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Parjanya (Sanskrit: पर्जन्य, IAST: parjánya) according to the Vedas is a deity of rain, thunder, lightning, and the one who fertilizes the earth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is another epithet of Indra , the Vedic deity of the sky and heaven.
Parjanya [1] [2] (Sanskrit: पार्जन्य, IAST: Pārjánya) also known as Parjanya Maharaja [3] or Parjanya [4] is one of the son of Yadava king Devamida [5] and the brother of Shurasena. He was also paternal grandfather of Krishna [ 1 ] and father of the Nanda .
Surasena was the son of Madisha and Parjanya was the son of Vesparna(2nd wife of Devamidha). Vasudeva and others were the son of Surasena and Nanda Baba was the son of Parjanya; Balarama, Krishna and others were the sons of Vasudeva. Yogmaya was daughter of Nanda Baba. Pradyumna was the son of Krishna. Aniruddha; Vajranabha; Pratibahu; Subahu ...
Indra (/ ˈ ɪ n d r ə /; Sanskrit: इन्द्र) is the Hindu God of weather, considered the king of the Devas [4] and Svarga in Hinduism.He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war.
The Kausik-sutra and the Paraskara-sutra associate her repeatedly as the wife of Parjanya (a god associated with rains) and Indra. [19] Sita is known by many epithets. She is called Jānaki as the daughter of Janaka and Maithili as the princess of Mithila. [21] As the wife of Rama, she is called Ramā.
Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the ...
Dyauṣ's other sons include Agni, Parjanya, the Ādityas, the Maruts, and the Angirases. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] The Ashvins are called " divó nápāt ", meaning offspring/progeny/grandsons of Dyauṣ. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] Dyauṣ is often visualized as a roaring animal, often a bull, who fertilizes the earth. [ 7 ]
Bhurishravas's two sons Pratipa and Parjanya are killed by Abhimanyu. His daughter Kumbhaka marries Drupada's son Satyajit and has two sons after the war; the first becomes a sage and married Pragati,(daughter of Draupadi and Arjun) while the second son marries Pratip's daughter and inherits the Bahlika throne.