The Rigveda calls the plant the " God for Gods " seemingly giving him precedence above Indra and the other Gods ( RV 9. 42 )

Vritra won the battle and swallowed Indra, but the other gods forced him to vomit Indra out.

One day while Hiranyakashipu is performing austerities at Mandaracala Mountain, his home is attacked by Indra and the other devatas.

Whilst Hiranyakashipu had been performing the penance to be granted this boon, his home had been attacked by Indra and the other devas, seizing the opportunity in his absence.

After Ushas appear Aditi, the Primal Sun, the God of Light, first as Savitr, who represents the Divine grace essential for all spiritual success, and then as Mitra, who as the Divine love is considered as a friend of the illumined mind ( Indra ) and his associates ( the other gods ).

The Ribhus are artists who formed the horses of Indra, the carriage of the Ashvins, and the miraculous cow of Brihaspati, made their parents young, and performed other wonderful works which according to RV 4. 51. 6 were " done by the dawn ".

Such stories also have counterparts in other Indo-European mythologies: the slaying of the serpent Vritra by Indra in Vedic religion, the battle between Thor and Jörmungandr in the Norse story of Ragnarok, the Greek account of the defeat of the Titan Typhon by Zeus.

The predecessors of the flying vimanas of the Sanskrit epics are the flying chariots employed by various gods in the Vedas: the Sun ( see Sun chariot ) and Indra and several other Vedic deities are transported by flying wheeled chariots pulled by animals, usually horses ( but the Vedic god Pūsan's chariot is pulled by goats, as is that of Norse Thor ).

The union of Dyaus Pita and Prithvi Mata gave rise to other Vedic deities and demi-gods like Indra, Agni, Ushas etc.

Panel depicting the divine marriage of Shiva and Parvati with Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and other divinities in attendance.

Chalapathi Rao did three roles ( Jarasandha, Atiratha, Indra ) and also appears in two other getups as disguises of Indra, while Jayabhaskar did a dual role ( Surya, Ekalavya ).

According to Venerable Tripitaka Master Bhikshu Shramana Hsuan Hua's " Shurangama Mantra Commentary " ( Buddhist Text Translation Society of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, 1981, Volume 1 ), the Shurangama Mantra mystically and literally includes all of the Buddha Dharma in its entirety, and its focus is on the Five Dhyana Buddhas ( Vairochana, Amitabha ), Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi, with stress on Vairochana and Ashobhya Buddhas ) and their retinues of Dharmapalas and wrathful deities in male and female forms, such as Vajrapani, wrathful Manjushri, Mahakala, Tara, Pandaravasini, Prakruti, Uchushma Fire Head Vajra, Brahma, Indra, Shiva as Rudra, Raudri-Umapati form of Vajrayogini, Narayana, Ganapati, various Dhakinis, Naga kings, Yaksha kings, Rakshasha kings, and many other Dharma Protectors of the Buddhist Pantheon and Vedic pantheon.

The forum included other U. S. top-level executives including Vikram Pandit, Jamie Dimon and Indra Nooyi, among others.

In Kathmandu, the biggest street festival is Yenya ( Indra Jatra ) when three cars bearing the living goddess Kumari and two other child deities are pulled through the streets and masked dance performances are held.

In the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajapati and married to him ; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra.

Nala who is in love with Damayanti, exercises restraint svayamvara ( choosing bride / bridegroom ) ceremony to win over Damayanti by allowing Indra and other gods a chance to win over her.

Her early efforts, and what were to prove to be a lifelong interest in food, cooking, and aesthetics in general, were encouraged by her mother Indra née Samaroo, while a sense of social responsibility and political activism, evident in the themes in her work, and in her work practice itself, can be said to have been inherited from her father Romesh Mootoo, medical family doctor and Trinidad politician who held among other posts, the positions of party leader, Mayor of San Fernando and Senator.

The Satavahanas were worshipers of Buddha as well as other Hindu gods such as Krishna, Shiva, Gauri, Indra, Surya, and Chandra.

They were not only worshipers of Vishnu and Shiva but also respected Buddha, but also other incarnations of, Gauri, Indra, the sun and moon.

Aditi ’ s other eleven sons as narrated in Purana's are Surya, Aryama, Tvashta, Savita, Bhaga, Dhata, Vidhata, Varuna, Mitra, Indra and Vishnu.

While Valmiki's Ramayana narrates that the magical arrow was given to Rama by Indra, in other versions the magical arrow is hidden in Mandodari's bed chambers or under her bed.

