Indrāṇī
deity figure · 2 works · 10 mentions · 13 anchored passages
Indra's wife
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Goddess credited with first bringing forward the honey-substance for good fortune.
The bull-like one possessed of virile power, soma-backed, dwelling in the sky — Indrāṇī brought forward the honey-substance first of all, for the sake of good fortune.
may Indrāṇī place in you a male son, one who bestows a hundredfold.
Sinīvālī, Anumati, Rākā, Guṅgu, and Sarasvatī — the divine consorts of the gods, those goddesses — and Indrāṇī I invoke for protection.
Rigveda
Consort-goddess of Indra invoked for help.
She who is Guṅgū, she who is Sinīvāli, she who is Rākā, she who is Sarasvatī — I call upon Indrāṇī for help, and Varuṇānī for well-being.
The creative heroine, follower of ṛta, the wife of Indra, is exalted.
I have heard that Indrāṇī is the most blessed among these women — for her husband never dies of old age.