Indra of the Kanda narrative

Second of five deities appearing after Nārada’s purifications in the Kanda narrative recorded by Raffles. The passage distinguishes him from Sákra.

Names and tradition associations

• Indra Javanese · same recordThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)
• Indra (Vedic) Hindu · unresolvedThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Variant accounts

• Origin accountAppears after Nārada’s purifications; the passage does not describe biological birth.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Relations

• distinct from: Sákra of the Kanda narrativeSeparately enumerated figures in this narrative; not an assertion about every regional use of the names.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Sources

• Second of five deities appearing after Nārada’s purifications in the Kanda narrative recorded by Raffles. The passage distinguishes him from Sákra.: Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)