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'''Indra''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དབང་པོ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''dbang po'') or '''Shakra''' (Skt. ''Śakra''; Tib. [[བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་]], [[Wyl.]] ''brgya sbyin'') — one of the principal gods of Hinduism. According to Buddhist cosmology, Indra resides in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]], which is one of the [[six heavens of the desire realm]]. In the Buddhist scriptures he is also sometimes presented as a [[Dharma]] protector. | '''Indra''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དབང་པོ་]], ''wangpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbang po'') or '''Shakra''' (Skt. ''Śakra''; Tib. [[བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་]], [[Wyl.]] ''brgya sbyin'') — one of the principal gods of Hinduism. According to Buddhist cosmology, Indra resides in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]], which is one of the [[six heavens of the desire realm]]. In the Buddhist scriptures he is also sometimes presented as a [[Dharma]] protector. | ||
[[Category: Gods and demons]] | [[Category: Gods and demons]] | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 28 December 2017
Indra (Skt.; Tib. དབང་པོ་, wangpo, Wyl. dbang po) or Shakra (Skt. Śakra; Tib. བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་, Wyl. brgya sbyin) — one of the principal gods of Hinduism. According to Buddhist cosmology, Indra resides in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, which is one of the six heavens of the desire realm. In the Buddhist scriptures he is also sometimes presented as a Dharma protector.