Indra

In the epics

Indra appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a deity: The thousand-eyed one, Shakra, Purandara, Vasava.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule.

• Rashi: Vrishabh
• Nakshatra: Rohini
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Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “King of gods, ruler of heaven”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Samar — War, battle, fruit of heaven
• Viha — Heaven, paradise, blissful place
• Poulami — Wife of Indra; Shachi; queen of heaven
• Taavish — Gold, heaven, courageous
• Tavishi — Courage, heaven, strong
• Zion — Heaven, highest point

More boys' names of Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Krishna — Dark, all attractive, Vishnu avatar
• Shiva — Auspicious, the destroyer
• Rama — Pleasing, Vishnu avatar
• Ajay — Unconquerable, invincible
• Naveen — New, fresh
• Rajesh — King of kings

Other names under Vrishabh rashi

• Vihaan — Dawn, beginning of new era
• Vamika — Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga
• Vivaan — Full of life, Sun
• Viaan — Full of life, energy
• Tara — Star, Goddess, protector
• Vedant — Ultimate knowledge, Vedas

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Vrishabh names.

Where this comes from

Indra has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.