इन्द्र

See also: इन्दुर and इन्दिरा

Hindi

Proper noun

इन्द्र • (indra) m (Urdu spelling اندر‎)

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

Declension

Declension of इन्द्र (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	इन्द्र indra
oblique	इन्द्र indra
vocative	इन्द्र indra

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• ইন্দ্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ইন্দ্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ઇન્દ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਇਨੑਦੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
• ឥន្ទ្រ (Khmer script)
• ಇನ್ದ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ອິນ຺ທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ഇന്ദ്ര (Malayalam script)
• 𑘂𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢈᠨᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡳᠨᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဣန္ဒြ (Burmese script)
• 𑦢𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର (Oriya script)
• ꢄꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ඉන්ද්ර (Sinhalese script)
• ఇన్ద్ర (Telugu script)
• อินฺทฺร (Thai script)
• ཨི་ནྡྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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”).

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ín.dɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin̪.d̪ɾɐ/

Proper noun

इन्द्र • (índra) m

1. Indra

Declension

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

इन्द्र • (índra) m

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

Derived terms

• इन्द्रिय (indriya)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha:
    • Arabic script: اِن‎
    • Latin script: in
• Prakrit: 𑀇𑀁𑀤 (iṃda)
• Pali: 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤 (inda)
• Punjabi: اِندَر‎ (indar) / ਇੰਦਰ (indar), اِند‎ (ind) / ਇੰਦ (ind)

Further reading

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