m. (und-;probably fr. ind-=und-,"to drop"[see , and see/indra-];perhaps connected with bindu-,which last is unknown in the ṛg-- veda-), Ved. a drop (especially of soma-), soma-
m. a coin (In the brāhmaṇa-s, indu-is used only for the moon;but the connexion between the meanings" soma- juice"and"moon"in the word indu-has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskrit to the word soma-,although the latter has properly only the sense " soma- juice.")
n. a religious observance depending on the age of the moon (diminishing the quantity of food by a certain portion daily, for a fortnight or a month, etc.) (seecāndrāyaṇa-.)
m. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' also -ka-) the dot over a letter representing the anusvāra- (supposed to be connected with śiva- and of great mystical importance)
m. (in dramatic language) the sudden development of a secondary incident (which, like a drop of oil in water, expands and furnishes an important element in the plot) (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' also -ka-)
इन्दुः [उनत्ति क्लेदयति चन्द्रिकया भुवनं उन्द्-उ आदेरिच्च Uṇ.1.12] 1 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). -2 The मृगशिरस् Nakṣatra. -3 (in Math.) The number 'one'. -4 Camphor. -5 The point on a die; तेभ्यो व इन्दवो हविषा विधेम Av.7.19.6. -6 Designation of the अनुस्वार. - (pl.) 1 The periodical changes of the moon. -2 The time of moon-light, night. -Comp. -कमलम् the white lotus. -कला 1 a digit of the moon. (These are 16, each of which is mythologically said to be devoured by 16 deities in succession). -2 N. of several plants; अमृता, गुडूची, सोम- लता. -कलिका 1 N. of a plant (केतकी). -2 a digit of the moon. -कान्तः the moon-stone. (-ता) 1 night. -2 N. of a plant (केतकी). -क्षयः 1 waning or disappearance of the moon. -2 the new moon day. Ms.3.122.
-जः, -पुत्रः the planet Mercury. (-जा) N. of the river Revā or Narmadā. -जनकः 1 the ocean (the moon being produced amongst other jewels at the churning of the ocean) -2 the sage अत्रि. -दलः a digit, crescent. -पुष्पिका N. of a plant (कलिकारी or जांगली). -भम् 1 the sign called Cancer. -2 the Nakṣatra called मृगशिरस्. -भा a kind of water-lily. -भृत्, -शेखरः, -मौलिः 'the moon-crested god, epithets of Śiva. -मणिः 1 the moon-stone. -2 a pearl. -मुखी A lotus-creeper. -मण्डलम् the orb or disc of the moon. -रत्नम् a pearl. -ले (रे) खा 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. बांवच्या). -3 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. of the planet Mercury.
बिन्दुः [बिन्द्-उ] A drop, small particle; जलबिन्दु- निपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः 'small drops make a pool'; विस्तीर्यते यशो लोके तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि Ms.7.33; संक्षिप्यते यशो लोके घृतबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि 7.34; अधुना (कुतूहलस्य) बिन्दुरपि नाव- शेषितः Ś.2. -2 A dot, point. -3 A spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant; न्यस्ताक्षरा धातुरसेन यत्र भूर्जत्वचः कुञ्जरबिन्दुशोणाः Ku.1.7. -4 A zero or cypher; न रोमकूपौघमिषाज्जगत्कृता कृताश्च किं दूषणशून्यबिन्दवः N.1.21. -5 (In geom.) A point having no parts or no magnitude. -6 A drop of water taken as a measure. -7 The dot over a letter representing the अनुस्वार. -8 (In manuscripts) A mark over an erased word (which shows that the word ought not to be erased); 'stet'. -9 A mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress. -1 A peculiar mark like a dot made in cauterizing. -11 The part of the forehead between the eyebrows. -12 (In dramas) the sudden development of a secondary incident (which, like a drop of oil in water quickly diffuses itself and thus supplies important elements in the development of the plot; it is the source of an intermediate object, while 'Bīja' is that of the principal one); अवान्तरार्थविच्छेदे बिन्दुरुच्छेदकारणम् S. D.319. -13 (In phil.) A condition of चिच्छक्ति; सच्चिदानन्दविभवात् सकलात् परमेश्वरा । आसीच्छक्तिस्ततो नादो नादाद् बिन्दुसमुद्भवः ॥ -Comp. -चित्रकः the spotted antelope. -च्युतकः a kind of word-play; चकास्ति बिन्दु- च्युतकातिचातुरी N.9.14. -जालम्, -जालकम् 1 a number of drops. -2 marks of coloured paint on the trunk and face of an elephant. -तन्त्रः 1 a die. -2 a chessboard. -देवः an epithet of Śiva. -पत्रः a kind of birch tree. -प्रतिष्ठामय a. founded or based upon the अनुस्वार. -फलम् a pearl. -भेदः a particular Yoga posture. -माधवः a form of Viṣṇu. -मालिन् m. (in music) a kind of measure. -रेखकः 1 an anusvāra. -2 a kind of bird. -रेखा a line of dots. -वासरः the day of conception.
