Indra
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Śakra · Maghavan · Vāsava · Mahendra · Vṛtra-slayer · Śatakratu · Purandara · thousand-eyed Indra · the bull · lord of Śacī
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3 expressionsŚakra“Indra”2 mentions
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana (Kawi) · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
he swiftly arrived at Indra's heaven.
Mahendra“Indra”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Churned by the speed of his thighs, flower-bearing trees were uprooted and fell to the ground, as if struck down by Indra's weapon.
Vāsava“Indra”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Garuḍa raised up those two of great valor, who were equal to Vāsava [Indra], and embraced them both joyfully;
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
King of the gods, named as Rāvaṇa's rival and invoked repeatedly in similes and genealogy.
Sugrīva, son of the Sun, and Vālin, son of Indra.
Kausalyā shone with that son of boundless radiance as Aditi of the gods shines with Indra the Thunderbolt-bearer.
'That evil-minded one harasses the three worlds, hates the exalted, and desires to overpower Śakra, the king of the thirty gods.
Rigveda
Chief warrior-god, wielder of the vajra, slayer of Vṛtra, releaser of the cows from the cave of Vala, invoked constantly for Soma-drinking, wealth, and victory in battle.
receive my songs, O Indra;
Then drink the pressed Soma.
shake the cows together for us.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The most frequently invoked deity in the window, called on for healing, protection from enemies and demons, weapons, sovereignty, and battle.
May Indra's vajra smite away the demon;
Five gods are lords of freedom from fear:
both Indra and Bṛhaspati are under my sway;
Manusmṛti
The king of the gods, recipient of a directional bali-offering.
Having thus duly offered the oblation, he should offer a *bali*-offering in all directions, moving clockwise, to Indra, Antaka, Ap-pati, and Indu, along with their attendants.
95[94M] // A king bears the form of the eight world-protectors:
he is Kubera, he is Varuṇa, he is the great Indra.
Sāmaveda
The thunderbolt-wielding king of the gods, slayer of the demon Vṛtra, patron of soma-drinking warriors, giver of wealth and cattle.
No one surpasses you, O Indra.
Do not turn away from us, O Indra;
Show grace to your praisers, O Indra.
Vīramitrodaya
King of the gods, repeatedly invoked as a figure of royal comparison and among the deities whose realms are figuratively surpassed.
Arising here from the high mountain-like lineage of the enemy of Jambha (Indra), he is a bringer of bright dawns.
He was an Indra to the entire circle of the earth, unconquerable by his enemies, shattering the wicked and acquiring great fame through the rise of his mature valor.
By the excellence of his various austerities—palaces, lakes, gifts of elephants, gems, and land—the realms of Indra, Candra, Varuṇa, Brahmā, Īśa, and Viṣṇu have been conquered.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
A presiding deity in the list of the adhidaivata (divine) order.
And the "divine" (adhidaivata):
"Indra [is] the king of the gods"—[such] verbal [testimony] is the means of cognition [i.
the divine (daiva), the demonic (paiśāca), the rākṣasa, likewise the gandharva, the [realm] of Indra (aindra), the brāhma, the saumya, and the brāhmya—[these] eight.
Kunjarakarna Dharmakathana
The king of the gods, whose heaven is the site of Kuñjarakarṇa's final search for Pūrṇavijaya.
He ascended to Indra's heaven, gazing upon the beautiful eight abodes.
His name is none other than Pūrṇavijaya, an equal in heaven to the god Indra.
He was established in Indra's heaven as king of the gods.
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
King of the gods, one of the eight deities whose essence forms the king.
from Soma, Agni, the Sun, the Wind, Indra, the Lord of Wealth, the Lord of Waters, and Yama.
A king who thus carries out the enforcement of a decision as declared in the sacred treatises, spreads his fame here in the world and becomes like Indra.
Slokantara
King of the gods, associated with heaven and worldly power.
That is likened to the holy god Indra.
" It is a person who has enjoyed pleasure in heaven and then falls from the realm of Indra.
Indra is exceedingly fickle;
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Chief deity whose throne is contested by Bali, and who is cited as punished for violating Ahalya.
Indra, too, having violated the chastity of Ahalya, was made to suffer for it.
Thus we see the Bali was raised to the throne of Indra by destiny, and was also put down by the same power, and it is destiny only that can re-instate him.
" If the woman listens with a favourable ear, then on the following day the go-between, having observed marks of good spirits in her face, in her eyes, and in her manner of conversation, should again converse with her on the subject of the man, and should tell her the stories of Ahalya and Indra, of Sakoontala and Dushyanti, and such others as may be fitted for the occasion.
Caryāmelāpakapradīpa
Bodhisattva interlocutor addressed by the Blessed One in the dialogue on bodhicitta.
Then the all-pervading Blessed One would say to Vajrapāṇi:
Śarīrārthagāthā
The deity Indra, invoked via the simile of 'Indra's pillar' as an image of steadfastness.
like Indra's pillar, he does not tremble;
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The god Indra, to whom the Somasūkta is recited as part of remedying an obstructed śrāddha.
The recitation of the *Somasūkta* (सोमसूक्त) for Indra and the meal—this threefold procedure has been properly stated.
When a *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध) is obstructed, by reciting the *Somasūkta* (सोमसूक्त) for Indra, and by the meal for Agni and others, the *śrāddha* (श्राद्ध) is indeed complete.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The king of the gods, whose fallen form is said to inhabit earthly kings and whose divine state righteous kings may attain.
Through this, a king attains the state of Indra and kingship again and again.
Kings who are established in their own sacred duty attain the state of Indra.
The lord of the gods, having fallen from heaven, abides in the form of a king.
Nāradasmṛti
King of the gods, to whom the seven sages swore an oath.
The seven sages, having come together for the sake of a lotus, swore an oath to Indra, without agitation, for their mutual purification.
Parāśara Smṛti
King of the gods, referenced as a rank of exalted status.
He who has an umbrella, a horse, and the splendor of riding an elephant, attains the station of Indra.
San Hyan Tattvajnana
A deity listed among those created by Lord Sadāśivatattva's Kriyāśakti.
Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The king of the gods, referenced both as a rain-bringer in simile and as one of countless Indras destroyed by time across kalpas
Many thousands of Indras and myriads of Daitya-lords Have been destroyed by time;
The sands of the Ganges and the drops of rain when Vāsava (Indra) showers, Can be counted in this world, but not the Grandfathers (Brahmas) who have passed.
Vrhaspatitattva
A god whose celestial realm the master of yoga can visit and over whom he gains command.
> If he always goes to the realms of Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya, > for the sake of devotion favorable to the gods, the name *īśitva* is spoken.
If he goes on a pleasure trip to the celestial realms, he is able to command Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya in their heavens, and even more so the entire host of gods.