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Indra
The named Vedic storm and kingship god who wields the vajra. Not Zeus as a cross-cultural flatten, and not every later Indra-as-stock-king in Buddhist tales.
Also known as Śakra
Vedic tradition
Indra appears in Vedic tradition.
The Ṛgveda hymns Indra as the storm-king who wields the vajra, frees the waters, and receives the densest praise-cycles in the corpus. A named Vedic being in that hymn speech, not Zeus as a cross-cultural flatten and not later Buddhist Śakra stock-king alone.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Vajra is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda seats the vajra as Indra’s own striking-weapon in hymn after hymn — the bolt he wields against Vṛtra and in praise of his might. A named sacred weapon-to-deity bond in that corpus, not the already-filed vajra→vedic appears_in alone and not Mjolnir.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Soma is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda repeatedly offers pressed soma to Indra as his foremost drink of strength and praise. A named sacred offering-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed soma→vedic and soma→offerings walks alone and not Zoroastrian haoma.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Thunder is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda joins thunder to Indra’s storm-kingship and vajra-strike — the roar that answers his deed. A named sacred weather-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed thunder→vedic appears_in alone and not a generic storm dump.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Lightning is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda seats lightning with Indra’s vajra-work — the flash of his strike in storm praise. A named sacred weather-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed lightning→vedic appears_in alone and not thunder as the roar.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Rain is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda praises Indra as the releaser of the waters — rain and flood freed when he breaks the serpent’s hold. A named sacred weather-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed rain→vedic appears_in alone and not Parjanya as a second unpublished hub.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Horse is sacred to Indra.
The Ṛgveda yokes bay and prize horses to Indra’s chariot and praise — the god’s own teams in hymn speech. A named sacred animal-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed horse→vedic appears_in alone and not the aśvamedha use edge.
from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older
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Buddhist traditions
Indra appears in Buddhist traditions.
Watson’s Lotus Sūtra seats Indra/Śakra among the heavenly kings who attend the assembly and honor the Buddha. Indra in that Buddhist cast (alias Śakra), not Zeus flatten and not Rigveda storm-god dump alone.
from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older
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sources
- The Rigveda · Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation)
Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton, The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India.
- The Lotus Sutra · Burton Watson (translation)
Burton Watson, The Lotus Sutra.