{"id":136706,"date":"2026-09-03T00:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=136706"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:09:43","slug":"indra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/indra\/","title":{"rendered":"Indra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"136706\" class=\"elementor elementor-136706 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 hinduiska traditionen<\/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 vediska \u00e5skkungen, himlens h\u00e4rskare och segrare \u00f6ver demoner. Indra \u00e4r en av de \u00e4ldsta hinduiska gudarna, i *Rigveda* den viktigaste, men senare tid har st\u00e4llt honom \u00e5t sidan. Med sitt \u00e5skvapen *Vajra*, ridande p\u00e5 en vit elefant, ledde Indra en g\u00e5ng devornas r\u00e5d.<\/p><p>Han besegrade draken *Vritra*, som stal regnet, och gav det tillbaka till v\u00e4rlden. Men till skillnad fr\u00e5n Brahma eller Shiva dyrkas Indra numera knappt, en gud vars tid \u00e4r f\u00f6rbi och vars glans har bleknat i bhaktins ljus.<\/p><p>Indra \u00e4r som \u00e5skkung och himlens v\u00e4ktare devornas ledare.<\/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\/gudinna: Personifierad h\u00f6gsta makt inom en kulturs pantheon, med tydliga ansvarsomr\u00e5den, naturkrafter, \u00f6de, krig, fruktbarhet. Dyrkad genom kulter, offer och tempelinstitutioner.\">Gud<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/hinduism\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Hinduiska gud-, asura- och skyddsv\u00e4rldar, fr\u00e5n vedisk till tantrisk tid.\">Hinduism<\/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;Inga rubriker hittades p\\u00e5 den h\\u00e4r 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\/>\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\">I korthet: 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>Typ:<\/strong> Vedisk huvudgud, \u00e5ska- och kungagud, fick en undanskymd roll under Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-perioden<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlade gudav\u00e4rlden inom en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: hinduism (centralt vediskt, sekund\u00e4rt postvediskt), buddhism (som &Saacute;akra\/Taishakuten)<br>Funktion: \u00e5ska och blixt, krig, kungamakt, segrare \u00f6ver Vritra (torkans drakdemon)<br>Huvudattribut: Vajra (\u00e5skvapnet), pilb\u00e5ge, vit elefant Airavata som riddjur<br>Huvudkultplatser: vediskt centralt \u00f6verallt, postvediskt i Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a (buddhistiskt)<br>Buddhistisk identifikation: &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\">Inordning<\/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\">Texternas tidsperiod<\/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 \u00e4r den centrala <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En varelse som dyrkas som gudomlig inom en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudomen<\/span> i <em>Rigveda<\/em> (1200&ndash;900 f.Kr.), ungef\u00e4r en fj\u00e4rdedel av alla Rigveda-hymner \u00e4r till\u00e4gnade honom. Hans centrala myt \u00e4r <em>striden mot Vritra<\/em>: Vritra, torkans drakdemon, h\u00e5ller de kosmiska vattnen tillbaka; Indra dricker soma (en entheogen dryck), d\u00f6dar Vritra med Vajra (\u00e5skvapnet) och befriar vattnen.<\/p><p>Med den postvediska traditionen (Br&acirc;hma&#7751;as, Pur&acirc;&#7751;as, fr\u00e5n och med det f\u00f6rsta \u00e5rtusendet f.Kr.) f\u00f6rlorar Indra i betydelse och blir en underordnad <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En varelse som dyrkas som gudomlig inom en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudom<\/span> under Vishnu\/Shiva. Inom buddhismen \u00f6vertas han som <em>&Saacute;akra<\/em>, h\u00e4rskare \u00f6ver himmelsregionen Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a och beskyddare av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Inom hinduismen plikt och kosmisk ordning; inom buddhismen Buddhas l\u00e4ra.