Indra

(ˈɪndrə, Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity (Indā, Pālī) in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism. Indra, as the Vedic Dyáuṣ Pitṛ́, is the central element of the Pancha Bhoota. His mythologies and powers are similar, though not identical, to other Indo-European deities such as Jupiter, Perun, Perkūnas, Taranis, Zeus, and Thor.In the Vedas, Indra is the king of Svarga (Heaven) and the Devas. He is the god of the heavens, lightning, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war.web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDlFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&dq=Indra+god+war&source=bl&ots=Yz5NWUZSU7&sig=ACfU3U1BUfEJ8uIuuQEJNHi_ttwk-oUuUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0gLaS6o_hAhW08aYKHXYACy0Q6AEwEXoECCsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Indra%20god%20war&f=false |title=War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict [3 volumes - Google Książki |format= |work= |accessdate=Indra rules over the much-sought Devas realm of rebirth within the Samsara doctrine of Buddhist traditions. However, like the Hindu texts, Indra also is a subject of ridicule and reduced to a figurehead status in Buddhist texts, shown as a god that suffers rebirth and redeath. In the Jainism traditions, unlike Buddhism and Hinduism, Indra is the not the king of Gods- the enlightened leaders (called Tirthankaras or Jinas), but King of superhumans residing in Swarga-Loka, and very much a part of Jain rebirth cosmology. He is also the one who appears with his wife Indrani to celebrate the auspicious moments in the life of a Jain Tirthankara, an iconography that suggests the king and queen of superhumans residing in heaven -Swarga reverentially marking the spiritual journey of a Jina.Indras iconography shows him wielding a lightning thunderbolt known as Vajra, riding on a white elephant known as Airavata. In Buddhist iconography the elephant sometimes features three heads, while Jaina icons sometimes show the elephant with five heads. Sometimes a single elephant is shown with four symbolic tusks. Indras heavenly home is on or near Mount Meru (also called Sumeru).

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