Indra (the daeva)

Daeva expelled in Vīdēvdād 10.9. Middle Persian accounts portray Indar as diverting people from proper worship.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Dēnkard (reported by Malandra): Akoman’s seed

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: Aka ManahMythic origin described as Akoman’s seed, not a biological default or Vedic genealogy.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
  William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)

Names and tradition associations

• Indar Zoroastrian · same recordWilliam W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
• Indra (Vedic) Hindu · resolvedWilliam W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)

Variant accounts

• Historical interpretationMalandra does not substantiate deliberate demonization through conflict with Indo-Aryans.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
• source review correctionReplace editorial ingestion commentary with passage-specific claims.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)

Domains

• apostasy and frozen thought

Powers

• Divert people from proper worship

Relations

• opposes: Asha VahishtaNon-symmetric.Reference treatment: Indar opposes Ardawahisht of 'best truth'. (secondary); William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)
• name comparison: IndraShared name; historical development is disputed.William W. Malandra, “Indra,” Encyclopaedia Iranica XIII/1 (2004), pp.103–105, Iranian tradition and concluding paragraphs (secondary)

Sources

• Indra is one of the six arch-daevas of the Vendidad, who freezes the minds of the righteous and is set against Asha Vahishta, and one of the three whose names have Vedic equivalents.: Reference treatments of the daevas in Zoroastrian scripture and of their Vedic correspondences. (secondary)