इन्दु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ইন্দু (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
• ইন্দু (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဣန္ဒု (Burmese script)
• ઇન્દુ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਨ੍ਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಇನ್ದು (Kannada script)
• ឥន្ទុ (Khmer script)
• ອິນ຺ທຸ (Lao script)
• ഇന്ദു (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᠨᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠨᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଇନ୍ଦୁ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢥ꣄ꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඉන්‍දු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
• இந்து³ (Tamil script)
• ఇన్దు (Telugu script)
• อินฺทุ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ནྡུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to the root उन्द् (und, “to flow or issue out, spring (as water); to wet, bathe”), ultimately root cognate with English water. Compare Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ín.du/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈin̪.d̪u/

Noun

इन्दु • (índu) stem, m

1. a drop, especially of Soma (Vedic), a bright drop, a spark (Vedic)
2. juice, soma
3. the moon; time of moonlight, night (Vedic); (in the plural) the periodic changes of the moon
4. camphor
5. a point, the point on a die (AV 7.109.6), a symbolic expression for the number "one"; designation of the Anusvara
6. a name of Vāstoṣpati (RV. 7.54.2)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of इन्दु (índu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इन्दुः índuḥ	इन्दू índū	इन्दवः índavaḥ
Vocative	इन्दो índo	इन्दू índū	इन्दवः índavaḥ
Accusative	इन्दुम् índum	इन्दू índū	इन्दून् índūn
Instrumental	इन्दुना / इन्द्वा¹ índunā / índvā¹	इन्दुभ्याम् índubhyām	इन्दुभिः índubhiḥ
Dative	इन्दवे índave	इन्दुभ्याम् índubhyām	इन्दुभ्यः índubhyaḥ
Ablative	इन्दोः índoḥ	इन्दुभ्याम् índubhyām	इन्दुभ्यः índubhyaḥ
Genitive	इन्दोः índoḥ	इन्द्वोः índvoḥ	इन्दूनाम् índūnām
Locative	इन्दौ índau	इन्द्वोः índvoḥ	इन्दुषु índuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• दिव्येन्दु (divyendu)

Descendants

• Assamese: ইন্দু (indu)
• Bengali: ইন্দু (indu)
• Gujarati: ઇન્દુ (indu)
• Hindi: इन्दु (indu), इंदु (indu)
• Javanese: ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (indu)
• Kannada: ಇಂದು (indu)
• Khmer: ឥន្ទុ (ʼɨn)
• Malayalam: ഇന്ദു (indu)
• Marathi: इण्दु (iṇdu)
• Odia: ଇନ୍ଦୁ (indu)
• Telugu: ఇందు (indu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “इन्दु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 166, column 1.