Upendra

(“junior Indra”) Epithet of the god
Vishnu. It is first used in some late
hymns in the Vedas, the earliest Hindu
religious texts, in which Vishnu is portrayed as a subordinate and companion
of the storm-god Indra, who is the primary Vedic deity. The epithet continues
to be used later despite Indra’s eclipse as
a significant deity, and thus its literal
meaning is no longer true. See Vishnu.