Airāvata
animal · 1 work · 8 mentions · 9 anchored passages
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Mythic elephant, son of Irāvatī, in the genealogical catalog recounted by Jaṭāyus.
and Irāvatī's son is Airāvata, the great elephant who is lord of the worlds.
"Enraged, I could slay even the king of the gods riding his intoxicated Airāvata with thunderbolt in hand—what then of these two mere mortals?
His body bearing scars made by Indra's thunderbolt in battles between gods and asuras, his chest scarred and furrowed by the tusks of Airāvata.