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'''Indra''' (Skt.; Tib. [[དབང་པོ་]], ''wangpo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dbang po'') or '''Shakra''' (Skt. ''Śakra''; Tib. བརྒྱ་སྦྱིན་ or [[བརྒྱ་བྱིན་]], ''Gyajin'', Wyl. ''brgya sbyin'')<ref>Shakra means “Mighty One”, and the Tibetan "Gyajin" means “Hundred Gifts” (because he is said to have attained his state by performing one hundred pujas. This epithet often appears together with the title “King of Gods.”</ref> — one of the principal gods of Hinduism. According to Buddhist cosmology, Indra resides in and rules over 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་ 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 Meru|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. <ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, Glossary of Terms.</ref>


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Revision as of 13:17, 15 October 2024

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. [1]

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  1. ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, Glossary of Terms.

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