इन्द्र

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Hindi[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

इन्द्र (indram (Urdu spelling اندر‎)

  1. Alternative spelling of इंद्र (indra): Indra (Hindu god of thunder)

Declension[edit]

Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. From Proto-Indo-Aryan *índras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *índras. One possibility is conception as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyd- (to swell) with nasal infix, thus *(H)i-n-d-ro- (strong) individualized into "the strong one" and underwent a secondary accent shift. In this case इन्द्र (indra) could be cognate with Serbo-Croatian jedar (strong).[1]

Alternatively from the BMAC substrate. Maybe related to Proto-Circassian *yənə-ø-ra ‘huge-be-ger’, cf. Abkhaz a-ynar, the Nart god of the forge.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬭𐬀(iṇdra, name of a daeva), Kamkata-viri ī˜drʻ (name of a god), and Prasuni indr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

इन्द्र (índram

  1. Indra

Declension[edit]

Masculine a-stem declension of इन्द्र (índra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative इन्द्रः
índraḥ
इन्द्रौ
índrau
इन्द्राः / इन्द्रासः¹
índrāḥ / índrāsaḥ¹
Vocative इन्द्र
índra
इन्द्रौ
índrau
इन्द्राः / इन्द्रासः¹
índrāḥ / índrāsaḥ¹
Accusative इन्द्रम्
índram
इन्द्रौ
índrau
इन्द्रान्
índrān
Instrumental इन्द्रेण
índreṇa
इन्द्राभ्याम्
índrābhyām
इन्द्रैः / इन्द्रेभिः¹
índraiḥ / índrebhiḥ¹
Dative इन्द्राय
índrāya
इन्द्राभ्याम्
índrābhyām
इन्द्रेभ्यः
índrebhyaḥ
Ablative इन्द्रात्
índrāt
इन्द्राभ्याम्
índrābhyām
इन्द्रेभ्यः
índrebhyaḥ
Genitive इन्द्रस्य
índrasya
इन्द्रयोः
índrayoḥ
इन्द्राणाम्
índrāṇām
Locative इन्द्रे
índre
इन्द्रयोः
índrayoḥ
इन्द्रेषु
índreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun[edit]

इन्द्र (índram

  1. the supreme being
  2. a prince
  3. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects)
  4. the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra’s wife)
  5. a male given name
  6. the plant Wrightia antidysenterica
  7. a vegetable poison
  8. the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic
  9. the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth nakshatra, γ Pegasi
  10. the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body
  11. night
  12. one of the nine divisions of Jambudvīpa or the known continent

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-93

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