\">dharma<\/span>. I Japan integrerad 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\">Utbredningsomr\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>Inom den vediska traditionen fanns inga s\u00e4rskilda Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En byggnad som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r dyrkan av en eller flera gudomar.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>, den vediska religionen bestod av ren offerpraxis (<em>yaj\u00f1a<\/em>) vid husaltaret eller p\u00e5 \u00f6ppna offerplatser. Med Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-traditionen byggdes enstaka Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En byggnad som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r dyrkan av en eller flera gudomar.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>, men de f\u00f6rblev perifera.<\/p><p>Inom buddhismen \u00e4r han d\u00e4remot n\u00e4rvarande i varje <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En byggnad som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r dyrkan av en eller flera gudomar.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>: &Saacute;akra\/Taishakuten \u00e4r en av de fyra himmelska v\u00e4ktarna och dyrkas i Japan i <em>Taisanji<\/em> (Ehime-prefekturen) och p\u00e5 m\u00e5nga andra platser som Taishakuten. I Tibet finns han som Indra-gestalt i den buddhistiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlade gudav\u00e4rlden inom en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>. I Nepal firas <em>Indra-Jatra<\/em>-festivalen i Kathmandu (\u00e5rligen i september) som en stor folkfest.<\/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\">K\u00e4ll\u00e4ge<\/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>Centrala k\u00e4llor: <em>Rigveda<\/em> (s\u00e4rskilt de m\u00e5nga Indra-hymnerna, t.ex. RV 1.32 om Vritra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En traderad ber\u00e4ttelse om gudar, ursprung och v\u00e4rldens ordning.\" 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\u00e4rskilt ber\u00e4ttelsen om Karna), <em>Pur&acirc;&#7751;as<\/em>. Buddhistiskt: <em>Sakkapa&ntilde;ha-Sutta<\/em> (pali, dialog mellan Buddha och Sakka).<\/p><p>Sekund\u00e4rlitteratur: 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\">Namn och 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 avbildas som en kraftfull, r\u00f6dl\u00e4tt eller guldf\u00e4rgad krigare, ofta med en eller fyra armar. Han b\u00e4r Vajra, ett \u00e5skvapen med b\u00f6jda \u00e4ndar, en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett tecken som st\u00e5r f\u00f6r en f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning eller betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> f\u00f6r absolut kraft.<\/p><p>Hans djur \u00e4r den j\u00e4ttelika vita elefanten <em>Airavata<\/em> med fyra betar, som han rider p\u00e5. Ibland b\u00e4r Indra \u00e4ven ett gyllene br\u00f6stharnesk. Hans hov \u00e4r <em>Amaravati<\/em>, en himmel full av glans och njutning.<\/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\">K\u00e4nnetecken<\/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 \u00e4r h\u00e4rskare \u00f6ver den \u00f6vre v\u00e4rlden (<em>Swarga<\/em>) och \u00f6ver gudarna. Han ger regn och \u00e5ska, livsviktigt f\u00f6r sk\u00f6rden i det gamla Indien.<\/p><p>Striden mot Vritra, den hundrahuvade draken, \u00e4r en evig <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En traderad ber\u00e4ttelse om gudar, ursprung och v\u00e4rldens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">myt<\/span>: Vritra h\u00e5ller vattnen f\u00e5ngna, Indra sl\u00e5r honom med Vajra. Detta \u00e4r inte bara natur-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlade m\u00e4ngden traderade gudaber\u00e4ttelser i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span>, utan en kosmisk metafor f\u00f6r att \u00f6vervinna tr\u00f6ghet och okunskap. I vediska yajna-offer var Indra huvudmottagaren.