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Deity South Asian traditions
Indra
इन्द्रः sa इन्द्र hi இந்திரன் ta
Vedic god of rain, weather, storms, and thunder in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Eastern religions
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Indra
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 7
Kinship in an account 6
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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parent of (father) Arjuna central character of Indian epic Mahabharata - parent of (father) Jayanta son of Hindu god Indra
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parent of (father) Jayanti Spouse of Shukra -
parent of (father) Vālī figure in the Ramayana. Elder brother of Sugrīva; father of Angada -
partner of (spouse) Indrāṇī Hindu Goddess and queen of the devas -
sibling of Vamana dwarf avatar of Vishnu
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Accounts
Where Indra appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
Connections
How Indra connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 7
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Jehovah Latinate transliteration of יהוה (YHWH) with the vowel points of Adonai -
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identified with Jupiter chief deity of Roman state religion -
identified with Perun Slavic supreme god of the sky and war -
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identified with Śakra deva and heavenly king in Buddhism; lord of the heavenly realm Trāyastriṃśa; regarded as king of the gods and wielder of the thunderbolt -
identified with Tinia Etruscan god -
identified with Yahweh national god of ancient Israel and Judah kingdoms, god of monotheistic Judaism and Abrahamic religions -
identified with Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
11 statements on this record
- 1 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 10 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Pictures
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Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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