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Definition of Indra
1. Noun. Chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder.
Definition of Indra
1. Proper noun. (Hinduism) The God of war War and weather Weather, also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svarga Svargaloka in Hinduism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indra
Literary usage of Indra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1917)
"He also wins the dawns; with the sun and the dawn he discovers or delivers or
wins the cows; the dawns again go forth to meet indra when he becomes the lord ..."
2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"Of this indra, though at first the son of Heaven and Earth, it might well be said
that at his birth heaven and earth trembled.5 Then again we read (Rig-Veda ..."
3. Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta by Epiphanius Wilson, Aśvaghoṣa, Samuel Beal, Friedrich Max Müller, James Darmesteter, George Sale, Dharmaraksha (1900)
"Thou, 0 indra, with the swift Maruts, who break even through the stronghold, hast
found even in their hiding-place the bright ones. The pious singers have, ..."
4. Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda by Arthur Berriedale Keith (1920)
"Their feeding is in accord with their winning; first for indra and Vayu, ...
Seeing this the seer declares 2 ' With the teams, with indra as charioteer. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"indra hath extended himself beyond earth and heaven; the half of him is equal
... 'Tis true that no other is like unto indra; nor is any god or mortal more ..."
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