Airavata

deity underworld Hindu single tradition · 5

Airavata is a nagaraja (nāga king) depicted in the Mahabharata.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in the Mahabharata epic.

Relationships

serves
Thagyamin, Indra
manifests as
Manibhadra Vīr

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Sources

Source passages

“The cosmic snake Shesha, the nagarajas (nāga kings) Vasuki, Takshaka, Airavata and Karkotaka, and the princess Ulupi, are all depicted in the Mahabharata.”

#10191 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She is called Deivanai or Deivayanai (Tamil, literally meaning "celestial elephant"), as she was raised by Indra's divine elephant, Airavata.”

#30481 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“shell in one hand and a yak-tail fly-whisk in the other, standing or seated atop a three-headed white elephant (Airavata). Thagyamin is regarded as the ruler of the celestial kingdom Trāyastriṃśa (တာဝတိံသာ).”

#34142 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The nagarajas (nāga kings) Vasuki, Takshaka, Airavata and Karkotaka, and the princess Ulupi, are all depicted in the Mahabharata.”

#35216 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5