<\/p><h3>Utseende och symbolik<\/h3><p><em>Indra<\/em> avbildas som en fyllig, bl\u00e5gr\u00f6n eller guldf\u00e4rgad gud, ofta med hundra \u00f6gon \u00f6ver hela kroppen. Han b\u00e4r ett \u00e5skvapen (Vajra) och rider p\u00e5 den vita elefanten Airavata. \u00c5skan \u00e4r hans fr\u00e4msta attribut, f\u00f6rknippad med regn och krigisk 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\">Faktablad: 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 viktigaste aspekterna av Indra i sammandrag. F\u00f6ljande f\u00e4lt sammanfattar ursprung, funktion, utseende, dyrkan, symboler och kulturella 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\">Tradition<\/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 \u00e4r son till himlafadergud <em>Dyaus<\/em> (vediskt indoeuropeiskt arv fr\u00e5n <em>*Dye&#038;#u014d;s ph&#038;#u2202;t&#038;#u113;r<\/em>) och jordmodern <em>P&#7771;thiv&icirc;<\/em>. Bror till tvillingsgudaparet Mitra och Varuna. Maka: <em>&Saacute;ac&icirc;<\/em> (\u00e4ven Indr&acirc;&#7751;&icirc;). Far till halvguden Arjuna (Mahabharata-hj\u00e4lte). I buddhismen har &Saacute;akra f\u00e5tt sin genealogiska identitet tillbakadragen till f\u00f6rm\u00e5n f\u00f6r den kosmiska funktionen.<\/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\">Verkningsobjekt<\/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>Kung \u00f6ver de vediska gudarna och krigshj\u00e4lte. Beskyddare av krigarklassen (<em>k&#7779;atriya-varna<\/em>). Bringare av regn och fruktbarhet (genom segern \u00f6ver Vritra). I buddhismen &Saacute;akra: beskyddare av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"I de indiska religionerna l\u00e4ran och den r\u00e4tta ordningen f\u00f6r handlande.\" tabindex=\"0\">Dharma<\/span>, herre \u00f6ver himmelsregionen Trayastri&#7747;&scaron;a (33 gudar), ofta framst\u00e4lld som en artigt bedjande samtalspartner till Buddha, en karakteristisk statusreduktion fr\u00e5n Indra som kung till en buddhistisk v\u00e4rldstj\u00e4nsteman.<\/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, sk\u00e4ggig manskropp, kl\u00e4dd i guldgul dr\u00e4kt. Flera \u00f6gon p\u00e5 kroppen (i vissa Pur&acirc;&#7751;as f\u00f6rvandlade till straff fr\u00e5n flera vulvor). <em>Vajra<\/em> (\u00e5skvigg) i handen, den viktigaste Indra-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett tecken som representerar en f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning eller betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolen<\/span>, senare huvudsymbol inom <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Diamantfordonet; en tantrisk form av mahayana-buddhismen, framf\u00f6r allt i Tibet, med yidam-praktik i centrum.\">Vajrayana<\/span>-buddhismen.<\/p><p>Riddjur: den vita elefanten <em>Airavata<\/em> med tre eller fler huvuden. Pilb\u00e5ge, pilar (blixtsnabba). I buddhistiska framst\u00e4llningar (Taishakuten) avbildas han som en tronande, h\u00f6vlig gestalt med spira och krona, ofta i lotusst\u00e4llning.<\/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 verkan<\/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>Verkningsomr\u00e5de:<\/strong> I det vediska Indien \u00e5kallades Indra vid varje <em>yaj&ntilde;a<\/em>&#8211;<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tack, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span> och gavs soma-offerg\u00e5vor. Krigare och kungar \u00e5kallade honom f\u00f6re slag. De fullst\u00e4ndiga soma-riterna (<em>agni&#7779;&#7789;oma<\/em>, <em>v&acirc;japeya<\/em>) g\u00e4llde honom och Agni gemensamt.<\/p><p>I dagens hinduiska praktik \u00e4r han bara perifer. I buddhismen \u00e4r han d\u00e4remot fortsatt n\u00e4rvarande: han \u00e5kallas som skydd i varje <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En byggnad som anv\u00e4nds f\u00f6r att v\u00f6rda en eller flera gudomar.\" tabindex=\"0\">tempel<\/span>rit. I Nepal firas den stora festivalen <em>Indra-Jatra<\/em> i Kathmandu med maskdanser och vagnsprocessioner.<\/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\">Skyddsmedel<\/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 (\u00e5skvigg, huvudattribut, senare buddhistisk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett tecken som representerar en f\u00f6rest\u00e4llning eller betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>), pilb\u00e5ge med pilar, Airavata (vit elefant), soma (helig dryck), Indra-baneret (i Pur&acirc;&#7751;a-traditionen), regnb\u00e5gen (hans b\u00e5ge). Helig v\u00e4xt: soma (\u00e4nnu inte s\u00e4kert botaniskt identifierad). Heliga djur: elefant (Airavata), \u00f6rn. Heligt tal: 1 000 (hans 1 000 \u00f6gon).