The most ancient Vedic devas included Indra, Agni, Soma, Varuna, Mitra, Savitri, Rudra, Prajapati, Vishnu, Aryaman, and the ashvins.

Thus Indra, the chief of the devas, was regarded as the regent of the east ; Agni, the fire, was in the same way associated with the southeast ; Yama, lord of death and justice with the south ; Surya, the sun, with the southwest ; Varuna, originally the representative of the all-embracing heaven ( atmosphere ), now the god of the ocean, with the west ; Vayu ( or Pavana ), the wind, with the northwest ; Kubera, the god of wealth, with the north ; and Soma with the northeast.

According to one account, Indra, the King of the devas was once driven out of devaloka by an asura named Vritra.

He invaded heaven, defeating the king of gods Indra, and drove all the gods ( devas ) out of heaven.

The gods in the Rig-Veda are mostly personified concepts, who fall into two categories: the devas – who were gods of nature – such as the weather deity Indra ( who is also the King of the gods ), Agni (" fire "), Usha (" dawn "), Surya (" sun ") and Apas (" waters ") on the one hand, and on the other hand the asuras – gods of moral concepts – such as Mitra (" contract "), Aryaman ( guardian of guest, friendship and marriage ), Bhaga (" share ") or Varuna, the supreme Asura ( or Aditya ).

One scholar expressed the opinion that " Rydberg's views " concerning resemblances of Thor and Indra were carried to extremes, therefore receiving " less recognition than they deserved ," while another says " Rydberg correctly establishes, like many before and after him, the similarities with the myth of Thor and the Midgard serpent " with that of Indra and the dragon Vrtra.

Led by Indra, they approached Lord Vishnu for help.

) Indra, who had lost all hope of recovering his kingdom was said to have approached Shiva who could not help him.

As Surya had warned, a disguised Indra approached Karna and asked for his kavacha ( body armour ) and kundala ( earrings ) as alms.

In contrast, the puranas, such as the shiva purana and the bhagavata purana, suggest that Aditi is wife of sage Kashyap and gave birth to the adityas such as Indra, Surya, and also vamana.

Once upon a time, the sage Viswamitra generated such intense energy by means of his asceticism that Indra himself became fearful.

The Devas lost their strength and powers due to a curse by the sage Durvasa because Indra, the king of the Devas, had insulted the sage ’ s gift ( a garland ) by giving it to his elephant ( Airavata ) which trampled upon it.

Vishnu revealed to Indra that only the weapon made from the bones of the sage Dadhichi would defeat Vritra.

Indra then brought together all the waters of the holy rivers to Naimisharanya, thereby allowing the sage to have his wish fulfilled without a further loss of time.

Lord Vishnu, Indra and all Devas and the sage Vishwamitra himself manifested themselves on the scene, and praised Harishchandra for his perseverance and steadfastness.

Other figures discerned from a study of the broken images are: Vishnu riding Garuda on a plantain leaf ; the Sun-god Surya riding a fully saddled horse ( head missing ); a saint with a rosary ; two female figures in the sky draped up to their thighs ; a faceless figure of the moon with a water container ; three identical figures of a male flanked by two females ; the skeleton of a sage ; Brahma ( without one arm ) riding a swan ; and Indra without his mount ( elephant missing ).

Resuming his wanderings, the sage came across Indra riding his elephant, Airavata, attended by the gods.

Indra immediately begged Durvasa's forgiveness, but the sage refused to retract or even soften his curse, and went on his way.

Indra, the king of the Gods, did not want the sage to acquire divine powers through meditation and sent two apsaras to distract him.

The sage struck his thigh and created a woman so beautiful that Indra ’ s apsaras were left matchless.

After his meditation was complete the sage gifted Urvashi to Indra, and she occupied the pride of place in Indra ’ s court.

Once the heaven was built, the sage proceeded to create a parallel Indra to rule the new heaven that he created.

Menakā had come at the behest of the King of the Heaven, Indra ( इन ् द ् र ), to distract the great sage Vishwāmitra ( व ि श ् व ा म ि त ् र ) from his deep meditations.

Vishwakarma is also credited with creating the missiles used in the mythological era, including the Vajra, the sacred weapon of Lord Indra, from the bones of sage Dadhichi.

Another version has it that Indra who wanted the sage to end Kapila's meditation took the horse and put it in his ashram.