{"id":141017,"date":"2026-09-03T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=141017"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:37:55","slug":"indra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/indra\/","title":{"rendered":"Indra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"141017\" class=\"elementor elementor-141017 elementor-2067 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indra, gud i den hinduistiske tradisjonen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den vediske tordenkongen, himmelens herre og seierherre over demoner. Indra er en av de eldste hinduistiske gudene, den viktigste i *Rigveden*, men senere satt til side. Med sin tordenkile *Vajra*, ridende p\u00e5 en hvit elefant, ledet Indra en gang r\u00e5det til devaene.<\/p><p>Han beseiret dragen *Vritra*, som stjal regnet, og ga det tilbake til verden. Men i motsetning til Brahma eller Shiva blir Indra i dag nesten ikke tilbedt lenger, en gud hvis tid er forbi, hvis glans er visket bort av bhakti.<\/p><p>Som tordenkonge og himmelvokter er Indra devaenes leder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Gud\/Gudinne: Personifisert h\u00f8yeste makt i en kulturs pantheon, med klare ansvarsomr\u00e5der, naturkrefter, skjebne, krig, fruktbarhet. Tilbedt gjennom kulter, offer og tempelinstitusjoner.\">Gud<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140855\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Hinduistiske gude-, asura- og beskyttelsesverdener, fra vedisk til tantrisk tid.\">Hinduisme<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Det ble ikke funnet noen overskrifter p\\u00e5 denne 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_indra-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1592\" alt=\"Indra\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_indra-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_indra-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_indra-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_indra.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oversikt: Indra<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Vedisk hovedgud, torden- og kongegud, skj\u00f8vet i bakgrunnen i Pur&acirc;&#7751;as<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Alle gudene i en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: Hinduisme (vedisk sentral, post-vedisk sekund\u00e6r), buddhisme (som &Saacute;akra\/Taishakuten)<br>Funksjon: Torden og lyn, krig, konged\u00f8mme, seierherre over Vritra (drakedemon for t\u00f8rke)<br>Hovedattributter: Vajra (tordenkile), bue, hvit elefant Airavata som ridedyr<br>Hovedkultsteder: vedisk sentralt overalt, post-vedisk i Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a (buddhistisk)<br>Buddhistisk identifikasjon: &Saacute;akra (sanskrit), Taishakuten (Japan), Indra (Tibet)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Innplassering<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tidsrom for tekstene<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra er den sentrale <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et vesen som tilbes som gudommelig innenfor en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">guddommen<\/span> i <em>Rigveda<\/em> (1200&ndash;900 f.Kr.), omtrent en fjerdedel av alle Rigveda-hymnene er tilegnet ham. Hans hovedmyte er <em>Vritra-kampen<\/em>: Vritra, drakedemonen for t\u00f8rke, holder de kosmiske vannene tilbake; Indra drikker soma (et enteogent drikke), dreper Vritra med Vajra (tordenkilen) og befrir vannene.<\/p><p>Med den post-vediske tradisjonen (Br&acirc;hma&#7751;as, Pur&acirc;&#7751;as fra 1. \u00e5rtusen f.Kr.) taper Indra betydning og blir en underordnet <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et vesen som tilbes som gudommelig innenfor en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">guddom<\/span> under Vishnu\/Shiva. I buddhismen overtas han som <em>&Saacute;akra<\/em>, herskeren over Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a-himmelregionen og beskytter av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"I hinduismen plikt og kosmisk orden; i buddhismen Buddhas l\u00e6re.\">Dharma<\/span>. I Japan er han integrert som <em>Taishakuten<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Utbredelsesomr\u00e5de<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I den vediske tradisjonen fantes det ingen spesielle Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En bygning som er dedikert til tilbedelse av en eller flere gudommer.\" tabindex=\"0\">templer<\/span>, vedisk religion var ren offerpraksis (<em>yaj&ntilde;a<\/em>) ved husalteret eller p\u00e5 friluftsoffersteder. Med Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-tradisjonen ble enkelte Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En bygning som er dedikert til tilbedelse av en eller flere gudommer.\" tabindex=\"0\">templer<\/span> bygget, men de forble perifere.<\/p><p>I buddhismen derimot er han til stede i hvert <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En bygning som er dedikert til tilbedelse av en eller flere gudommer.