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Definition of Parjanya
1. Noun. Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parjanya
Literary usage of Parjanya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"parjanya. There are a few hymns addressed to this deity in the Rig-Veda ; but
from the character and functions ascribed to him, it is difficult to see ..."
2. The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians by Adolf Kaegi (1886)
"Swiftly parjanya collects his clouds for rain; the winds rush, the lightnings
fall stroke on stroke, with which the mighty one smites the blasphemer and ..."
3. The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1895)
"parjanya loud extol in song, The fructifying son of heaven ; May he provide us
pasturage ! He who the fruitful seed of plants, Of cows and mares and women ..."
4. Ancient and Mediaeval India by Manning (Charlotte Speir) (1869)
"As a charioteer, urging his horses with his whip, brings into view the messenger (of
war), so parjanya (driving the clouds before him) makes manifest the ..."
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