सिन्धु [ sindhu ] [ sí ndhu ] m. and f. (prob. fr. √ 1. [ sidh ] , " to go " ) a river , stream (esp. the Indus , and in this sense said to be the only river regarded as m. see [ -nada ] , col.2) Lit. RV.

[ sindhu ] m. flood , waters (also in the sky) Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

ocean , sea Lit. RV.

a symbolical term for the number 4 ( cf. 1. [ samudra ] ) Lit. Gaṇit.

N. of Varuṇa (as god of the ocean) Lit. MW.

the moisture of the lips Lit. Kum.

water ejected from an elephant's trunk (= [ vamathu ] ) Lit. L.

the exudation from an elephant's temples Lit. L.

the country around the Indus (commonly called Sindh ; pl. " the inhabitants of Sindh " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

a king of Sindh (?) Lit. Cat.

N. of Vishṇu Lit. RV. Lit. MBh.

white or refined borax (= [ śveta-ṭaṅkaṇa ] ) Lit. L.

= [ sindhuka ] Lit. L.

(in music) a partic. Rāga , Lit. Saṃgītas.

N. of a king of the Gandharvas Lit. R.

of a serpent-demon Lit. Buddh.

of various men Lit. Rājat.