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इंदुः (iMduH)

 
Apte 1890
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इंदुः [उनत्ति क्लेदयति चंद्रिकया भुवनं उंद्-उ आदेरिच्च Uṇ. 1. 12] 1 The moon
दिलीप इति राजेंदुरिंदुः क्षीरनिधाविव R. 1. 12 (इंदु is said to mean in the Veda a drop of Soma juice, a bright drop or spark
सुतास इंदवः Rv. 1. 16. 6).
2 The मृगशिरस् Nakṣatra.
3 (In Math.) The number ‘one’.
4 Camphor.
(pl.) 1 The periodical changes of the moon.
2 The time of moonlight, night.
Comp.
कमलं 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} N. of several plants
अमृता, गुडूची, सोमलता.
कलिका {1} N. of a plant (केतकी). {2} a digit of the moon.
कांतः the moon-stone. (
ता) {1} night. {2} N. of a plant (केतकी).
क्षयः {1} waning or disappearance of the moon. {2} the new moon day.
जः,
पुत्रः the planet Mercury. (
जा) N. 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 N. of a plant (कलिकरी or जांगली).
भं {1} the sign called Cancer. {2} the Nakṣatra called मृगाशिरस्.
भा a kind of water-lily.
भृत्,
शेखरः,
मौलिः ‘the moon crested god, ’ epithets of Śiva.
मणिः {1} the moon-stone. {2} a pearl.
मंडलं the orb or disc of the moon.
रत्नं a pearl.
ले(रे)खा {1} a digit of the moon. {2} N. of several plants, see इंदुकला.
लोकः the world of the moon.
लोहकं,
लौहं silver.
वदना N. of a metre
see Appendix.
वारः a kind of yoga.
वासरः Monday.
व्रतं 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
cf. चांद्रायण.