इन्द्रिय

Noun

 * 1)  (“faculty”)

Etymology
Most likely from BMAC language roots

Noun

 * 1) power, force, the quality which belongs especially to the mighty
 * 2) exhibition of power, powerful act
 * 3) bodily power, power of the senses
 * 4) virile power AV. VS. ṠBr.
 * 5) semen virile VS. KātyṠr. MBh. &c.
 * 6) faculty of sense, sense, organ of sense AV. Suṡr. Mn. Ragh. Kir. &c.
 * 7) the number five as symbolical of the five senses. (In addition to the five organs of perception, बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि or ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, and skin, the Hindus enumerate five organs of action, कर्मेन्द्रियाणि i.e. larynx, hand, foot, anus, and parts of generation ; between these ten organs and the soul or आत्मन् stands मनस् or mind, considered as an eleventh organ ; in the वेदान्त, मनस्, बुद्धि, अहंकार, and चित्त form the four inner or internal organs, अन्तर्-इन्द्रियाणि, so that according to this reckoning the organs are fourteen in number, each being presided over by its own ruler or नियन्तृ ; thus, the eye by the Sun, the ear by the Quarters of the world, the nose by the two अश्विन्s, the tongue by प्रचेतस्, the skin by the Wind, the voice by Fire, the hand by इन्द्र, the foot by विष्णु, the anus by मित्र, the parts of generation by प्रजापति, manas by the Moon, बुद्धि by ब्रह्मन्, अहंकार by शिव, citta by विष्णु as अच्युत ; in the न्याय philosophy each organ is connected with its own peculiar element, the nose with the Earth, the tongue with Water, the eye with Light or Fire, the skin with Air, the ear with Ether ; the जैनs divide the whole creation into five sections, according to the number of organs attributed to each being.)

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Noun

 * 1) a member of Indra’s retinue (?)

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or derived from Indra