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Indra

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A principal Vedic deity associated with rain and thunder.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Hindu mythology, in the oldest or Vedic religion, the god of the thunder-storm, whose office it is to transfix the demon that hides and keeps back the rain, and to pour this out upon the earth.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun Hinduism The God of War and Weather, also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder

Etymologies

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From Sanskrit इन्द्र (índra).

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Examples

  • THE JUDGMENT or INDRA: A Hindu play, in which a priest of Indra, after making a supreme sacrifice of himself and others in order to root out human affection from his heart, thinks that his god speaks in the lightning of the storm that ensues.

    The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Eugene O'Neill 1920

  • Indra is not alone in the field of electronic voting.

    Technology Made in Spain 2006

  • The connections between the heliopter creatures and the use of mind-altering drugs are also abundantly seen in the Sanscrit text, the Atharva-Veda of ancient India, in which the alien force is called Indra and the drugs, soma:

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • The connections between the heliopter creatures and the use of mind-altering drugs are also abundantly seen in the Sanscrit text, the Atharva-Veda of ancient India, in which the alien force is called Indra and the drugs, soma:

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • The connections between the heliopter creatures and the use of mind-altering drugs are also abundantly seen in the Sanscrit text, the Atharva-Veda of ancient India, in which the alien force is called Indra and the drugs, soma:

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • Then the lad answered, according to the old hag's bidding, 'I want your skin, for King Indra is making a new kettledrum, and says your skin is nice and tough.'

    Tales of the Punjab 1894

  • Muller asks, 'what should we gain if we called Indra ... a totem?'

    Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878

  • Indra is surprised by Yuna’s image but loves Yuna’s Norah Jones-like voice:

    Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Yuna Changes the Face of Indie Music 2009

  • The main Chaumos ritual takes place at a Tok tree, a place called Indra's place, "indrunkot", or "indréyin".

    The Most Unique people of the work Kalash community celebrating annual festival of Bumborate 2010

  • The main Chaumos ritual takes place at a Tok tree, a place called Indra's place, "indrunkot", or "indréyin".

    The Most Unique people of the work Kalash community celebrating annual festival 2009

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