<\/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, n\u00e4stan identisk \u00f6vertagning), <em>Zeus<\/em> (Grekland, \u00e5skviggb\u00e4rande gudakung, gemensam indoeuropeisk rot <em>*dyeus<\/em>), <em>Iuppiter<\/em> (Rom), <em>Tor<\/em> (germanskt, hammar- och \u00e5skgud), <em>Perun<\/em> (slaviskt), <em>Tarchunna\/Tesub<\/em> (hettiter), <em>Marduk<\/em> (Mesopotamien, stormhj\u00e4lte), <em>Adad\/Hadad<\/em> (Mesopotamien), <em>Baal<\/em> (Levanten), <em>Raijin<\/em> (Japan, \u00e5skgud inom <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Japans ursprungliga religion, pr\u00e4glad av v\u00f6rdnaden f\u00f6r kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">shinto<\/span>). Striden mellan Vritra och Indra motsvarar strukturellt drakstrids-myterna i m\u00e5nga indoeuropeiska religioner (Tor och Jormungandr, Apollon och Python, Marduk och 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\">Praktiskt skydd<\/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 och skyddssymboler<\/strong><\/p><p>Den viktigaste skyddssymbolen f\u00f6rknippad med Indra \u00e4r vajra, \u00e5skviggen, med vilken han dr\u00e4pte draken Vritra. Vajra st\u00e5r f\u00f6r of\u00f6rst\u00f6rbar kraft och avv\u00e4rjande av kaos; som rituellt redskap och som h\u00e4nge blev den, l\u00e5ngt bortom det vediska sammanhanget och in i hinduismen och buddhismen, ett tecken f\u00f6r styrka och skydd.<\/p><p>I den vediska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verf\u00f6ringen av kunskap och ber\u00e4ttelser genom generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">traditionen<\/span> g\u00e4ller Indra \u00e4ven som hj\u00e4lpare i strid och n\u00f6d; \u00e5tskilliga hymner i Rigveda \u00e5kallar honom om bist\u00e5nd mot fiender och torka. Bildliga framst\u00e4llningar av Indra p\u00e5 hans vita elefant Airavata smyckade tempelportar som v\u00e4ktarfigurer f\u00f6r den \u00f6stra himlariktningen.<\/p><h3><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Helheten av religi\u00f6sa v\u00f6rdnadshandlingar f\u00f6r en gudom eller helig gestalt.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kult<\/span> och v\u00f6rdnad<\/h3><p><em>Indra<\/em> hade i vedisk tid intensiva kulter med offerritualer, s\u00e4rskilt soma-libationer. Indra-festen markerar segrar \u00f6ver demoner och firas fortfarande delvis i Sydindien. Den st\u00f6rsta v\u00f6rdnaden fanns inom <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f6st system d\u00e4r specialister har kontakt med andev\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">schamanism<\/span>-traditioner, d\u00e4r hans vajra v\u00f6rdas 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 andra 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 liknar grekernas Zeus; b\u00e5da \u00e4r gudakonungar, \u00e5skgudar och himlah\u00e4rskare. Striden mot Vritra p\u00e5minner om Tors strid mot ormen Jormungandr i den nordiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Helheten av en kulturs traderade gudaber\u00e4ttelser.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologin<\/span>, eller om Apollons seger \u00f6ver Python. Indras stil \u00e4r mer krigisk och mindre moralisk \u00e4n senare hinduiska gudars; han njuter av ambrosia och fl\u00f6rtande nymfer, typiskt f\u00f6r den vediska polyteismen.<\/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\">Drakstriden mot Vritra: Indras centrala myt 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 viktigaste och mest besjungna <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En traderad ber\u00e4ttelse om gudar, ursprung och v\u00e4rldens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">myten<\/span> om Indra \u00e4r striden mot <em>Vritra<\/em>. <em>Rigveda<\/em>, det \u00e4ldsta lagret av den indiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Traderingen av kunskap och ber\u00e4ttelser genom generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">traditionen<\/span>, troligen tillkommet under det andra \u00e5rtusendet f\u00f6re v\u00e5r tider\u00e4kning, \u00e5terkommer st\u00e4ndigt till denna bragd; den betraktas som Indras storverk framf\u00f6r alla andra.