Shachi

Shachi
Lord Indra's wife
Indra (alias Sakra) and Shachi riding the Divine Elephant Airavata, Folio from a Jain text, Panch Kalyanaka (Five Auspicious Events in the Life of Jina Rishabhanatha), c. 1670 – c. 1680, Painting in LACMA museum, originally from Amber, Rajasthan
Devanagari	शची
Affiliation	Matrikas
Consort	Indra
Parents	Puloman (father)
Children	Jayanta, Jayanti, Midhusa, Nilambara, Rbhus, Rsabha and Chitragupta
Mount	Lion, Elephant

In Hinduism (specifically, early Vedic accounts), Shachi (Sanskrit: शची; also known as Indrani (queen of Indra), Aindri, Mahendri, Pulomaja and Poulomi) is the goddess of wrath and jealousy; being a source of jealously for long because there was no one who did not long for her, and a daughter of Puloman, an Asura who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra. She is one of the seven Matrikas (mother goddesses). She is described as beautiful and having the most beautiful eyes. She is associated with lions and elephants. With Indra, she is the mother of Jayanta and Jayanti and Midhusa, Nilambara, Rbhus, Rsabha and Chitragupta. In Hindu epics, she is also described as "The Endless Beauty".

Goddess Shachi or Indrani is one of the Sapta Matrikas – the seven divine mothers or Saptamatris in Hindu religion. It is said that she has similar characteristics to Indra and the same Vahana or vehicle – white elephant. A puja dedicated to Goddess Aindrani is performed during the Ashada Navratri.

She has a significance in Vedic literature in developing the idea of Shakti which denotes power, the feminine personified might. She gave origin to the concept that female consort, whether she is Parvati or Kali, is the most important Shakti of all, thus becoming the role model for all the goddesses in later period (the Purana has several mentions of this concept).

In Rig Veda she is described to be very beautiful; one of the hyms in RigVeda pictures her as jealous of rivals. In the same hymn Shachi also asks the god to rid her of rivals.

It is said that unlike other goddesses, she possess an independent character of her own. Unlike most of the goddess wives who are known by their husband's name like Rudrani, Varuni (wife of Varun), Saranya (wife of Sun), Indra is probably the only god who is known to be after his wife's name as well; hence he was often referred as Shachipati - meaning master of shakti/power, or ShachiVat (possessor of Shachi)