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277 Indrani it In the Rigveda (V 82) we read, Among all females Indrani is the most fortunate, for her husband shall not at any future time die of old age'. This may be explained by the fact that Indrani is a wife to all who successively attain to the throne of Indra. There is always someone ruling in heaven, the office is perpetual, and as she is the wife of the reigning king, whoever he may be her husband can never die of 996 old age. She is beseeched to give happiness to her worshippers? and is also invoked for granting protection to the people. people. She stands by Indra with firmness and strength, and she fearless by holds him in the van of the army. She is attached to the army of the gods and she receives the wealth of their enemies with an abundance of strengths she is said to go in front of the gods 11 gods!! She is the deity of the arrow, and she sharpens the arrow of the person whose dart is not sharp. 12 She is the beloved wife of Indra, and she is also said to be the wife of a brave man or here?" She has a good husband! 15 and she never becomes a widow 16. * 6 W.J. Wilkins, op. cit., p. 63. 7 Taittiriya-brahmana I : 2:418. 8 Rigveda II # 32:8. : 9 Taittiriya-brahmana I : 2:47, III : 3:11:20. 12 Taittiriya-samhita II # 2:8. 13 Satapatha-brahmana HID :14:2:8, Taittiriya-brahmana 1:4:7. 14 Rigveda X # 8618. 10 Taittiriya-brahmana I: 2:417, Maitrayani-samhita IV : 12:25. 15 Taittiriya-brahmana I : 214:7. 16 11 Maitrayani-samhita IV: 1:15. Taittiriya-brahmana II : 3:7:10.

278 17 18 She is victorious, mighty, and is desirous of prosperity. She is brilliant and fortunate and she can be invoked easily 20 19 She is fair-armed, broad-hipped, broad-tufted and has fine 21 22 fingers. She is possessed of a most colourful headband. The Vedic Aryans deified Indrani, the wife of Indra, and considered her to be a personality possessed of the qualities of a goddess in general. The people approached her for protection, happiness, etc. She did not play an important role in the sacrifice performed by the people. She had a few anthropomorphic features for example, she was said to possess fair arms, broad hip, thick hair and fine fingers. It may, therefore, be assumed that initially the people regarded her as an ordinary mortal whom they later deified. Another noticeable feature of Indrani that in Maitrayani-samhita IV.1.15 she is said to be going in front of the gods. This is a rare honour for a goddess. It is shared by only Usas who in one Rigveda hymn is depicted to be going in front of Svasar i.e, the sun. 23 24 Indrani is mentioned twice in the outras. She is a non- -widow and has abundance. At the beginning of the marriage- -ceremony, sthalipaka offerings are made to her. As Indra is an immortal, Indrani never becomes a widow, and as Indra ia a prime giver of all the good things of life, Indrani, his wife shares this trait with him. 17 Maitrayani-samhita IV: 12:25, Taittiriya-brahmana I 1 28427. 18 Maitrayani-samhita IV : 1: 15. 31 Rigveda X 1 8618. 22 SV V % 14.218. 19 Taittiriya-brahmana I: 2: 41 7. 20 T I : 2; 418. 23 Satyashadha-srauta-sutra I : 1:7:24. 24 Kath C XVII : 1.

.279 Thus it can be seen that the people looked upon Indrani as someone who has a husband living, and, therefore, not a widow, evidently, this epithet 'avidhava' belongs to a period when widowhood was regarded as miserable. She is well-endowed well-endowed with all the desired things. She is considered to be a very minor goddess of the Vedic pantheon.