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>: &Saacute;akra\/Taishakuten er en av de fire himmelvokterne, og han tilbes i Japan i <em>Taisanji<\/em> (Ehime-prefekturet) og mange andre steder som Taishakuten. I Tibet som Indra-skaft i det buddhistiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Alle gudene i en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">panteon<\/span>. I Nepal er <em>Indra-Jatra<\/em>-festivalen i Kathmandu (\u00e5rlig i september) en stor folkefest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituasjon<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sentrale kilder: <em>Rigveda<\/em> (s\u00e6rlig de mange Indra-hymnene, f.eks. RV 1.32 om Vritra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overlevert fortelling om guder, opphav og verdens orden.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span>), <em>Yajurveda<\/em>, <em>Atharvaveda<\/em>, <em>&Saacute;atapatha-Br&acirc;hma&#7751;a<\/em>, <em>Mahabharata<\/em> (Indra-episoder, s\u00e6rlig Karna-historien), <em>Pur&acirc;&#7751;as<\/em>. Buddhistisk: <em>Sakkapa&ntilde;ha-Sutta<\/em> (pali, dialog mellom Buddha og Sakka).<\/p><p>Sekund\u00e6rlitteratur: O&rsquo;Flaherty, <em>The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology<\/em>; Macdonell, <em>Vedic Mythology<\/em>; Doniger, <em>Hindu Myths<\/em>; West, <em>Indo-European Poetry and Myth<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navn og varianter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra fremstilles som en kraftfull, r\u00f8dlig eller gyllen kriger, ofte med \u00e9n eller fire armer. Han b\u00e6rer Vajra, en tordenkile med b\u00f8yde ender, et <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn som representerer en id\u00e9 eller en betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> p\u00e5 absolutt kraft.<\/p><p>Hans dyr er den enorme hvite elefanten <em>Airavata<\/em> med fire st\u00f8ttenner, som han rir p\u00e5. Noen ganger b\u00e6rer Indra ogs\u00e5 en gyllen brystplate. Hans hoff er <em>Amaravati<\/em>, en himmel full av prakt og glede.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kjennetegn<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra er herskeren over den \u00f8vre verden (<em>Swarga<\/em>) og gudene. Han bringer regn og tordenv\u00e6r, livsviktig for avlingene i det gamle India.<\/p><p>Kampen mot Vritra, den hundrehodede dragen, er en evig <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overlevert fortelling om guder, opphav og verdens orden.\" tabindex=\"0\">myte<\/span>: Vritra holder vannene fanget, Indra sl\u00e5r ham med Vajra. Dette er ikke bare natur-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Alle de overleverte gudefortellingene i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>, men en kosmisk metafor for \u00e5 overvinne treghet og uvitenhet. I vediske yajna-offer var Indra hovedmottakeren.<\/p><h3>Utseende og symbolikk<\/h3><p><em>Indra<\/em> fremstilles som en fyldig, bl\u00e5gr\u00f8nn eller gyllen gud, ofte med hundre \u00f8yne over hele kroppen. Han b\u00e6rer en tordenkile (Vajra) og rir p\u00e5 den hvite elefanten Airavata. Tordenen er hans prim\u00e6re attributt, forbundet med regn og krigersk karisma.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profil: Indra<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De viktigste aspektene ved Indra p\u00e5 et blikk. De f\u00f8lgende feltene oppsummerer opphav, funksjon, utseende, tilbedelse, symboler og kulturelle paralleller.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tradisjon<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra er s\u00f8nn av himmelfaderguden <em>Dyaus<\/em> (vedisk indoeuropeisk arv fra <em>*Dye&#038;#u014d;s ph&#038;#u2202;t&#038;#u113;r<\/em>) og jordmoren <em>P&#7771;thiv&icirc;<\/em>. Bror av tvillingegudeparet Mitra og Varuna. Hustru: <em>&Saacute;ac&icirc;<\/em> (ogs\u00e5 Indr&acirc;&#7751;&icirc;). Far til halvguden Arjuna (helten i Mahabharata). I buddhismen er &Saacute;akra hans genealogiske identitet nedtonet til fordel for den kosmiske funksjonen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Virkningsgjenstand<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Konge over de vediske gudene og krigersk helt. Beskytter av krigerklassen (<em>k&#7779;atriya-varna<\/em>). Regnbringer og fruktbarhetsgud (gjennom seieren over Vritra). I buddhismen er &Saacute;akra: beskytter av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"I de indiske religionene l\u00e6ren og den rette handlingsordenen.\" tabindex=\"0\">Dharma<\/span>, herre over himmelregionen Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a (33 guder), ofte fremstilt som en h\u00f8flig, bedende samtalepartner for Buddha, en karakteristisk statusreduksjon fra Indra som konge til en buddhistisk himmelsk tjenestemann.