In Vedic Hindu texts, and in Zoroastrian texts, a great battle among Devas[1] and Asuras (Ahuras)[2] is described. In the Vedic Hindu version, the Devas won, but for some reason decided to emigrate to India. In the Zoroastrian version, the Asuras won and kicked the Devas out of Persia.
Indra was the king of the Devas. The word Deva eventually came to mean God in Sanskrit and Indra became the King of gods and God of thunder and rain.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra#Origins [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahura_Mazda
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There’s no reasoning with supremacists.
Even weirder that the hackers chose a Hindu god as their mascot. If they chose it as a reference to the indo-iranian split that took place 3500 years ago, the reference is sort of misplaced as the recent conflicts in the region have to do with the Gulf states and the West, not with Hinduism.
It's infuriating - use your own religious imagery to represent your politics, not someone else's. But hey, it wouldn't be the first time a Hindu symbol was co-opted by a political group that has nothing to do with the religion.
The scripts are related but Farsi has extra letters for sounds not present in Arabic, and it has a totally different and unrelated grammar.