tengri) is the all-encompassing God of Heaven in the traditional Turkic, Yeniseian, Mongolic, and various other nomadic Altaic religious beliefs.
See Indra and Tengri
Thagyamin
Thagyamin (သိကြားမင်း,; from Sanskrit Śakra) is the highest-ranking nat (deity) in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief.
Thai language
Thai,In ภาษาไทย| ''Phasa Thai'' or Central Thai (historically Siamese;Although "Thai" and "Central Thai" have become more common, the older term, "Siamese", is still used by linguists, especially when it is being distinguished from other Tai languages (Diller 2008:6).
The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
Theravada
Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher.
Thor
Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. Indra and Thor are Dragonslayers.
See Indra and Thor
Thunder
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning.
Thunderbolt
A thunderbolt or lightning bolt is a symbolic representation of lightning when accompanied by a loud thunderclap.
Tirthankara
In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli (formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district.
Trāyastriṃśa
The (Sanskrit; Pali) heaven is an important world of the devas in the Buddhist cosmology.
Tripura Sundari
Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुरसुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Rajarajeshvari, Shodashi, Kamakshi, and Lalita, is a Hindu goddess, revered primarily within the Shaktism tradition and recognized as one of the ten Mahavidyas. She embodies the essence of the supreme goddess Mahadevi.
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
, or simply or, is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion.
See Indra and Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Tvashtr
Tvashtr (त्वष्टृ) or Tvashta (त्वष्टा) is a Vedic artisan god or fashioner.
Uchchaihshravas
In Hinduism, Uchchaihshravas (उच्चैःश्रवस्) or (उच्चैःश्रवा), is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the milk ocean.
Umbrian language
Umbrian is an extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.
See Indra and Umbrian language
Upanishads
The Upanishads (उपनिषद्) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hinduism.
Ushas
Ushas (Vedic Sanskrit: उषस्,, nominative singular उषाः) is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism.
See Indra and Ushas
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia.
Vahana
Vahana (translit) or vahanam denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.
See Indra and Vahana
Vaisakha
Vaisakha (वैशाख) is a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to April/May in the Gregorian Calendar.
Vajra
The Vajra is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).
See Indra and Vajra
Vajrapani
(Sanskrit; Pali: Vajirapāṇi, 'holder of the thunderbolt', lit. meaning, "Vajra in hand") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism.
Vala (Vedic)
Vala, meaning "enclosure" in Vedic Sanskrit, is a demon mentioned in the Vedas, including the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda.
Vali (Ramayana)
Vali (वाली) also known as Bali, was a vanara and the king of Kishkindha in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Vamana
Vamana also known as Trivikrama, Urukrama, Upendra, Dadhivamana, and Balibandhana, is an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
See Indra and Vamana
Varuna
Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water. Indra and Varuna are Lokapala.
See Indra and Varuna
Vedas
The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.
See Indra and Vedas
Vendidad
The Vendidad /ˈvendi'dæd/ or Videvdat or Videvdad is a collection of texts within the greater compendium of the Avesta.
Verethragna
Verethragna or Bahram (𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 vərəθraγna) is an Indo-Iranian deity.
Vijaya (bow)
Vijaya, also called Vijaya Dhanusha, is a divine bow in Hindu tradition.
Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. Indra and Vishnu are savior gods.
See Indra and Vishnu
Vishnu Purana
The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.
Vishvakarma
Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman (lit) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the devas in contemporary Hinduism. Indra and Vishvakarma are Buddhist gods and characters in the Mahabharata.
Vishvamitra
Vishvamitra (विश्वामित्र) is one of the most venerated rishis or sages of ancient India.
Vritra
Vritra is a danava in Hinduism.
See Indra and Vritra
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Wasi-wari
Wasi-wari (Vâsi-vari, Vâsi-veri) is the language of the Wasi people, spoken in a few villages in the Pārūn Valley (Prasun Valley) in Afghanistan.
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
Yuanshi Tianzun
Yuanshi Tianzun, the Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven, is one of the highest deities of Taoism.
Zalmoxis
Zalmoxis (Ζάλμοξις) also known as Salmoxis (Σάλμοξις), Zalmoxes (Ζάλμοξες), Zamolxis (Ζάμολξις), Samolxis (Σάμολξις), Zamolxes (Ζάμολξες), or Zamolxe (Ζάμολξε) is a divinity of the Getae and Dacians (a people of the lower Danube), mentioned by Herodotus in his ''Histories'' Book IV, 93–96, written before 425 BC.
Zarafshon (river)
The Zarafshon (Uzbek & Tajik: Зарафшон, Romanized: Zarafshon) is a river in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.
See Indra and Zarafshon (river)
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Indra and Zeus are kings of the gods.
See Indra and Zeus
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.
See also
Buddhist gods
- Brahmā (Buddhism)
- Chitragupta
- Daikokuten
- Dhṛtarāṣṭra
- Eight Great Yakṣa Generals
- Four Heavenly Kings
- Ganesha
- Ganesha in Buddhism
- Gozu Tennō
- Heng and Ha
- Indra
- Ishana
- Kangiten
- Karura
- Kinnara
- Kshetrapala
- Kōjin
- Mahabrahma
- Matarajin
- Maṇibhadra
- Monkey King
- Myōken
- Nalakuvara
- Nio (Buddhism)
- Pañcika
- Pancasikha
- Parjanya
- Phra Phrom
- Rama
- Sagaan Ubgen
- Saman (deity)
- Sekizan Myōjin
- Shinra Myōjin
- Shiva in Buddhism
- Skanda (Buddhism)
- Susīma (deity)
- Sāgara (Dragon King)
- Tennin
- Twelve Heavenly Generals
- Vaiśravaṇa
- Vemacitrin
- Vishvakarma
- Wisdom Kings
- Yama (Buddhism)
- Zennyo Ryūō
- Śakra (Buddhism)
Dragonslayers
- *Trito
- Apollo
- Assipattle and the Stoor Worm
- Beowulf (hero)
- Cadmus
- Daniel (biblical figure)
- Dobrynya Nikitich
- Dragonslayer
- Garshasp
- Heinrich von Winkelried
- Heracles
- Indra
- Lancelot
- Odin
- Perseus
- Piers Shonks
- Rigveda 1.32
- Saint George
- Saint George and the Dragon
- Saint Venera
- Sigurd
- Susanoo-no-Mikoto
- Thor
Heroes in Hindu mythology
- Arjuna
- Indra
- Kalki
- Krishna
- Rama
- Vachharadada
Kings of the gods
- Amun
- Anshar
- Anu
- Ashur (god)
- Indra
- Jupiter (god)
- King of the gods
- Kumarbi
- Lugus
- Marduk
- Nongshāba
- Oxus (god)
- Ra
- Sin (mythology)
- Teshub
- Zeus
Lokapala
Savior gods
- Antinous
- Ashvins
- Heracles
- Horus
- Indra
- Jesus
- Kanglā shā
- Krishna
- Lugh
- Nakrah
- Ninurta
- Parashurama
- Rama
- Shed (deity)
- Shiva
- Sosipolis (god)
- Soter (daimon)
- Thongalen
- Vishnu
- Yahweh
- Yatha
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