ṛjīṣin : ṛjīṣín mfn. receiving the residue of Soma or the juice produced by the third pressure of the plant [[Sāy.]] N. of Indra and of the Maruts, [RV.]

ṛjīṣin : having or consisting of the residue, [TS.]

vajrī : vájrī f. a kind of Euphorbia, [L.]

vajrī : in comp. for vajra.

vajrin : vajrín mf(iRI)n. holding or wielding a thunderbolt (said of various gods), [RV.]; [MBh.]

vajrin : containing the word vajra, [PañcavBr.]

vajrin : vajrín m. ‘thunderer’, N. of Indra, [ib.]; [MBh.] &c.

vajrin : a Buddha or Jaina deified saint, [L.]

vajrin : one of the Viśve Devāḥ, [MBh.]

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá mfn. (cf. ṛṣabha) manly, mighty, vigorous, strong (applied like vṛṣan to animate and inanimate objects), [RV.]; [AV.]

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá m. (ifc. f(A). ) a bull (in Veda epithet of various gods, as of Indra, Bṛhas-pati, Parjanya &c.; according to [Sāy.] = varṣayitṛ, ‘a showerer of bounties, benefactor’), [RV.] &c.

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá m. the chief, most excellent or eminent, lord or best among (in later language mostly ifc., or with gen.), [ib.]

vṛṣabha : the zodiacal sign Taurus, [VarBṛS.]

vṛṣabha : a partic. drug (described as a root brought from the Himālaya mountains, resembling the horn of a bull, of cooling and tonic properties, and serviceable in catarrh and consumption), [Bhpr.]

vṛṣabha : the hollow or orifice of the ear, [L.]

vṛṣabha : N. of Daśad-yu, [RV.]

vṛṣabha : of an Asura slain by Viṣṇu, [Hariv.] (v.l. ṛṣ°)

vṛṣabha : of one of the sons of the 10th Manu, [MārkP.]

vṛṣabha : of a warrior, [MBh.]

vṛṣabha : of a son of Kuśāgra, [Hariv.] (v.l. ṛṣ°)

vṛṣabha : of a son of Kārtavīrya, [BhP.]

vṛṣabha : (with Jainas) of the first Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [Col.]

vṛṣabha : of a mountain in Giri-vraja, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

vṛṣabha : (in astron.) of the 28th Muhūrta

śuṣmin : śuṣmín mfn. roaring, rushing, [RV.]

śuṣmin : strong, fiery, mettlesome, vigorous, impetuous, courageous, bold, [ib.] &c. &c.

śuṣmin : sexually excited, ruttish (applied to bulls and elephants), [MBh.]; [BhP.]

śuṣmin : śuṣmín m. pl. N. of a caste living in Kuśa-dvīpa (corresponding to the Kṣatriyas), [Pur.]

rājan : m. (ifc. mostly m(-rAja) , esp. in Tat-puruṣas; f(-rAjan, °jA or °jYI). ; cf. [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 28], Sch.) a king, sovereign, prince, chief (often applied to gods, e.g. to Varuṇa and the other Ādityas, to Indra, Yama &c., but esp. to Soma [also the plant and juice] and the Moon), [RV.] &c. &c.

rājan : a man of the royal tribe or the military caste, a Kṣatriya, [ĀśvŚr.]; [ChUp.]; [Mn.] &c. (cf. rājanya)

rājan : a Yakṣa, [L.]

rājan : N. of one of the 18 attendants on Sūrya (identified with a form of Guha), [L.]

rājan : of Yudhiṣṭhira, [MBh.] (rājñām indra-mahotsavaḥ and rājñām pratibodhaḥ, N. of wks.); ; (rā́jñī) f. See s.v.

rājan : [cf. Lat. rex; Kelt. rîg, fr. which Old Germ. rîk; Goth. reiks; Angl.-Sax. rîce; Eng. rich.]

rājan : rāján (only in loc. rājáni) government, guidance, [RV. x, 49, 4.]

vṛtrahan : vṛtra—hán mf(GnI)n. killing enemies or V°, victorious, [RV.] &c. &c. (mostly applied to Indra, but also to Agni and even to Sarasvatī)

somapāvan : soma—pā́van m. a S° drinker, [RV.]

