Indra

Indra (Skt.; Tib. དབང་པོ་, wangpo, Wyl. dbang po) or Shakra (Skt. Śakra; Tib. བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་ or བརྒྱ་བྱིན་, Gyajin, Wyl. brgya sbyin) Alternatively known as Shakra, which is the name of the lord of the gods in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. He dwells on the summit of Mount Sumeru and wields the thunderbolt. The Tibetan translation brgya byin (meaning “one hundred sacrifices”) is based on an etymology that śakra is an abbreviation of śata-kratu, one who has performed a hundred sacrifices. Each world with a central Sumeru has a Shakra. Also known by other names such as Kaushika, Devendra, and Shachipati.

Further Reading

• The Hundred Deeds, Part Ten, 1. Śakra