<b> <c c="#a00149">Īsāna</c> </b> <br>One of the chief devas.<br>In the Tevijja Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.244</c> he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.<br>He was in the battle of the devas against the Asuras and led a section of the deva host. Indra tells the devas that if, during the struggle, they felt faint-hearted, they should look at the crest of his own banner or at that of Pajāpati, Varuṇa or Īsāna, and their fear would disappear. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.219</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) name of a Vedic god name of a Vedic god [lit.] ruling Construction: √īs + āna