yuj : (cf. √ 2. yu) cl. 7. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxix, 7]) yunákti, yuṅkté (ep. also yuñjati, °te; Ved. yojati, °te; yuje, yujmahe, 3. pl. yujata Impv. yukṣvá; Pot. yuñjīyāt, [R.]; pf. yuyója, yuyujé, [RV.] &c. &c., 3. sg. yuyojate, [RV. viii, 70, 7]; aor. Class. P. ayokṣīt, ayaukṣīt or ayujat; Ved. also Ā. áyuji; Ved. and Class. ayukṣi, ayukta; fut. yoktā́, [Br.]; yokṣyati, [ib.]; °te, [AV.] &c. &c.; inf. yoktum, [Br.]; yujé, [RV.]; ind.p. yuktvā́, [ib.] &c. &c.; yuktvā́ya, [RV.]; [Br.]; -yujya, [MBh.] &c.), to yoke or join or fasten or harness (horses or a chariot), [RV.] &c. &c.; to make ready, prepare, arrange, fit out, set to work, use, employ, apply, [ib.]; to equip (an army), [R.]; to offer, perform (prayers, a sacrifice), [BhP.]; to put on (arrows on a bow-string), [MBh.]; to fix in, insert, inject (semen), [ŚBr.]; to appoint to, charge or intrust with (loc. or dat.), [MBh.]; [VP.]; to command, enjoin, [BhP.]; to turn or direct or fix or concentrate (the mind, thoughts &c.) upon (loc.), [TS.] &c. &c.; (P. Ā.) to concentrate the mind in order to obtain union with the Universal Spirit, be absorbed in meditation (also with yogam), [MaitrUp.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to recollect, recall, [MBh.]; to join, unite, connect, add, bring together, [RV.] &c. &c. (Ā. to be attached, cleave to, [Hariv.]); to confer, or bestow anything (acc.) upon (gen. or loc.), [BhP.]; [MārkP.] (Ā. with acc., to become possessed of [MBh.]; with ātmani, to use for one's self, enjoy, [Mn. vi, 12]); to bring into possession of, furnish or endow with (instr.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to join one's self to (acc.), [RV.]; (in astron.) to come into union or conjunction with (acc.), [VarBṛS.] : Pass. yujyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. áyoji), to be yoked or harnessed or joined &c., [RV.] &c. &c.; to attach one's self to (loc.), [Hit.]; to be made ready or prepared for (dat.), [Bhag.]; to be united in marriage, [Gaut.]; [MBh.]; to be endowed with or possessed of (instr. with or without saha), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (in astron.) to come into conjunction with (instr.), [VarBṛS.]; to accrue to, fall to the lot of (gen.), [Pañcat.]; to be fit or proper or suitable or right, suit anything (instr.), be fitted for (loc.), belong to or suit any one (loc. or gen.), deserve to be (nom.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with na) not to be fit or proper &c. for (instr.) or to (inf., also with pass. sense = ‘ought not to be’), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.] : Caus. yojayati (mc. also °te; aor. ayūyujat; Pass. yojyate), to harness, yoke with (instr.), put to (loc.), [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c.; to equip (an army), draw up (troops), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to use, employ, set to work, apply, undertake, carry on, perform, accomplish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to urge or impel to, [Bhartṛ.]; [Prab.]; to lead towards, help to (loc.), [Sarvad.]; to set (snares, nets &c.), [MBh.]; [Hit.]; to put or fix on (esp. arrows), [ĀśvGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.; to aim (arrows) at (loc.), [R.]; to fasten on or in, attack, adjust, add, insert, [Kauś.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; (with manas, ātmānam &c.) to direct the thoughts to, concentrate or fix the mind upon (loc.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]; to join, unite, connect, combine, bring or put together (also = write, compose), [R.]; [Var.]; [Rājat.] &c.; to encompass, embrace, [MBh.]; to put in order, arrange, repair, restore, [Rājat.]; to endow or furnish or provide with (instr.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to mix (food) with (instr.), [Mn. vii, 218]; to confer anything upon (loc.), [BhP.]; (in astron.) to ascertain or know (jānāti) the conjunction of the moon with an asterism (instr.), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 26], Vārtt. 11 [Pat.]; (Ā.) to think little of, esteem lightly, despise, [Vop.] in [Dhātup. xxxiii, 36] : Desid. yuyukṣati, to wish to harness or yoke or join &c.; to wish to appoint or institute, [MBh.]; to wish to fix or aim (arrows), [BhP.]; (Ā.) to wish to be absorbed in meditation, devout, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Intens. yoyujyate, yoyujīti or yoyokti Gr.

