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Jayanta
In Hindu mythology, Jayanta ((サンスクリット:जयन्त), "victorious"〔(Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary p. 413 )〕), also spelled as Jayant, is the son of Indra, the king of the gods (''Deva''s) and his consort Shachi. He resides in Svarga, the Hindu heaven, governed by Indra. He has a sister called Jayanti. He appears in various Hindu scriptures as fighting wars on behalf of the gods and his father. Jayanta also appears in the epic ''Ramayana'' and other lore, in which he disguises himself as a crow.
==As a crow==
In the ''Sundara Kanda'' (fifth Book of the epic ''Ramayana''), when Hanuman meets Sita, she narrates an incident that happened in the forest in Chitrakuta. The prince of Ayodhya and avatar of god Vishnu, Rama is exiled to the forest with his wife Sita (an avatar of Vishnu's wife Lakshmi) and brother Lakshmana. A fatigued Rama was sleeping in the lap of Sita, when a crow attacked her. The crow pecks at her twice on her feet. Rama is awakened by the stirrings and recognizes the crow whose claws were dripping in blood as the son of Indra. An enraged Rama, at the behest of Sita, unleashes the divine weapon Brahmastra (made of a grass arrow) on the crow, who flees in fear. The crow flies across the universe, but the weapon follows. Turned back by Indra, the gods and rishis (sages), the crow takes refuge in Rama and surrenders to him. The son of Indra requests pardon, but Rama says that the Brahmastra cannot be withdrawn. So, the son of Indra asks it to hit the crow's right eye, and he is left half-blind.〔〔Goldman pp. 216–218〕 While Jayanta is not explicitly named in the episode, various commentaries on the like the ''Tilaka'' and the ''Bhushana'' by Govindaraja identify Jayanta as the "son of Indra"; some other commentaries do not identify any individual son of Indra. Govindaraja says only Jayanta is known as the son of Indra.〔Goldman p. 456〕
Besides the ''Ramayana'', Jayanta is said to have assumed the form of the crow in some tellings of the Samudra manthan episode. A pot of ''amrita'' (elixir of life) emerged from the churning of the ocean by the gods and the demons. The demons seized the pot, but Jayanta took it from them in the guise of a crow. Pursued by the demons, he flew for twelve days without rest. He stopped at four locations on earth: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, where the Kumbha Mela is celebrated every twelve years in remembrance of the incident.〔
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