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-, - the planet Mercury. (-) N. of the river Reva or Narmada. : 1 the ocean (the moon being produced amongst other jewels at the churning of the ocean) -2 the sage .-: a digit, crescent. - पुष्पिका N. of a plant (कलिकारी or जांगली) - भम् 1 the sign called Cancer. -2 the Nakṣatra called . -भाa kind of water lily. -भृत्, -शेखरः, -मौलिः 'the moon-crested god, epithets of Siva. -for: 1 the moon-stone. -2 a pearl. - A lotus-creeper. - मण्डलम् the orb or dise of the moon. रत्नम् a pearl.
() 1 a digit of the moon. -2 N. of several plants, especially, plant Flacourtia Sapida. Its seed is much used by women as a detergent to their oiled hair (Mar. car). -3 Ligusticum Ajwaen (Mar. ओवा ). See इन्दुकला. -लोक: the world of the moon. silver. - A moon-faced lady. N. of a metre ; see Appendix -वल्ली The Soma plant. - वारः a kind of yoga in Astrology. - Monday. - 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; ef. चान्द्रायण. इन्दुव्रतसहस्रं तु यश्चरेत्कायशोधनम् Mb. 13. 26. 39. -2007 A treo, Bauhinia tomentosa (Mar. 341) - सुतः or -सूनुः N. of the planet Mercury.
इन्दुकः (कुः ) see इन्दुशफरिन् above.
Hm. An epithet of Agni.
इन्दुमती 1 A day of full moon. -2 The wife of अज and sister of भोज
A rat, mouse.
इन्द्रः [ इन्द्रन, इन्दतीति इन्द्रः; इदि ऐश्वर्ये Malli. ] 1 The lord of gods. 2 The god of rain, rain; cloud; वरुणः सोमा रुद्रः । शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः Tait Vp. 1. 1. 1. Bri. Up. 1.4.11.3 A lord or ruler (as of men &c.).
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: Bri. Up. 2. 5. 19. first or best (of any class of objects), always as the last member of comp.; a lord of men i. e. a king; so : a lion; गजेन्द्रः the lord or chief of elephants; so योगीन्द्रः कपीन्द्रः. -4 A prince, king. -5 The pupil of the right eye. -6 N. of the plant-7 Night. -8 One of the divisions of .-9 N. of the 26th Yoga. -10 The human or animal soul. 11 A vegetable poison. -12 The Yoga star in the 26th Nakṣatra. -13 Greatness. -14 The five objects of senses. - 1 The wife of Indra, Indrani. -2 N. of a plant (4 Mar. 4) [ Indra, the god of the firmament, is the Jupiter Pluvius of the Indian Aryans. In the Vedas he is placed in the first rank among the gods; yet he is not regarded as an uncreated being, being distinctly spoken of in various passages of the Vedas as being born, and as having a father and a mother. He is sometimes represented as having been produced by the gods as a destroyer of enemies, as the son of Ekaṣṭaka, and in Rv. 10. 90. 13 he is said to have sprung
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from the mouth of Purusa. He is of a ruddy or golden colour, and can assume any form at will. He rides in a bright golden chariot drawn by two tawny horses. His most famous weapon is the thunderbolt which he uses with deadly effect in his warfare with the demons of darkness, drought and inclement weather, variously called Ahi, Vritra, Sambara, Namuchi &c. He storms and breaks through their castles, and sends down fertilizing showers of rain to the great delight of his worshippers. He is thus the lord of the atmosphere, the dispenser of rain, and governor of the weather. He is represented as being assisted by the Maruts or storm-gods in his warfare. Besides the thunderbolt he uses arrows, a large hook, and a net. The Soma juice is his most favourite food, and under its exhilarating influence he performs great achievements (cf. Rv. 10. 119), and pleases his devout worshippers, who are said to invite the god to drink the juice. He is their friend and even their brother; a father, and the most fatherly of fathers; the helper of the poor, and the deliverer and comforter of his servants. He is a wall of defence; his friend is never slain or defeated. He richly rewards his adorers, particularly those who bring him libations of Soma, and he is supplicated for all sorts of temporal blessings as cows, horses, chariots, health, intelligence, pros perous days, long life, and victory in war. In the Vedas Indra's wife is Indrāni, who is invoked among the goddesses.
But in later He is said to
Such is the Vedic conception of Indra. mythology he falls in the second rank. be one of the sons of Kasyapa and Dakṣāyaṇi or Aditi. He is inferior to the triad Brahma, Visņu and Mahesa (though in some places Visu is regarded as his younger brother, cf. R. 14. 59, 15. 40), but he is the chief of all the other gods, and is commonly styled Suresa, Devendra &c. As in the Vedas so in later mythology, he is the regent of the atmosphere, and of the east quarter, and his world is called Svarga. He sends the lightning, uses the thunderbolt and sends down rain. He is frequently at war with Asuras, whom he constantly dreads, and by whom he is sometimes defeated. The Indra of mythology is famous for his incontinence and adultery, one prominent instance of which is his seduction of Ahalya, the wife of Gautama (see Ahalya), and for which he is often spoken of as Ahalya-jara. The curse of the sage im pressed upon him a 1000 marks resembling the female organ, and he was therefore called Sayoni; but these marks were afterwards changed into eyes, and he is hence called Netra-yoni and Sahasrākṣa. In the Ramayana Indra is represented as having been defeated and carried off to Lanka by Ravana's son called Meghanada, who for this exploit received
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