सिन्धु

{ sindhuḥ, sindhu }

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

SINDHU I   A river in India, very famous in the Purāṇas.
1) General information.
It is assumed in the Purāṇas that this river is a branch of the heavenly Gaṅgā. By the efforts of Bhagīratha, the heavenly Gaṅgā fell on the earth in the Lake Bindu. After that it had six channels. Three channels flowed to the east and three to the west. The rivers which flowed to the East were Hlādinī, Pāvanī and Nalinī. The three rivers Sucakṣus, Sītā and Sindhu flowed to the west. This seventh branch followed Bhagīratha and flowed to Pātāla to perform obsequies to the sons of Sagara.
2) Other details.
(i) Saṁvaraṇa, a King, who was defeated by his enemies, hid himself for a while in the natural arbours on the basin of Sindhu. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 40] .
(ii) Sindhu remains in the palace of Varuṇa and glorifies him. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 19] .
(iii) Once Mārkaṇḍeya happened to see the river Sindhu in the stomach of child Mukunda. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 188, Verse 103] .
(iv) Sindhu is considered to be the origin of Agni (Fire.) [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 242, Verse 22] .
(v) Sindhu is one of the seven channels of Gaṅgā. [M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 48] .
(vi) By bathing in the river Sindhu, one could attain heaven. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 25 Verse 8] .
(vii) Once Pārvatī held a talk on the duties of women. All the rivers met to hear the talk. Sindhu was prominent among the rivers who were present. [M.B. Anusāsana Parva, Chapter 146, Verse 18] .
(viii) This is one of the rivers which ought to be remembered every morning and evening. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 165, Verse 19] .
(ix) Mention about river Sindhu occurs throughout the [Ṛgveda] . Prominent rivers mentioned in Ṛgveda are Kubhā, Sindhu, Suvāstu, Vitastā, Asiknī, Paruṣṇī, Vipāśā, Śatadrū, Sarasvatī etc.
SINDHU II   A country very famous in the Purāṇas. Jayadratha the King of Sindhu was present at the Svayaṁvara marriage of Draupadī [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 21] .

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सिन्धु  m.  m. and f. ( prob. fr. √ 1. सिध्, ‘to go’) a river, stream ( esp. the इन्दुs, and in this sense said to be the only river regarded as m. See -नद, col.2), [RV.] &c. &c.
सिन्धु  m.  m. flood, waters (also in the sky), [RV.]; [AV.]
ocean, sea, [RV.] &c. &c.
समुद्र   a symbolical term for the number 4 ( cf. 1.), [Gaṇit.]
N. of वरुण (as god of the ocean), [MW.]
the moisture of the lips, [Kum.]
वमथु   water ejected from an elephant's trunk (= ), [L.]
the exudation from an elephant's temples, [L.]
the country around the इन्दुs (commonly called Sindh; pl. ‘the inhabitants of Sindh’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a king of Sindh (?), [Cat.]
N. of विष्णु, [RV.]; [MBh.]
श्वेत-टङ्कण   white or refined borax (= ), [L.]

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सिन्धुक   = , [L.]
(in music) a partic. राग, [Saṃgītas.]
N. of a king of the गन्धर्वs, [R.]
of a serpent-demon, [Buddh.]
of various men, [Rājat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सिन्धुः [sindhuḥ]   [स्यन्द्-द्-अद् संप्रसारणं दस्य धश्च [Tv.] ; [Uṇ.1.11] ]
The sea, ocean; तावत् त्रिभुवनं सद्यः कल्पान्तैधितसिन्धवः [Bhāg. 3.11.3.]
The Indus.
The country around the Indus.
 N. N. 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 loc.).
The water ejected from an elephant's trunk.
The juice exuding from the temples of an elephant.
An elephant.
 N. N. of Varuṇa.
White borax.
A kind of musical mode (राग). -pl. The inhabitants of the Sindhu country. -f.
A great river or river in general; पिबत्यसौ पाययते च सिन्धूः [R.13.9;] [Me.48;] [Ś.5.21;] [Ku.3.6;5.85.]
The river Sindhu. -Comp.
-उत्थम्, -उपलम्   rock-salt.
-कन्या  N. N. of Lakshmī
-कफः   cuttle-fish bone.
-खेलः   the country Sindha.
-ज,   -जन्मन्a.
aquatic.
river-born.
Sea-born, born in theSindha country. (-जः) the moon. (-जम्) rock-salt.-जा f. N. of Lakṣmī.
-नन्दनः, -पुत्रः   the moon.
-नाथः   the ocean.
-पर्णी, -वेषणम्   Gmelina Arborea (Mar. थोरशिवणी).
-पिबः  N. N. of Agastya.
-पुष्पः   a conch-shell.-मन्थजम् rock-salt.
-राजः, -पतिः  N. N. of Jayadratha; [Ve.3.]
-वारः   a horse of good breed (brought from Sindha or Persia).
-शयनः  N. N. of Viṣṇu.-सङ्गमः confluence of rivers; (also with the ocean).-सागरः the country between the mouths of the Indus and the sea.
-सौवीराः  N. N. of a people inhabiting the country round the Indus.

Shabda-Sagara

सिन्धु  m.  ( -न्धुः)
1. The ocean, the sea.
2. The Indus.
3. The country along the INDUS or SINDH.
4. The juice that exudes from an ele- phant's temples.
5. An elephant.
6. A division of a Rāga or musical mode.
7. A small tree, (Vitex negundo.)
 f.  ( -न्धुः) A river in general.
E. स्यन्द् to trickle or flow, उ Unādi aff., the form irr.

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