indu | इन्दु | indu
i/ndu | इ/न्दु | m. (√ und | उन्द् |, Uṇ. i, 13; probably fr. ind | इन्द् | = √ und | उन्द् |, ‘to drop’ [see p. 165, col. 3, and cf. i/ndra | इ/न्द्र |]; perhaps connected with bindu | बिन्दु |, which last is unknown in the Ṛg-veda, BRD.), Ved. a drop (especially of Soma), Soma, RV.; AV.; VS.
a bright drop, a spark, TS.
the moon
m. pl. (avas | अवस् |) 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 Vāstoṣpati, RV. vii, 54, 2
a symbolic expression for the number ‘one’
designation of the Anusvāra
a coin, L. (In the Brāhmaṇas, indu | इन्दु | is used only for the moon; but the connexion between the meanings ‘Soma juice’ and ‘moon’ in the word indu | इन्दु | has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskṛt to the word soma | सोम |, although the latter has properly only the sense ‘Soma juice’.)
the weight of a silver Pala, L.
a bright drop, a spark, TS.
the moon
m. pl. (avas | अवस् |) 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 Vāstoṣpati, RV. vii, 54, 2
a symbolic expression for the number ‘one’
designation of the Anusvāra
a coin, L. (In the Brāhmaṇas, indu | इन्दु | is used only for the moon; but the connexion between the meanings ‘Soma juice’ and ‘moon’ in the word indu | इन्दु | has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskṛt to the word soma | सोम |, although the latter has properly only the sense ‘Soma juice’.)
the weight of a silver Pala, L.