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She is victorious, mighty, and is desirous of prosperity.
She is brilliant and fortunate and she can be invoked easily20
19 She is fair-armed, broad-hipped, broad-tufted and has fine
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fingers. She is possessed of a most colourful headband.
The Vedic Aryans deified Indr膩n墨, 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 Indr膩ni
that in MS 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 RV hymn is depicted to be going in front of Svasar
i.e, the sun.
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Indr膩ni is mentioned twice in the outras. She is a non-
-widow and has abundance. At the beginning of the marriage-
-ceremony, sth膩lip膩ka offerings are made to her. As Indra is
an immortal, Indr膩ni never becomes a widow, and as Indra ia a
prime giver of all the good things of life, Indr膩ni, his wife
shares this trait with him.
17 MS IV: 12:25, TB I 1 28427.
18 MS IV : 1: 15.
31 RV X 1 8618.
22 SV V % 14.218.
19 TB I: 2: 41 7.
20 T I : 2; 418.
23 Satya SS I : 1:7:24.
24 Kath C XVII : 1.