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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सिन्धुsindhuThe sea, ocean; तावत् त्रिभुवनं सद्यः कल्पान्तैधितसिन्धवः Bhāg. 3.11.3.

    [स्यन्द्-द्-अद् संप्रसारणं दस्य धश्च Tv.; Uṇ.1.11]

    1. The sea, ocean; तावत् त्रिभुवनं सद्यः कल्पान्तैधितसिन्धवः Bhāg. 3.11.3.
    2. The Indus.
    3. The country around the Indus.
    4. Name of a river in Mālavā; वेणीभूतप्रतनुसलिला तामतीतस्य सिन्धुः Me.29 (where Malli.'s remark सिन्धुर्नाम नदी तु कुत्रापि नास्ति is gratuitous); पारासिन्धुसंभेदमवगाह्य नगरी- मेव प्रविशावः Māl.4. 9/1 (see Dr. Bhāndārkar's note ad Locative).
    5. The water ejected from an elephant's trunk.
    6. The juice exuding from the temples of an elephant.
    7. An elephant.
    8. Name of Varuṇa.
    9. White borax.
    10. A kind of musical mode (राग). -Plural The inhabitants of the Sindhu country. -Feminine
    11. A great river or river in general; पिबत्यसौ पाययते च सिन्धूः R.13.9; Me.48; Ś.5.21; Ku.3.6;5.85.
    12. The river Sindhu.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उत्थम्, -उपलम् rock-salt.

    • -कन्या Name of Lakshmī -कफः cuttle-fish bone.

    • -खेलः the country Sindha.

    • -ज, -जन्मन्

      1. Adjective
      2. aquatic.
      3. river-born.
      4. Sea-born, born in theSindha country. (-जः) the moon. (-जम्) rock-salt.
    • -जा Feminine Name of Lakṣmī.

    • -नन्दनः, -पुत्रः the moon.

    • -नाथः the ocean.

    • -पर्णी, -वेषणम् Gmelina Arborea (Marâthî थोरशिवणी).

    • -पिबः Name of Agastya.

    • -पुष्पः a conch-shell.

    • -मन्थजम् rock-salt.

    • -राजः, -पतिः Name of Jayadratha; Ve.3.

    • -लवणम् rock-salt.

    • -वारः a horse of good breed (brought from Sindha or Persia).

    • -शयनः Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -सङ्गमः confluence of rivers; (also with the ocean).

    • -सागरः the country between the mouths of the Indus and the sea.

    • -सौवीराः Name of a people inhabiting the country round the Indus.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सिन्धुsindhu[síndh-u] m. f. [moving to a goal: √2. sidh] stream, river; Indus; m. flood (V.); ocean; region of the Indus…

    [síndh-u] masculine feminine; also equal for [moving to a goal: √2. sidh] stream, river; Indus; masculine flood (Veda, Vedic); ocean; region of the Indus, Sindh, people of Sindh (plural; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); noun (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit): -gañga, masculine noun of a treasury built by a Sindhu; -ga, adjective bred in Sindh (horses); neuter rock salt; -datta, masculine noun; -dvîpa, masculine noun; -nada, masculine river Indus (also a river in the south); -nâtha, masculine (lord of rivers), ocean; -piba, masculine epithet of Agastya.

  2. उपसिन्धुupasindhu[upa-sindhu] ad. near the Indus.

    [upa-sindhu] adverb, -ial, -ially near the Indus.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सिन्धुsindhum. and f. (prob. fr. √1. सिध्, "to go") a river, stream (esp. the Indus इन्दु s, and in this sense said to be…
    1. masculine gender and feminine (probably from √1. सिध्, "to go") a river, stream (especially the Indus इन्दु s, and in this sense said to be the only river regarded as masculine gender see -नद, column 2) fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender flood, waters (also in the sky) fg-veda AV.
    3. masculine gender ocean, sea fg-veda etc.
    4. masculine gender a symbolical term for the number 4 (confer, compare 1. समुद्र) Gan2it.
    5. masculine gender Name of Varun2a वरुण (as god of the ocean) MW.
    6. masculine gender the moisture of the lips Kum.
    7. masculine gender water ejected from an elephant's trunk (Equivalent to वमथु) Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender the exudation from an elephant's temples Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender the country around the Indus इन्दु s (commonly called Sindh; plural "the inhabitants of Sindh") MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    10. masculine gender a king of Sindh (?) catalogue or catalogues
    11. masculine gender Name of Vishn2u विष्णु fg-veda MBh.
    12. masculine gender white or refined borax (Equivalent to श्वेत-टङ्कण) Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender Equivalent to सिन्धुक Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender (in music) a particular Ra1ga राग, Sam2gi1tas.
    15. masculine gender Name of a king of the Gandharvas गन्धर्व s R.
    16. masculine gender of a serpent-demon Buddh.
    17. masculine gender of various men Ra1jat.
  2. कृपासिन्धुkṛpāsindhum. id. Sarvad.

    masculine gender the same Sarvad.

  3. क्षारसिन्धुkṣārasindhum. id.

    masculine gender the same

  4. क्षीरसिन्धुkṣīrasindhum. = -धि Pan5car.

    masculine gender Equivalent to -धि Pan5car.

  5. खसिन्धुkhasindhum. (cf. -चमस) N. of the moon L.
    1. masculine gender (confer, compare -चमस) Name of the moon Lexicographers
    2. see 3. ख्/अ, page and participle334.
  6. गगनसिन्धुgaganasindhuf. the heavenly Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Ka1d.

    feminine the heavenly Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Ka1d.

  7. दुग्धसिन्धुdugdhasindhum. id. Ma1lati1m. iii, 10/11.

    masculine gender the same Ma1lati1m. iii, 10/11.