yuj : [cf. Gk. ζεύγνυμι, ζυγόν; Lat. jungere, jugum; Lith. jùngus; Slav. igo; Goth. juk; Germ. joh, Joch; Angl.Sax. geoc; Eng. yoke.]

yuj : yúj mfn. (mostly ifc.; when uncompounded, the strong cases have a nasal, e.g. nom. yuṅ, yuñjau, yuñjas, but aśva-yuk &c., [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 71]) joined, yoked, harnessed, drawn by, [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. aśva-, hari-, hayottama-yuj)

yuj : furnished or provided or filled with, affected by, possessed of (instr., mostly comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

yuj : bestowing, granting (e.g. kāma-yuj, ‘granting wishes’), [Hariv.]

yuj : exciting, an exciter (e.g. yuṇ bhiyaḥ, an exciter of fear), [Bhaṭṭ.]

yuj : being in couples or pairs, even (not odd or separate), [Lāṭy.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

yuj : yúj m. a yoke-fellow, companion, comrade, associate, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

yuj : a sage who devotes his time to abstract contemplation, [W.]

yuj : a pair, couple, the number ‘two’, [Pañcar.]

yuj : du. the two Aśvins, [L.]

yuj : (in astron.) the zodiacal sign Gemini.

hari : mfn. (for 2. See col. 3) bearing, carrying (see dṛti and nātha-h°).

hari : hári mfn. (prob. fr. a lost √ hṛ, ‘to be yellow or green’; for 1. See above, col. 2) fawn-coloured, reddish brown, brown, tawny, pale yellow, yellow, fallow, bay (esp. applied to horses), green, greenish, [RV.] &c., &c.

hari : hári m. yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour), [L.]

hari : a horse, steed (esp. of Indra), [RV.] &c. &c.

hari : a lion, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

hari : the sign of the zodiac Leo, [VarBṛS.]

hari : the sun, [ib.]

hari : = hari-nakṣatra, [ib.]

hari : a monkey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

hari : ([L.] also, a ray of light; the moon; Phaseolus Mungo; a jackal; a parrot; a peacock; the Koil or Indian cuckoo; a goose; a frog; a snake; fire)

hari : the wind or N. of Vāyu (god of the wind), [R.]

hari : of Indra, [ib.] &c.

hari : (esp.) N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa (in this sense thought by some to be derived from √ hṛ, ‘to take away or remove evil or sin’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

hari : of Brahmā, [TĀr.]

hari : of Yama, [L.]

hari : of Śiva, [L.]

hari : of Śukra, [L.]

hari : of Su-parṇa, [L.]

hari : of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh.]

hari : of a Rākṣasa, [ib.]

hari : of a Dānava, [Hariv.]

hari : of a son of Akampana (or Anukampana), [MBh.]

hari : of a son of Tārakākṣa, [ib.]

hari : of a son of Parājit, [Hariv.]

hari : of a son of Parāvṛt, [VP.]

hari : of a worshipper of Viṣṇu, [BhP.]

hari : of various authors and scholars (esp. of the poet Bhartṛ-hari as the author of the Vākya-padīya; also with miśra, bhaṭṭa, dīkṣita &c.), [Cat.]

hari : of a mountain, [VP.]

hari : of a world (cf. hari-varṣa), [L.]

hari : of a metre, [Col.]

hari : of a partic. high number, [Buddh.]

hari : pl. men, people (= manuṣyāḥ), [Naigh. ii, 3]

hari : a partic. class of gods under Manu Tāmasa, [Pur.]

hari : [cf. Lat. holus, helvus, fulvus; Lith. żálias, żélti; Slav. zelenǔ; Germ. gëlo, gelb; Eng. yellow.]

