Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Airavata

ऐरावत · airāvata

Indra's white elephant, king of elephants

The king of the gods rides into battle on him.

Airavata is the great white elephant who carries Indra, usually pictured with four tusks. Like Ucchaihshravas he rose from the churning of the ocean. He is one of the elephants said to stand at the points of the compass and hold up the world, and guards the east.