Айравата: различия между версиями
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'''Айрава́та''' ({{lang-sa|ऐरावत}}) — белый [[слон]], [[вахана]] [[Дева (индуизм)|бога]] [[Индра|Индры]] в [[индуизм]]е. У Айраваты четыре бивня и семь хоботов. Его супруга — слониха Абхараму. Другие имена Айраваты: Ардхаматанга («облачный слон»), Нагамалла («боевой слон») и Аркасодара («брат солнца»).
▲According to the [[Ramayana]], his mother was [[Iravati]]. According to the [[Matangalila]], Airavata was born when [[Brahma]] sang sacred [[hymns]] over the halves of the [[Egg (biology)|egg]] shell from which [[Garuda]] hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female [[elephant]]s. [[Prithu]] made Airavata king of all elephants. One of his names means «the one who knits or binds the clouds» since myth has it that these elephants are capable of producing clouds.
[[Guardians of the directions|The eight guardian deities]] who preside over the eight points of the [[compass]] each sits on an elephant. Each of these deities has an elephant that takes part in the defense and protection of its respective quarter. Chief among them is Airavata of [[Indra]].
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