इन्दु

{ induḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : चंद्रमा, कपूर, एक, इंद्र, चंद्रदेव

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

इन्दु  m.  m. (√ उन्द्, [Uṇ. i, 13]; probably fr. इन्द् = √ उन्द्, ‘to drop’ [see p. 165, col. 3, and cf. इ॑न्द्र]; perhaps connected with बिन्दु, which last is unknown in the ऋग्- वेद, [BRD.]), Ved. a drop (especially of सोम), सोम, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]
   a bright drop, a spark, [TS.]
   the moon
अवस्  m.  m. pl. () the moons i.e. the periodic changes of the moon
   time of moonlight, night, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.]; [Megh.] &c.
   camphor, [Bhpr.]
   the point on a die, [AV. vii, 109, 6]
    N. of वास्तोष्पति, [RV. vii, 54, 2]
   a symbolic expression for the number ‘one’
   designation of the अनुस्वार
इन्दु   a coin, [L.] (In the ब्राह्मणs, is used only for the moon; but the connexion between the meanings ‘ सोम juice’ and ‘moon’ in the word has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskṛt to the word सोम, although the latter has properly only the sense ‘ सोम juice.’)
   the weight of a silver पल, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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.

Shabda-Sagara

इन्दु  m.  ( -न्दुः)
   1. The moon.
   2. Camphor.
    E. उन्द् to wet or moisten; उ Unādi affix and the initial changed to इ.

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उन्द् उ इ