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Indra

Also known as: Devaraja, Purandara

King of the gods, wielder of the thunderbolt, credited with command

Appears in

Ramayana

Bala Kanda
Aranya Kanda
Yuddha Kanda
Uttara Kanda

Mahabharata

Adi Parva
Vana Parva
Drona Parva
Anushasana Parva
Mahaprasthanika Parva
Svargarohana Parva

Krishna-Leela

Govardhan
The killing of Kamsa
Narakasura and the sixteen thousand

Hanuman-Gatha

Anjana's son
Meeting Rama, and Jambavan
The sea

Vishnu-Puran

Vamana

Shiv-Mahima

The Third Eye
Kartikeya
Kirata

Devi-Charit

Vak — I Am
Durga — The Goddess Born from Defeat
Mahishasura-mardini
Kali, from Kaushiki

Ganesh-Vrittanta

The head — why an elephant's
Gajamukhasura and the mouse

Bhagavata Devotees

Prithu — who milked the earth
Vamana and Bali — three paces

Kartikeya-Vrittanta

The six-day-old general
The Taraka war
Valli and Devasena

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