[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.828 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.828 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.828 - **Language:** English ### [c8.828](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.828) (v) Indrajit. When Rāvaṇa attacked svarga he pushed forward too much and was caught inside an army of the Devas which surrounded him. When Meghanāda saw it he broke the army circle of the devas and getting in caught Indra as a prisoner and brought him to Laṅkā. Indra was later released by the mediation of Brahmā and the latter gave him the name Indrajit meaning "Conqueror of Indra". - [Previous: c8.827](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.827) - [Next: c8.829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.829) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.828](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.828) · Pramāṇa