hari : ind. (for 1. See p. 1289, col. 2; for 2. [ib.], col. 3) an exclamation (‘alas!’), [MW.]

upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten)

upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well)

upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions)

upa : near to, at, on, upon

upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains)

upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.;

upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.]

yā : (ā), f. going; a car

yā : restraining, religious meditation

yā : attaining

yā : pudendum muliebre

yā : N. of Lakṣmī.

yā : (collateral form of √ 5. i) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 41]) yā́ti (1. pl. yāmahe, [MBh.]; impf. 3. pl. ayuḥ, [Br.]; ayān, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 111], Sch.; pf. yayaú, yayā́tha, yayá, yayúḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; yaye, [Kāv.]; aor. ayāsam or ayāsiṣam; Subj. yā́sat, yeṣam, yāsiṣat, [RV.]; [Br.]; Prec. yāsiṣīṣṭhās, [Br.]; fut. yātā, [MBh.] &c.; yāsyati, [AV.]; °te, [MBh.]; inf. yātum, [MBh.] &c.; Ved. inf. yaí, yā́tave or °vaí; ind.p. yātvā́, [Br.] &c.; -yā́ya, -yāyam, [ib.]), to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey (often with instr. or acc. of the way, esp. with gatim, mārgam, adhvānam, panthānam, padavīm, yātrām), [RV.] &c. &c.; to go away, withdraw, retire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (also with palāyya) to flee, escape, [R.]; [Kathās.] (with kṣemeṇa or svasti, to escape unscathed, [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]); to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach, [RV.] &c. &c. (with acc. often followed by prati, e.g. with gṛham, to enter a house; with ripum prati, to march against the enemy; with mṛgayām, to go out hunting; with śirasāmahīm, to bow down to the ground with the head; with prakṛtim, to return to one's natural state; with karṇau, to come to the ears, be heard; with utsavād utsavam, to go from one festival to another; with hastam ifc., to fall into the hands of; with patham or gocaram ifc., to come within range of; esp. with the acc. of an abstract noun = to go to any state or condition, become, be, e.g. vināśaṃ yāti, he goes to destruction i.e. he is destroyed; kāṭhinyaṃ yāti, it becomes hard; dveṣyatāṃ yāti, he becomes hated; similarly nidhanaṃ-√ yā, to die; nidrāṃ-√ yā, to fall asleep; udayaṃ-√ yā, to rise, said of stars &c.; sometimes also with loc., e.g. yāhi rājñaḥ sakāśe, go into the presence of the king, [R.]; or even with dat., e.g. yayatuḥ sva-niveśāya, both went home, [Kathās.] ; na cātmane kṛpaṇasya dhanaṃ yāti, nor does the wealth of the miser go to [i.e. benefit] himself, [Hit.]; phalebhyo yāti, he goes to [fetch] fruits, [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 14], Sch.); to go to for any request, implore, solicit (with two acc.), [RV.]; (with striyam) to go to a woman for sexual intercourse, [MBh.]; to go to for any purpose (inf.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Vop.]; often with adverbs, e.g. with bahir, to go out, [Kathās.]; with adho, to go down, sink, [BhP.]; with khaṇḍaśo or dalaśo, to fall to pieces, [Kathās.]; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, [ib.]; to extend to (acc.), [VarBṛS.]; to last for (acc.), [Hit.]; to pass away, elapse (said of time), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to vanish, disappear (as wealth), [Mṛcch.]; to come to pass, prosper, succeed, [BhP.]; to proceed, behave, act, [MBh.]; to find out, discover, [MBh.]; to receive or learn (a science) from (abl.), [BhP.]; to undertake, undergo (acc.), [RV.]; Impv. yātu, be it as it may, [Hit.] : Pass. yāyate, to be gone or moved, [MBh.] : Caus. yāpáyati (aor. ayīyapat), to cause to depart, cause to go or march, dismiss, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to cause to go towards (acc.), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 32], Sch. (cf. yāpita); to direct (the gaze) towards (loc.), [Bhartṛ.] (v.l. pātayati); to drive away remove, cure (a disease), [Suśr.]; to cause to pass or elapse, pass or spend (time), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to live (Pāli yāpeti), [Divyāv.]; to cause to subsist, support, maintain, [Divyāv.]; to induce, [MW.] : Desid. yiyāsati, to intend or be about to go, desire to proceed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Intens. īyāyate (?), to move, [PraśnUp.]; yāyayate, yāyeti, yāyāti Gr.

