इन्दुः [induḥ] [उनत्ति क्लेदयति चन्द्रिकया भुवनं उन्द्-उ आदेरिच्च
[Uṇ.1.12] ]
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] ).
The मृगशिरस् Nakṣatra.
(in Math.) The number 'one'.
Camphor.
The point on a die; तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम
[Av.7.19.6.] Designation of the अनुस्वार.
- (pl.)
The periodical changes of the moon.
The time of moon-light, night.-Comp.
-कमलम् the white lotus.
कला a digit of the moon. (These are 16, each of which is mythologically said to be devoured by 16 deities in succession).
N. N. of several plants; अमृता, गुडूची, सोम- लता.
कलिका N. of a plant (केतकी).
a digit of the moon.
-कान्तः the moon-stone.
(ता) night.
N. N. of a plant (केतकी).
क्षयः waning or disappearance of the moon.
the new moon
[day. Ms.3.122.] -जः, -पुत्रः the planet Mercury. (-जा) N. of the river Revā or Narmadā.
जनकः the ocean (the moon being produced amongst other jewels at the churning of the ocean)
the sage अत्रि.
-दलः a digit, crescent.-पुष्पिका N. of a plant (कलिकारी or जांगली).
भम् the sign called Cancer.
the Nakṣatra called मृगशिरस्.-भा a kind of water-lily.
-भृत्, -शेखरः, -मौलिः 'the moon-crested god, epithets of Śiva.
मणिः the moon-stone.
a pearl.
-मुखी A lotus-creeper.-मण्डलम् the orb or disc of the moon.
-रत्नम् ले (रे) खा a digit of the moon.
N. N. of several plants, especially, plant Flacourtia Sapida. Its seed is much used by women as a detergent to their oiled hair (Mar. बांवच्या).
Ligusticum Ajwaen (Mar. ओंवा). see इन्दुकला.
-लोकः the world of the moon.-लोहकम्, लौहम् silver.
-वदना A moon-faced lady. N. 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; cf. चान्द्रायण. इन्दुव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चरेत्कायशोधनम्
[Mb.13.26.39.] -शफरिन् A tree, Bauhinia tomentosa (Mar. आपटा)-सुतः or
-सूनुः N. N. of the planet Mercury.