{"product_id":"indra-king-of-gods","title":"Indra - King of Gods","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIndra is an ancient Vedic deity in Hinduism. He is the king of Svarga (Heaven) and the Devas (gods). He is associated with lightning, thunder, storms, rains, river flows and war. Indra's mythology and powers are similar to other Indo-European deities such as Jupiter, Perun, Perkūnas, Zalmoxis, Taranis, Zeus, and Thor, suggesting a common origin in Proto-Indo-European mythology. Indra's significance diminishes in the post-Vedic Indian literature, but he still plays an important role in various mythological events. He is depicted as a powerful hero but one who constantly gets into trouble with his drunken, hedonistic and adulterous ways, and the god who disturbs sages as they meditate because he fears self-realized human beings may become more powerful than him. Indra's iconography shows him wielding a lightning thunderbolt weapon known as Vajra, riding on a white elephant known as Airavata.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe similarities between Indra of Vedic mythology and of Thor of Nordic and Germanic mythologies are significant, states Max Müller. Both Indra and Thor are storm gods, with powers over lightning and thunder, both carry a hammer or an equivalent, for both the weapon returns to their hand after they hurl it, both are associated with bulls in the earliest layer of respective texts, both use thunder as a battle-cry, both are protectors of mankind, both are described with legends about \"milking the cloud-cows\", both are benevolent giants, gods of strength, of life, of marriage and the healing gods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn China, Indra (帝釋天 Dìshìtiān) is regarded as one of the twenty-four protective devas (二十四諸天 Èrshísì zhūtiān) of Buddhism. In Chinese Buddhist temples, his statue is usually enshrined in the Mahavira Hall along with the other devas. In Japan, Indra (帝釈天 Taishakuten) is one of the twelve Devas, as guardian deities, who are found in or around Buddhist temples (十二天Jūni-ten)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- x-tinymce\/html --\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"129\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"129\"\u003ePlease Note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"171\"\u003edigital 3D model (STL\/3mf file)\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"191\"\u003e3D printing\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"219\"\u003enot a physical object\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"223\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eNo physical product will be shipped.\u003cbr data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eAfter purchase, \u003cstrong data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"296\"\u003edownload links\u003c\/strong\u003e will be shown on your screen and \u003cstrong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"352\"\u003esent to your email\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"356\"\u003ePlease read the full \u003cstrong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"400\"\u003ewebsite description\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eterms\u003c\/strong\u003e before purchasing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VedicFutura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42892278661318,"sku":"","price":129.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0608\/7366\/files\/SQ-6_9608771a-061d-4869-aa41-63b172da489d.jpg?v=1698905394","url":"https:\/\/vedicfutura.com\/products\/indra-king-of-gods","provider":"VedicFutura","version":"1.0","type":"link"}