Indra

American

[in-druh] / ˈɪn drə /

noun

Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
a male given name.

Indra British

/ ˈɪndrə /

noun

Hinduism the most celebrated god of the Rig-Veda, governing the weather and dispensing rain

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Two influential books by Indra Devi had been published in the 1950s, and out in California, a man named Richard Hittleman was teaching it on local TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Indra shares were caught up in a broader selloff of software stocks at the beginning of February, with investor concerns focused around Indra’s IT consultancy Minsait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Australia's 16-year-old prodigy Indra Brown scored an impressive 87.00 on her final run to finish fifth.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

"Our findings provide the first cellular explanation for microcephaly in people with the rare Baraitser-Winter syndrome," says Indra Niehaus, first author of the study and research associate at Hannover Medical School.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

Indra probably would have approved of that kind of sabotage.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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