yā : (ifc.) going, moving (see ṛṇa-, eva-, tura-, deva-yā).

yā : f. of ya, q.v.

mādhyaṃdina : mā́dhya—ṃ-dina (mā́dh°), mf(I)n. (fr. madhyaṃ-dina) belonging to midday, meridional, [RV.] &c. &c.

mādhyaṃdina : mā́dhya—ṃ-dina m. = mādhyaṃdinaḥ pavanaḥ, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

mādhyaṃdina : pl. N. of a branch of the Vājasaneyins, [Inscr.] &c. (cf. [IW. 150]; [245, 2])

mādhyaṃdina : of an astron. school who fixed the starting-point of planetary movements at noon, [Col.]

mādhyaṃdina : of a family, [Pravar.]

mādhyaṃdina : mā́dhya—ṃ-dina n. = mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam, [KātyŚr.]

mādhyaṃdina : N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.]

savana : sávana n. (for 2. See col. 2) the act of pressing out the Soma-juice (performed at the three periods of the day; cf. tri-ṣavaṇa; prātaḥ-.,mādhyaṃdina- and tṛtīya-s°), [RV.] &c. &c.

savana : the pressed out Soma-juice and its libation, a Soma festival, any oblation or sacrificial rite, [ib.]

savana : (with puṃsaḥ) = puṃsavana, [Yājñ. i, 11] (pl.) the three periods of day (morning, noon, and evening), [Gaut.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

savana : time (in general), [BhP.]

savana : bathing, ablution, religious bathing (performed at morning, noon, and evening), [Kir.]

savana : sávana n. (for 1. See col. 1; for See p. 1191, col. 2; for sa-vana See col. 3) instigation, order, command (cf. satyá-s°), [RV.]; [MaitrUp.]

savana : sa—vana mf(A)n. (fur See col. 1 &c.) together with woods, [MBh.]

savana : n. (fr. √ su or sū; for 1. 2. see 1190, cols. 1. 2; for sa-vana, p. 1190, col. 3) fire, [BhP.]

savana : a kind of hell, [VP.]

savana : N. of a son of Bhṛgu, [MBh.]

savana : of a son of Vasiṣṭha (one of the seven Ṛṣis under Manu Rohita), [VP.]

savana : of a son of Manu Svayambhuva, [Hariv.]

savana : of a son of Priya-vrata (v.l. savala), [Pur.]

mad : base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)

mad : (cf. √ mand) cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 99]) mā́dyati (ep. also °te; Ved. also cl. 1. P. Ā. madati, °te; cl. 3. P. mamátti, °ttu, mamádat, ámamaduḥ; Ved. Impv. mátsi, °sva; pf. mamā́da; aor. amādiṣuḥ, amatsuḥ, amatta; Subj. mátsati, °sat; fut. maditā, madiṣyati Gr.; Ved. inf. maditos), to rejoice, be glad, exult, delight or revel in (instr. gen. loc., rarely acc.), be drunk (also fig.) with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to enjoy heavenly bliss (said of gods and deceased ancestors), [RV.]; [TBr.]; to boil, bubble (as water), [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Hariv.]; to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, animate, inspire, [RV.] : Caus. mādáyati or madáyati, °te ([Dhātup. xxxiii, 31], [xix, 54]; aor. ámīmadat or amamadat; Ved. inf. mādayádhyai), to gladden, delight, satisfy, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspire, [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to be glad, rejoice, be pleased or happy or at ease, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Kauś.]; (Ā.) to enjoy heavenly bliss, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [BhP.] : Desid. mimadiṣati Gr.: Intens. māmadyate, māmatti, [ib.]

mad : [Perhaps orig. ‘to be moist’; cf. Gk. μαδάω; Lat. madere.]

mad : 2. mand or (only mamáttana, mamandhi, ámaman), to tarry, stand still, pause, [RV.] (cf. upa-ni-√ mand and ni-√ mad) : Caus. See mandaya.

indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]