Laṅkā
Indrajit
Son of Rāvaṇa, conqueror of Indra. Also called Meghanāda. He fights from inside the clouds, invisible.
Yuddha KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text
After Rāvaṇa himself, Indrajit is Laṅkā's most dangerous fighter. In Yuddha Kāṇḍa he wins by concealment and by rite, binding Rāma and the army more than once, until Vibhīṣaṇa leads Lakṣmaṇa to him at Nikumbhilā. His name, conqueror of Indra, comes from a story told in Uttara Kāṇḍa.
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.