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indras utseende<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Antropomorf som en kraftig, skjegget mannskropp, i gyllengul kappe. Flere \u00f8yne p\u00e5 kroppen (i noen Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-tekster forvandlet til straff fra flere vulvaer). <em>Vajra<\/em> (tordenkile) i h\u00e5nden, det viktigste Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn som representerer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolet<\/span>, som senere ble hovedsymbolet i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Diamantkj\u00f8ret\u00f8yet; tantrisk form av mahayana-buddhismen, prim\u00e6rt i Tibet, med yidam-praksis i sentrum.\">vajrayana<\/span>-buddhismen.<\/p><p>Ridedyr: den hvite elefanten <em>Airavata<\/em> med tre eller flere hoder. Bue og piler (raske som lyn). I buddhistiske fremstillinger (Taishakuten) som en tronende, h\u00f8flig skikkelse med septer og krone, ofte i lotusstilling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indras virke<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Virkeomr\u00e5de:<\/strong> I det vediske India ble Indra tilkalt i hvert <em>yaj&ntilde;a<\/em>&#8211;<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Gave til en gudom for \u00e5 uttrykke takk, b\u00f8nn eller tilbedelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span>, og han ble tilf\u00f8rt soma-offergaver. Krigere og konger tilkalte ham f\u00f8r slag. De fullstendige soma-ritene (<em>agni&#7779;&#7789;oma<\/em>, <em>v&acirc;japeya<\/em>) gjaldt ham og Agni sammen.<\/p><p>I dagens hinduistiske praksis er han bare perifer. I buddhismen er han derimot fortsatt til stede: han tilkalles til beskyttelse i hver <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En bygning som brukes til tilbedelse av en eller flere gudommer.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>ritual. I Nepal feires den store festivalen <em>Indra-Jatra<\/em> i Katmandu med maskedanser og vognprosesjoner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beskyttelsesmidler<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vajra (tordenkile, hovedattributt, senere buddhistisk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn som representerer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>), bue med piler, Airavata (hvit elefant), soma (hellig drikk), Indra-banner (i Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-tradisjonen), regnbue (hans bue). Hellig plante: soma (fortsatt ikke sikkert botanisk identifisert). Hellige dyr: elefant (Airavata), \u00f8rn. Hellig tall: 1.000 (hans 1.000 \u00f8yne).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indras paralleller<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&Saacute;akra \/ Taishakuten<\/em> (buddhismen, nesten identisk overtakelse), <em>Zeus<\/em> (Grekenland, tordenkile-b\u00e6rende gudekonge, felles indoeuropeisk rot <em>*dyeus<\/em>), <em>Iuppiter<\/em> (Roma), <em>Tor<\/em> (germansk, hammer-svingende torden-gud), <em>Perun<\/em> (slavisk), <em>Tarchunna\/Tesub<\/em> (hettitisk), <em>Marduk<\/em> (Mesopotamia, stormhelt), <em>Adad\/Hadad<\/em> (Mesopotamia), <em>Baal<\/em> (Levanten), <em>Raijin<\/em> (Japan, tordengud i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Japans urfolksreligion, kjennetegnet av dyrkingen av kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">shinto<\/span>). Kampen mellom Vritra og Indra svarer strukturelt til drakekamp-mytene i mange indoeuropeiske religioner (Tor mot Jormungand, Apollon mot Python, Marduk mot Tiamat).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Praktisk beskyttelse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Amuletter og beskyttelsessymboler<\/strong><\/p><p>Det viktigste beskyttelsessymbolet forbundet med Indra er vajraen, tordenkilen, som han drepte dragen Vritra med. Vajraen st\u00e5r for ubrytelig kraft og avvergelse av kaos; som ritualredskap og som anheng ble den, langt utover den vediske sammenhengen og videre inn i hinduismen og buddhismen, et tegn p\u00e5 fasthet og beskyttelse.<\/p><p>I den vediske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overf\u00f8ringen av kunnskap og fortellinger gjennom generasjoner.\" tabindex=\"0\">overleveringen<\/span> gjelder Indra ogs\u00e5 som hjelper i kamp og n\u00f8d; mange hymner i Rigveda ber om hans bistand mot fiender og t\u00f8rke. Billedlige fremstillinger av Indra p\u00e5 sin hvite elefant Airavata smykket tempelportene som vokterfigurer for den \u00f8stlige himmelretningen.<\/p><h3><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Summen av de religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlingene for en gudom eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kult<\/span> og tilbedelse<\/h3><p><em>Indra<\/em> hadde i vediske tider intense kulter med offerritualer, s\u00e6rlig soma-libasjoner. Indra-feiringen markerer seire over demoner og feires fortsatt delvis i S\u00f8r-India. Den st\u00f8rste veneringen fant sted i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f8st system der spesialister kommuniserer med \u00e5ndeverdenen.\" tabindex=\"0\">sjamanisme<\/span>-tradisjoner, der hans vajra tilbes som en mystisk kraft.