<\/p><p>Vritra, vars namn ungef\u00e4r betyder &#8222;hinder&#8220; eller &#8222;omslutare&#8220;, \u00e4r en orm- eller drakliknande varelse som h\u00e5ller tillbaka vattnet. I vissa verser ligger han p\u00e5 bergen och st\u00e4nger in floderna, s\u00e5 att v\u00e4rlden f\u00f6rtorkar.<\/p><p>Indra, st\u00e4rkt av rusdrycken <em>Soma<\/em>, angriper med sin \u00e5skklubba, <em>Vajra<\/em>, dr\u00e4per Vritra och befriar vattnet, som nu str\u00f6mmar ner mot havet.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En traderad ber\u00e4ttelse om gudar, ursprung och v\u00e4rldens ordning.\" tabindex=\"0\">Myten<\/span> har flera betydelseskikt. \u00c5 ena sidan f\u00f6rklarar den monsunen och befrielsen av det livgivande vattnet efter torrtiden. \u00c5 andra sidan \u00e4r den en kosmogonisk handling: genom att Indra r\u00f6jer undan hindret m\u00f6jligg\u00f6r han f\u00f6rst den ordnade v\u00e4rldsordningen. Han st\u00f6der himlen, l\u00e5ter solen g\u00e5 upp och skapar rum.<\/p><p>Religionsvetenskapligt h\u00f6r striden mot Vritra till den vida kretsen av kaosstrider, dit ocks\u00e5 den babyloniska striden mot <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/tiamat\/\">Tiamat<\/a> r\u00e4knas. Inom <em>Rigveda<\/em> \u00e4r den grunden f\u00f6r Indras rang: han \u00e4r gudarnas kung d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att han utf\u00f6rt denna bragd.<\/p><p>Senare texter ber\u00e4ttar historien vidare och till\u00e4gger att dr\u00e4pandet av Vritra, som delvis betraktas som brahman, belastar Indra med skuld, ett <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett \u00e5terkommande inneh\u00e5llsm\u00e4ssigt element i konst eller ber\u00e4ttelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">motiv<\/span> som f\u00f6ljer hans senare f\u00f6rlust av betydelse.<\/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\">Fr\u00e5n h\u00f6gsta gud till v\u00e4ktare av en himlariktning: Indras nedg\u00e5ng<\/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 gudomar visar en s\u00e5 tydlig betydelsef\u00f6r\u00e4ndring som Indra. I <em>Rigveda<\/em> \u00e4r han den \u00f6verl\u00e4gset mest \u00e5kallade <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En varelse som dyrkas som gudomlig inom en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudomen<\/span>; en stor del av hymnerna \u00e4r till\u00e4gnade honom. Han \u00e4r kungaguden, krigaren, fiendebek\u00e4mparen, hj\u00e4lparen \u00e5t de vediska stammarna.<\/p><p>Under den efter-vediska tiden, i epiken <em>Mahabharata<\/em> och <em>Ramayana<\/em> och i <em>Puranas<\/em>, f\u00f6rlorar Indra denna toppst\u00e4llning. Den religi\u00f6sa dyrkan f\u00f6rskjuts till <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/vishnu\/\">Vishnu<\/a> och <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/shiva\/\">Shiva<\/a>, senare \u00e4ven till gudinnan i hennes olika gestalter. Indra blir en underordnad figur.<\/p><p>I de senare texterna framtr\u00e4der han ofta som kungen av en himmelsv\u00e4rld, <em>Svarga<\/em>, en paradisisk men f\u00f6rg\u00e4nglig plats, samt som <em>Lokapala<\/em>, v\u00e4ktare av en av himlariktningarna, n\u00e4mligen \u00f6ster.<\/p><p>Ber\u00e4ttelser skildrar honom nu ofta som svag, avundsjuk eller felbar: han fruktar f\u00f6r sin tron n\u00e4r en asket genom askes samlar f\u00f6r stor makt, och s\u00e4nder himmelska f\u00f6rf\u00f6rerskor f\u00f6r att st\u00f6ra dennes koncentration. Historien om hans f\u00f6rseelse med Ahalya och den p\u00e5f\u00f6ljande <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En spr\u00e5kformel med vilken en person eller sak avses drabbas av olycka.\" tabindex=\"0\">f\u00f6rbannelsen<\/span> h\u00f6r till de mest k\u00e4nda av dessa episoder.