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King of Gods INDRA ŚAKRA Kashyapa

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Son of Raja Rishi Kashyapa of Anga and Aditi Kashyapa
Husband of SACHI Indra
Partner of Kunti (Preetha)
Father of Arjuna; JAYANTI Rishabadeva and JAYANTAN Indra
Brother of DHATRI Kashyapa; SAVITR Kashyapa; Vamana; Fire AGNI Kashyap; Nagas and 16 others
Half brother of iravatam; Cattle; kalkanja monster; Alambusa; Rambha Kashyapa and 46 others

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About King of Gods INDRA ŚAKRA Kashyapa

Indra, in Hindu mythology, the king of the gods. He is one of the main gods of the archaic Sanskrit collection of hymns, the Rigveda, and is the Indo-European cousin of the German Wotan, Norse Odin, Greek Zeus, and Roman Jupiter.

In early religious texts Indra plays a variety of roles. As king, he leads cattle raids against the dasas or dasyus, native inhabitants of the lands over which his people range. He brings rain as god of the thunderbolt, and he is the great warrior who conquers the antigods (asuras). He also defeats innumerable human and superhuman enemies, most famously Vritra, a dragon and a leader of the dasa. Vritra is accused in his dragon form of holding back the waters and the rains, as a dasa of stealing cows, and as an antigod of hiding the Sun. Indra is strengthened for these feats by drinks of the elixir of immortality, the soma, which priests offer to him in the sacrifice. Among his allies are the Rudras (or Maruts), who ride the clouds and direct storms. Indra is sometimes referred to as “the thousand-eyed.”

In later Hinduism, Indra is no longer worshipped but plays the important mythological roles of god of rain, regent of the heavens, and guardian of the east. Later texts note this break in the worship of Indra. In the Mahabharata, the great Sanskrit epic, Indra fathers the great hero Arjuna and tries in vain to prevent the god of fire, Agni, from burning a great forest. In the Puranas, ancient collections of Hindu myths and legends, Krishna, the great god and avatar of Vishnu, persuades the cowherders of Gokula (or Vraja, modern Gokul) to stop their worship of Indra. Enraged, Indra sends down torrents of rain, but Krishna lifts Mount Govardhana on his fingertip and gives the people shelter under it for seven days until Indra relents and pays him homage.

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