f. (of doubtful derivation) Name of a goddess (in described as broad-hipped, fair-armed, fair-fingered, presiding over fecundity and easy birth, and invoked with sarasvatī-, rākā- etc.; in she is called the wife of viṣṇu-; in later Vedic texts she is the presiding deity of the first day of new moon, as rākā- of the actual day of full moon) , the first day of new moon when it rises with a scarcely visible crescent etc.
सिनीवाली The day preceding that of new moon, or that day on which the moon rises with a scarcely visible crescent; या पूर्वामावास्या सा सिनीवाली योत्तरा सा कुहूः Ait. Br.; or सा दृष्टेन्दुः सिनीवाली सा नष्टेन्दुकला कुहूः Ak.
सिन्दुकः sindukḥ सिन्दुवारः sinduvārḥ सिन्दुवारकः sinduvārakḥ
सिन्दुकः सिन्दुवारः सिन्दुवारकः (= निर्गुण्डीतरु ?) N. of a tree; दीर्घिकां प्रावृतां पश्य तीरजैः सिन्दुवारकैः Bu. Ch.4.49.
Denotes the day of new moon and its presiding spirit, which, in accordance with widespread ideas concerning the connexion of the moon and vegetation, is one of fertility and growth. It occurs very frequently from the Rigveda onwards.
noun (feminine) name of a daughter of Aṅgiras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a goddess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Durgā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Darśa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the first day of new moon when it rises with a scarcely visible crescent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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