the chief god of the early Hindu religion, associated with rain and thunderbolts
Origin of Indra
SanskritIndra
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Indra
noun
HinduismA principal Vedic deity associated with rain and thunder.
Indra
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Sentence Examples
- In the Rig-Veda there is one Apsaras, wife of Gandharva; in the later scriptures there are many Apsaras who act as the handmaidens of Indra and dance before his throne.
- He is celebrated as a dual divinity with Indra, Agni, Pushan or Rudra, in other books.
- 164.46, " Men call him Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni...
- On entering *The fact that the Mitannians venerated Varuna, Indra, and the Asvins is important as showing that Iranian and Indian Aryans had not yet separated as late as 1400 B.C.
- They are the companions of Indra, and associated with him in the wielding of thunderbolts, sometimes as his equals, sometimes as his servants.
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