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indra, paralleller i andre kulturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra ligner grekernes Zeus, begge er gudekonger, tordenguder og himmelherskere. Kampen mot Vritra minner om Tors kamp mot slangen Jormungand i den nordiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Summen av de overleverte gudefortellingene i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologien<\/span>, eller Apollons seier over Python. Indras stil er mer krigersk og mindre moralsk enn senere hinduistiske guders; han nyter ambrosia og fl\u00f8rtende nymfer, typisk for den vedisk-polyteistiske tradisjonen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp96b3057 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp96b3057\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpe02117e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpe02117e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Drakekampen mot Vritra: Indras sentrale myte i Rigveda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2d3eb8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2d3eb8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3856a27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp3856a27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den viktigste og mest besungne <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overlevert fortelling om guder, opprinnelser og verdens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span> om Indra er kampen mot <em>Vritra<\/em>. <em>Rigveda<\/em>, det eldste laget av den indiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overf\u00f8ringen av kunnskap og fortellinger gjennom generasjoner.\" tabindex=\"0\">overleveringen<\/span>, antatt oppst\u00e5tt i det andre \u00e5rtusenet f\u00f8r v\u00e5r tidsregning, kommer stadig tilbake til denne d\u00e5den; den regnes som Indras storverk fremfor noe.<\/p><p>Vritra, hvis navn omtrent betyr \u00abhindring\u00bb eller \u00abomslutter\u00bb, er et slange- eller drageaktig vesen som holder tilbake vannet. I flere vers ligger han p\u00e5 fjellene og stenger inne flodene, slik at verden t\u00f8rker ut.<\/p><p>Indra, styrket av rusdrikken <em>soma<\/em>, angriper med sin tordenklubbe, <em>vajra<\/em>, dreper Vritra og frigj\u00f8r vannet, som n\u00e5 str\u00f8mmer ned mot havet.<\/p><p>Denne <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overlevert fortelling om guder, opprinnelser og verdens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span> har flere betydningslag. P\u00e5 ett plan forklarer den monsunen og frigj\u00f8ringen av det livgivende vannet etter t\u00f8rketiden. P\u00e5 et annet plan er den en kosmogonisk handling: Ved \u00e5 fjerne hindringen gj\u00f8r Indra det mulig for verden \u00e5 f\u00f8lge sin ordnede gang. Han b\u00e6rer opp himmelen, lar solen st\u00e5 opp og skaper rom.<\/p><p>Religionsvitenskapelig h\u00f8rer kampen mot Vritra til den vide kretsen av kaoskamp-fortellinger, som ogs\u00e5 omfatter den babylonske kampen mot <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141020\">Tiamat<\/a>. Innenfor <em>Rigveda<\/em> er den selve grunnlaget for Indras rang: Han er gudenes konge fordi han har utf\u00f8rt denne d\u00e5den.<\/p><p>Senere tekster f\u00f8rer historien videre og legger til at drapet p\u00e5 Vritra, som delvis regnes som brahmin, belaster Indra med skyld, et <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tilbakevendende innholdselement i kunst eller fortelling.\" tabindex=\"0\">motiv<\/span> som f\u00f8lger hans senere fall i betydning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp8806768 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp8806768\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd4b09b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpd4b09b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fra h\u00f8yeste gud til vokter av en himmelretning: Indras nedgang<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp320cfe0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp320cfe0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp72aa5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp72aa5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>F\u00e5 gudeskikkelser viser en s\u00e5 tydelig betydningsendring som Indra. I <em>Rigveda<\/em> er han den klart mest tilbedte <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et vesen som \u00e6res som guddommelig innenfor en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">guddommen<\/span>; en stor del av hymnene er tilegnet ham. Han er kongeguden, krigeren, fiendenes overvinner, hjelperen for de vediske stammene.<\/p><p>I den etterved\u00adiske tiden, i epene <em>Mahabharata<\/em> og <em>Ramayana<\/em> og i <em>Puranaene<\/em>, mister Indra denne toppstillingen. Den religi\u00f8se dyrkelsen forskyves til <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141018\">Vishnu<\/a> og <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140980\">Shiva<\/a>, senere ogs\u00e5 til gudinnen i hennes ulike skikkelser. Indra blir en underordnet figur.<\/p><p>I de senere tekstene fremst\u00e5r han ofte som kongen av en himmelverden, <em>Svarga<\/em>, et paradisisk, men forgjengelig sted, og som <em>lokapala<\/em>, vokter av en av himmelretningene, nemlig \u00f8sten.