<\/p><p>Forskningen tolkar denna nedg\u00e5ng som en spegling av djupg\u00e5ende religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rskjutningar: fr\u00e5n den vediska offerkulten, i vars centrum gudar som Indra stod, till den senare hinduiska h\u00e4ngivenhetsfr\u00f6mheten (<em>bhakti<\/em>). Indra f\u00f6rblev n\u00e4rvarande, men hans roll f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrades fr\u00e5n dyrkad huvudgud till litter\u00e4r biroll, genom vilken \u00e4ven den himmelska maktens begr\u00e4nsning kunde visas.<\/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 och jainismen: Sakra och l\u00e4rans beskyddare<\/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 f\u00f6rsvann inte ur den indiska religionshistorien, utan togs upp och omplacerades av de icke-brahmanska traditionerna. I buddhismen framtr\u00e4der han oftast under namnet <em>Sakra<\/em> eller <em>Shakra<\/em>, ett epitet som redan belagts i <em>Rigveda<\/em> och betyder &#8222;den m\u00e4ktige&#8220;, ofta ut\u00f6kat till <em>Sakra Devanam Indra<\/em>, &#8222;Sakra, gudarnas herre&#8220;.<\/p><p>I de buddhistiska texterna \u00e4r Sakra h\u00e4rskaren \u00f6ver himlen av de trettiotre gudarna, som ligger p\u00e5 toppen av v\u00e4rldsberget Meru.<\/p><p>Till skillnad fr\u00e5n det hinduiska materialet \u00e4r han h\u00e4r en genomg\u00e5ende v\u00e4lvillig gestalt: han upptr\u00e4der som beskyddare av Buddha och den buddhistiska l\u00e4ran, st\u00e4ller fr\u00e5gor till Buddha, lyssnar till hans predikningar och st\u00f6djer fromma m\u00e4nniskor. I den buddhistiska konsten, till exempel i de tidiga reliefer fr\u00e5n Sanchi och Bharhut, avbildas han ofta.<\/p><p>Viktig h\u00e4r \u00e4r den hierarkiska placeringen: Sakra \u00e4r visserligen gudarnas kung, men sj\u00e4lv underordnad Buddhas l\u00e4ror och, liksom alla gudar i den buddhistiska v\u00e4rldsbilden, underkastad kretsloppet av f\u00f6delse och d\u00f6d. Hans gudomliga tillvaro \u00e4r en lycklig men f\u00f6rg\u00e4nglig existensform.<\/p><p>\u00c4ven jainismen k\u00e4nner Indra, d\u00e4r kallad <em>Shakra<\/em> eller under liknande namn, som en himmelsk h\u00e4rskare som upptr\u00e4der vid de avg\u00f6rande h\u00e4ndelserna i en Tirthankaras, en vadfinnares, liv och hedrar dem.<\/p><p>I b\u00e5da traditionerna visar sig samma m\u00f6nster: den en g\u00e5ng h\u00f6gsta vediska guden f\u00f6rblir en respekterad, m\u00e4ktig figur, men underordnas den egna, h\u00f6gre fr\u00e4lsningsl\u00e4ran.<\/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\">Vidare l\u00e4nkar<\/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\/sv\/vishnu\/\">Vishnu, \u00f6verordnad i Pur\u00e2\u1e47as<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/zeus\/\">Zeus, grekisk \u00e5ska-kung-parallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/thor\/\">Tor, germansk \u00e5ska-parallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/perun\/\">Perun, slavisk \u00e5ska-parallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/raijin\/\">Raijin, japansk \u00e5ska-parallell<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/hinduism\/\">Hinduism, panteon\u00f6versikt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/gudar\/\">Gudar, klass\u00f6versikt<\/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 (klassiker).<\/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 (central f\u00f6r det j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande \u00e5skgudskonceptet).<\/span><\/li><li><em>Rigveda<\/em> (talrika \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningar).<\/li><li>Walde, Christine (red.): <em>Der Neue Pauly<\/em> (uppslagsordet &bdquo;Indra&ldquo;).<\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\n<p class=\"iwg-bib-more\"><span data-nosnippet>Fler standardverk i <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/litteratur\/\">litteraturf\u00f6rteckningen<\/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 vediska \u00e5skkungen och himlens v\u00e4ktare","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Indra, den vediska \u00e5skkungen och himlens v\u00e4ktare. 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