masculine · inda 1 · inda 2
lord
Inda [Vedic indra, most likely to same root as indu moon, viz. Indo-Germanic °eid to shine, cf. Latin īdūs middle of month (after the full moon), Old-Irish esce moon. Jacobi in KZ XXXI 316 f. connects Indra with Latin neriosus strong and Nero). 1. The Vedic god Indra D I 244; II 261, 274; Snp 310, 316, 679, 1024; Nidd I 177. 2. lord, chief, king. Sakko devānaṃ indo D I 216, 217; II 221, 275; S I 219. Vepacitti asurindo S I 221 f. manussinda, S I 69, manujinda, Snp 553, narinda, Snp 836, the Buddha as ruler Vism 491. [Europeans have found a strange difficulty in understanding the real relation of Sakka to Indra. The few references to Indra in the Nikāyas should be classed with the other fragments of Vedic mythology to be found in them. Sakka belongs only to the Buddhist mythology then being built up. He is not only quite different from Indra, but is the direct contrary of that blustering, drunken, god of war. See the passages collected in D.B. II 294-298. The idiom sa-Indā devā, D II 261, 274; A V 325, means "the gods about Indra, Indra's retinue", this being a Vedic story. But Devā Tāvatiṃsā sahindakā means the T. gods together with their leader (D II 208-212; S III 90; cf. Vv 30 1 ) this being a Buddhist story]. -aggi (ind'aggi) Indra's fire, i.e. lightning Pv-a 56; -gajjita (neuter) Indra's thunder Miln 22; -jāla deception Sv I 85; -jālika a juggler, conjurer Miln 331; -dhanu the rainbow Sv I 40; -bhavana the realm of Indra Nidd I 448 (cf. Tāvatiṃsa-bhavana); -liṅga the characteristic of Indra Vism 491; -sāla name of tree Ja IV 92.
Name of the king of the gods; the god of the sky and atmosphere (more usually called Sakka); a chief, a lord, king
【陽】 統治者，國王，吠陀的神‘因陀’，天王。~gajjita,【中】 雷 電。~gopaka,【陽】 一種在下雨之後從地下爬出來的紅昆蟲（胭脂蟲 小 鮮紅昆蟲）。~ggi,【陽】 閃電。~jāla,【中】 魔術。~jālika,【陽】 魔 術家，變戲法者。~dhanu,【中】 彩虹。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Inda</c> </b> (1) <br>Given in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as the name of the ninety-one sons of Dhataraṭṭha, king of the Gandhabbas. They are represented as being of great strength and followers of the Buddha. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.197</c> <br>The name is also given as that of the ninety-one sons of Virūḷha, king of the Kumbhandas <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.198</c> ; of Virūpakkha, king of the Nāgas <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.199</c> ; and of Kuvera, king of the Yakkhas. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.202</c> Further on in the same sutta, Inda is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa and others as a Yakkha, to whom appeal should be made by disciples of the Buddha when needing protection. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.204</c> <br>In the Mahāsamaya Sutta, <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.257f.</c> also, Inda is mentioned as the name of the Sons of the Regent Gods of the Four Quarters.<br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Inda</c> </b> (2) <br>The Pāḷi equivalent of the Vedic Indra. He is referred to only very seldom in the Nikāyas, but is usually identifed as Sakka. In one such passage <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.i.244–245</c> he is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa, Isāna, Pajāpati, Brahmā, Mahiddi and Yāma, as a god whom brahmins invoke and pray to, for union with Brahma after death. In another place, he is described as being seated in the company of Pajāpati and other gods in the Assembly Hall, named Sudhamma. Two of his companions, having listened to the admonition of Gopaka, became disciples of the Buddha and, as a result, far surpassed in glory Inda and his other companion devas. In the same context, Vāsava, ruler of the gods, identified with Sakka, is addressed by Gopaka as “Indra.”. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.274</c> He is mentioned with Brahmā and Pajāpati. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.140</c> <br>Inda was a special protector of cows, and when men began to kill these creatures he visited his wrath on them. <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.310</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) lord; king; ruler lord, king
(masc, masc) god Inda; king of the gods Vedic god Inda, king of devas