<\/p><p>Fortellinger skildrer ham n\u00e5 ofte som svak, sjalu eller feilbarlig: Han frykter for sin trone n\u00e5r en asket samler for stor makt gjennom bots\u00f8velser, og sender himmelske fristerinner for \u00e5 forstyrre hans konsentrasjon. Historien om hans forg\u00e5else med Ahalya og den p\u00e5f\u00f8lgende <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Sprogformel som skal p\u00e5f\u00f8re en person eller sak ulykke.\" tabindex=\"0\">forbannelsen<\/span> h\u00f8rer til de mest kjente av disse episodene.<\/p><p>Forskningen tolker denne nedgangen som et speilbilde av dyptgripende religi\u00f8se forskyvninger: fra den vediske offerkulten, hvor guder som Indra stod i sentrum, til den senere hinduistiske hengivenhetsfr\u00f8mheten (<em>bhakti<\/em>). Indra var fortsatt til stede, men hans rolle endret seg fra dyrket hovedgud til litter\u00e6r bifigur, som kunne vise begrensningen selv i himmelsk makt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp84ac702 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp84ac702\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5eb7ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp5eb7ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indra i buddhismen og jainismen: Sakra og l\u00e6rens beskytter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp7c6d803 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp7c6d803\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpf200db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpf200db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indra forsvant ikke fra den indiske religionshistorien, men ble overtatt og omplassert av de ikke-brahmanske tradisjonene. I buddhismen forekommer han for det meste under navnet <em>Sakra<\/em> eller <em>Shakra<\/em>, et tilnavn som allerede finnes i <em>Rigveda<\/em> og betyr \u00abden mektige\u00bb, ofte utvidet til <em>Sakra Devanam Indra<\/em>, \u00abSakra, gudenes herre\u00bb.<\/p><p>I de buddhistiske tekstene er Sakra herskeren over himmelen til de trettitre gudene, som ligger p\u00e5 toppen av verdensberget Meru.<\/p><p>I motsetning til det hinduistiske materialet er han her en gjennomg\u00e5ende velvillig skikkelse: Han opptrer som beskytter av Buddha og den buddhistiske l\u00e6ren, stiller sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l til Buddha, h\u00f8rer hans preken og st\u00f8tter fromme mennesker. I buddhistisk kunst, blant annet i de tidlige relieffene fra Sanchi og Bharhut, er han ofte avbildet.<\/p><p>Viktig er den hierarkiske plasseringen: Sakra er riktignok gudenes konge, men selv underordnet Buddhas l\u00e6re og, som alle guder i det buddhistiske verdensbildet, underlagt kretsl\u00f8pet av f\u00f8dsel og d\u00f8d. Hans gudetilv\u00e6relse er en lykkelig, men forgjengelig tilstand.<\/p><p>Ogs\u00e5 jainismen kjenner Indra, der som <em>Shakra<\/em> eller under liknende navn, som en himmelsk hersker som viser seg ved de sentrale hendelsene i en tirthankaras liv, en \u00abvadsteinsbygger\u00bb, og \u00e6rer dem.<\/p><p>I begge tradisjonene viser samme m\u00f8nster seg: Den en gang h\u00f8yeste vediske gud forblir en respektert, mektig figur, men blir innpasset og underordnet den respektive egne, h\u00f8yere frelsesl\u00e6ren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Videre lenker<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141018\">Vishnu, overordnet i Pur\u0101naene<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140924\">Zeus, gresk tordenkonge-parallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141029\">Tor, germansk tordenparallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140978\">Perun, slavisk tordenparallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=141026\">Raijin, japansk tordenparallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140855\">Hinduisme, panteonoversikt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140892\">Guder, klasseoversikt<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Forskningslitteratur<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Macdonell, A. A.: <em>Vedic Mythology<\/em>. Strassburg 1897 (klassisk).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>O&rsquo;Flaherty, Wendy Doniger: <em>The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology<\/em>. Berkeley 1976.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Doniger, Wendy: <em>Hindu Myths<\/em>. London 1975.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>West, Martin L.: <em>Indo-European Poetry and Myth<\/em>. Oxford 2007 (sentral for det komparative torgud-konseptet).<\/span><\/li><li><em>Rigveda<\/em> (tallrike oversettelser).<\/li><li>Walde, Christine (red.): <em>Der Neue Pauly<\/em> (oppslagsord &laquo;Indra&raquo;).<\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Flere standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/no\/?page_id=140944\">litteraturlisten<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1592,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Indra","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Indra \u2013 Den vediske tordenkongen og himmelvokteren","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Indra, vedisk tordenkonge og himmelvokter. 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