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and there is a festival kept in his honour called $akra-dhwajot-
thana, '
the raising of the standard of Indra.'
Indra's names are many, as Mahendra, /Sakra, Maghavan,
j?ibhuksha, Yasava, Arha, Datteya, His epithets or titles also
'
'
are numerous. He is Yn'tra-han, the destroyer of Yritra ;
Yajra-pa%i, 'of the thunderbolt hand;' Megha-vahana, 'home
upon the clouds '
; Paka-isasana, the suhduer of
'
Paka ;
$ata-kratu, t
of a hundred
'
sacrifices
;
and Sura-
dhipa,
atmosphere ;
chief of the gods ;
'
'
lord of paradise ;
'
'
Divas-pati,
Deva-pati
Marutwan, *
'
lord of the winds ;
*
ruler of the
Swarga-pati,
Jishwu, '
'
leader of the celestial host ;
Puran-dara, '
destroyer of cities;' Uluka, (
the owl;' Ugra-
dhanwan, '
of the terrible bow/ and many others, The heaven
of Indra is Swarga; its capital is AmaravatI; his palace, Yaija-
yanta ; his garden, Nandana, Kandasara, or Parushya ; his
elephant is Airavata; his horse, UchchaiKs'ravas ; his chariot,
Yimana ; his charioteer, Matali ; his bow, the rainbow, Sakra-
and his sword, Paran-ja,
INDRA-DYUMNA. Son of Su-mati and grandson of
dhanus ;
Bharata. There were several of the name, among them a king
of Avanti, by whom the temple of Yishwu was built, and the
image of Jagan-natha was set up in Orissa,
INDRA-JIT. Megha-nada, son of RavaTia. When Ravawa
went against Indra's forces in Swarga, his son Megha-nada
accompanied him, and fought most valiantly, Indra himself
was obliged to interfere, when Megha-nada, availing himself of
the magical power of becoming invisible, which he had obtained
from Siva, bound Indra and carried him off to Lanka, The
gods, headed by Brahma, went thither to obtain the release of
Indra, and Brahma gave to Megha-nada the name India-jit,
conqueror of Indra.' Still the victor refused to release his prisoner
for anything less than the boon of immortality. Brahma
refused, but Indra-jit persisted
in his demand and achieved his
object One version of the Ramaya7&a states that Indra-jit was
killed and had his head cut off by Lakshmami, who surprised
him while he was engaged in a sacrifice.
INDRA-KlLA. The mountain Mandara,
INDRA-LOKA. Indra's heaven, Swarga, See Loka,
INDRA^L Wife of Indra, and mother of Jayanta and
Jayanti, She is also called Skchi and Aiudri She is men-