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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for इन्दु

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. इन्दुinduThe moon; दिलीप इति राजेन्दुरिन्दुः क्षीरनिधाविव R.1.12 (इन्दु is said to mean in the Veda a drop of Soma…

    [उनत्ति क्लेदयति चन्द्रिकया भुवनं उन्द्-उ आदेरिच्च Uṇ.1.12]

    1. 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).
    2. The मृगशिरस् Nakṣatra.
    3. (in Mathematics) The number 'one'.
    4. Camphor.
    5. The point on a die; तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम Av.7.19.6.
    6. Designation of the अनुस्वार. - (Plural)
    7. The periodical changes of the moon.
    8. 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.

    • -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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. इन्दुindum. (√उन्द् Un2. i, 13; probably fr. इन्द् = √उन्द्, "to drop" [see p. 165, col. 3, and cf. /इन्द्र]; perhaps…
    1. masculine gender (√उन्द् Un2. i, 13; probably from इन्द् Equivalent to √उन्द्, "to drop" [see page and participle 165, column 3, and confer, compare /इन्द्र]; perhaps connected with बिन्दु, which last is unknown in the R2ig ऋग् - veda वेद BRD.), Vedic or Veda a drop (especially of Soma सोम), Soma सोम fg-veda AV. VS.
    2. masculine gender a bright drop, a spark TS.
    3. masculine gender the moon
    4. masculine gender plural (अवस्) the moons id est the periodic changes of the moon
    5. masculine gender time of moonlight, night fg-veda MBh. S3ak. Megh. etc.
    6. masculine gender camphor Bhpr.
    7. masculine gender the point on a die AV. vii, 109, 6
    8. masculine gender Name of Va1stoshpati वास्तोष्पति fg-veda vii, 54, 2
    9. masculine gender a symbolic expression for the number "one"
    10. masculine gender designation of the Anusva1ra अनुस्वार
    11. masculine gender a coin Lexicographers (In the Bra1hman2as ब्राह्मण s, इन्दु is used only for the moon; but the connexion between the meanings "Soma सोम juice" and "moon" in the word इन्दु has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskr2it Sanskrit to the word सोम, although the latter has properly only the sense "Soma सोम juice.")
    12. (also) the weight of a silver Pala पल, Lexicographers
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. इन्दुindu[índ-u] m. drop, juice, esp. of Soma; (drop in the sky), moon; -kalasa, m. man's N.; -kalâ, f. crescent: - ͜…

    [índ-u] masculine drop, juice, especially of Soma; (drop in the sky), moon; -kalasa, masculine man's noun; -kalâ, feminine; also equal for crescent: - ͜ avatamsa, masculine epithet of Siva; -kânta, masculine moon-stone; -kesarin, masculine noun of a king; -dala, neuter crescent; -prabha, masculine noun; -bimba, neuter orb of the moon; -mani, masculine moon-stone; -matî, feminine; also equal for noun of various women; -mukha, adjective (î) moon-faced; -yasas, feminine; also equal for noun of a princess; -râga, masculine man's noun; -lekhâ, feminine; also equal for noun of a queen; -vadana, adjective moon-faced; -sekhara, masculine epithet of Siva.

    Source: Macdonell

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