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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry इन्दु

  1. इन्दुinduThe periodical changes of the moon.
    1. The periodical changes of the moon.
    2. The time of moon-light, night.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कमलम् the white lotus.

    • -कला

      1. a digit of the moon. (These are 16, each of which is mythologically said to be devoured by 16 deities in succession).
      2. Name of several plants; अमृता, गुडूची, सोम- लता.

    • -कलिका

      1. Name of a plant (केतकी).
      2. a digit of the moon.

    • -कान्तः

      1. the moon-stone.
      2. (ता) night.
      3. Name of a plant (केतकी).

    • -क्षयः

      1. waning or disappearance of the moon.
      2. the new moon day. Ms.3.122.

    • -जः, -पुत्रः the planet Mercury. (-जा) Name of the river Revā or Narmadā.

    • -जनकः

      1. the ocean (the moon being produced amongst other jewels at the churning of the ocean)
      2. the sage अत्रि.

    • -दलः a digit, crescent.

    • -पुष्पिका Name of a plant (कलिकारी or जांगली).

    • -भम्

      1. the sign called Cancer.
      2. the Nakṣatra called मृगशिरस्.

    • -भा a kind of water-lily.

    • -भृत्, -शेखरः, -मौलिः 'the moon-crested god, epithets of Śiva.

    • -मणिः

      1. the moon-stone.
      2. a pearl.

    • -मुखी A lotus-creeper.

    • -मण्डलम् the orb or disc of the moon.

    • -रत्नम् a pearl.

    • इन्दुः induḥ

      1. उनत्ति क्लेदयति चन्द्रिकया भुवनं उन्द्-उ आदेरिच्च Uṇ.1.12
      2. The moon; दिलीप इति राजेन्दुरिन्दुः क्षीरनिधाविव R.1.12 (इन्दु is said to mean in the Veda a drop of Soma juice, a bright drop or spark; सुतास इन्दवः Rv.1.16.6).
      3. The मृगशिरस् Nakṣatra.
      4. (in Mathematics) The number 'one'.
      5. Camphor.
      6. The point on a die; तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम Av.7.19.6.
      7. Designation of the अनुस्वार. - (Plural)

    • -ले

      1. (रे) खा a digit of the moon.
      2. Name of several plants, especially, plant Flacourtia Sapida. Its seed is much used by women as a detergent to their oiled hair (Marâthî बांवच्या).
      3. Ligusticum Ajwaen (Marâthî ओंवा). see इन्दुकला.

    • -लोकः the world of the moon.

    • -लोहकम् लौहम् silver.

    • -वदना A moon-faced lady. Name of a metre; see Appendix.

    • -वल्ली The Soma plant.

    • -वारः a kind of yoga in Astrology.

    • -वासरः Monday.

    • -व्रतम् a religious observance depending on the age of the moon. It consists in diminishing the quantity of food by a certain portion daily, for a fortnight or a month; Compare चान्द्रायण. इन्दुव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चरेत्कायशोधनम् Mb.13.26.39.

    • -शफरिन् A tree, Bauhinia tomentosa (Marâthî आपटा)-सुतः or -सूनुः Name of the planet Mercury.

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