In Zoroastrian demonology, Indra (Andra) is a daeva under Ahriman's command who leads humans away from truth, opposing Asha Vahishta (Best Righteousness).
Hindu Indra, Buddhist Indra (Sakka/Shakra), Persian Indra, and Korean Hwanin share origins in Proto-Indo-Iranian religion. The Samguk Yusa identifies Hwanin with Indra (帝釋天); in Buddhism Indra protects the Dharma; in Persian tradition he is demonized as a daeva.
⚠ Whether Hwanin is an indigenous Korean supreme deity identified with Indra through Buddhist terminology by the monk Iryeon, or a direct adoption of the Buddhist Śakra into Korean cosmogony, remains debated. The Samguk Yusa explicitly equates them: 桓因卽釋提桓因也.
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