भिन्दु a. Destroying. -न्दुः 1 A breaker, destroyer; पुरां भिन्दुर्युवा कविरमितौजा अजायत Ṛv.1.11.4. -2 A drop; cf. बिन्दु. -न्दुः f. A woman bringing forth a dead child.
हिन्दुः also हिन्दू. N. of the people of Hindusthan or Bhāratavarṣa. The name appears to have been derived from Sindhu, the name of the celebrated river where the Vedic Āryans recited their Vedic mantras. In the Avesta स् is pronounced as ह्; so सप्तसिन्धु was pronounced by the Persians as हप्तहिन्दु. The Bhaviṣya-Purāṇa speaks of हप्तहिन्दु. Here are a few references in a few Kośas and the Purāṇas :(1) The Kālikā-Purāṇa says, "कलिना बलिना नूनमधर्माकलिते कलौ । यवनैर्घोरमाक्रान्ता हिन्दवो विन्ध्यमाविशन् ॥" (2) The Merutantra of the 8th century A. D.-- "हिन्दुधर्मप्रलोप्तारो जायन्ते चक्रवर्तिनः । हीनं च दूषयत्येष
हिन्दूरित्युच्यते प्रिये ॥" (3) The Rāmakośa--"हिन्दुर्दुष्टो ना भवति नानार्यो न विदूषकः । सद्धर्मपालको विद्वान् श्रौतधर्मपरायणः ॥" (4) The Hemantakavikośa-- "हिन्दुर्हि नारायणादिदेवताभक्तः" (5) The Adbhutarūpakośa-- "हिन्दुर्हिन्दूश्च पुंसि द्वौ दुष्टानां च विघर्षणे ।" -Comp. -धर्मः the Hindu religion.
m. drop, juice, esp. of Soma; (drop in the sky), moon; -kalasa, m. man's N.; -kalâ, f. crescent: -½avatamsa, m. ep. of Siva; -kânta, m. moon-stone; -kesarin, m. N. of a king; -dala, n. crescent; -prabha, m. N.; -bimba, n. orb of the moon; -mani, m. moon-stone; -matî, f. N. of various women; -mukha, a. (î) moon-faced; -yasas, f. N. of a princess; -râga, m. man's N.; -lekhâ, f. N. of a queen; -vadana, a. moon-faced; -sekhara, m. ep. of Siva.
a. having bubbles or clots; m. N. of a son of Marîki: -î, f. kind of verses; N.; -rekhâ, f. line of dots; -saras, n. N. of a sacred lake; -sâra, m. N. of a prince, son of Kandra-gupta.
m. drop; globule; dot, spot; mark of the anusvâra (supposed to be of great mystical import and connected with Siva); zero or cypher; dot made above a letter to cancel an erasure; apparentlyinsignificant incident the effects of which spread like a drop of oil on water (dr.); spot or mark of paint on the body of an elephant; N.: -ka, m. drop; -ki-ta, den. pp. dotted over, covered with drops of (in.).
m. drop of sweat; -lesa, m. id.; -vâri, n. perspiration; -½ambu, n. id.; (svéda)-½ayana, n. passage for sweat, pore; -½udgama, m. breaking out of perspiration.
noun (masculine) a bright drop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a drop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a spark (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a symbolic expression for the number "one" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
designation of the Anusvāra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
night (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Soma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the periodic changes of the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the point on a die (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
time of moonlight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
silver Frequency rank 1306/72933
noun (feminine) a digit of the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cocculus Cordifolius (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ligusticum Ajowan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sarcostema Viminale (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a digit of the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of lovage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ligusticum Ajwaen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moon-plant Asclepias Acida (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the plant Menispermum Glabrum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) day of full moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a commentary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the sister of Bhoja and wife of Aja (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of weight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fruit of Diospyros emryopteris (yielding a kind of resin used as pitch for caulking vessels etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a warrior tribe (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Āṅgirasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the author of a Rasapaddhati (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) (in dram.) the sudden development of a secondary incident (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a coloured mark made on the forehead between the eyebrows (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a detached particle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a drop of water taken as a measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular mark like a dot made in cauterizing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pearl (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a zero or cypher (in manuscripts put over an erased word to show that it ought not to be erased "stet") (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
drop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
globule (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the dot over a letter representing the Anusvāra (supposed to be connected with Śiva and of great mystical importance) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a flaw in a jewel Frequency rank 1282/72933
adjective formed into balls or globules (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having drops or bubbles or clots (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
img/min.bmp Frequency rank 29391/72933
noun (feminine) name of a daughter of Śaśabindu and wife of Māndhātṛ (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a drama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a fisherman's daughter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a kind of verse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the murderess of Vidūratha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Marīci (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a king; son of Citraratha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the sons of Śaśabindu
the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Symphorema polyandrum Wight. (Surapāla (1988), 137)
Vitex negundo Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Vitex trifolia Linn. (Surapāla (1988), 137) Frequency rank 11127/72933
noun (masculine neuter) a spot of yellow or gold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tīrtha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tirtha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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