Airavata – מילון אנגלי-עברי
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Airavata
Airavata is a mythological
white elephant who carries the Hindu god
Indra. It is also called 'abhra-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga-malla', meaning "the fighting elephant"; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the
sun". 'Abharamu' is the elephant wife of Airavata. Airavata has four
tusks and seven trunks and is spotless white. It is also known as Erawan in Thai. Airavata is also the third son of
Kashyap and
Kadru. In the
Mahabharata he is listed as a great serpent.
Airavata
[Hindu] The elephant-steed of Indra. This animal was always victorious, and had four tusks which resembled a sacred mountain
Airavata
Airavata (Sanskrit) [from iravat moisture-possessing from ira drink, food] Son of Iravati; a vast elephant produced at the churning of the ocean and appropriated by the god Indra. When seated upon Airavata, Indra blesses the earth with rain, i.e., with the water that is drawn up by Airavata from the underworld. According to the Matangalila, Airavata was born when Brahma sang over the halves of the shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants.
In the Mahabharata (Adi-parvan, ch 66) Airavata guards the eastern zone. Four such "elephants" (sometimes eight, each with its sakti or feminine potency) uphold the structure of the earth. The mighty four-tusked Airavata, therefore, represents one of the lokapalas (world protectors) -- called by Buddhists maharajas (great kings) -- which are the guardians and supporters of the universe. They are also mystically connected with the lipikas, the eternal karmic scribes. In the Bhagavad-Gita (10:2, 7) Krishna, in naming his divine manifestations, says that among elephants he is Airavata.
