इन्दु [ indu ] [ í ndu ] m. (√ [ und ] Lit. Uṇ. i , 13 ; probably fr. [ ind ] = √ [ und ] , " to drop " ( see p. 165 , col. 3 , and cf. [ í ndra ] ) ; perhaps connected with [ bindu ] , which last is unknown in the Ṛig-veda Lit. BRD.) , Ved. a drop (especially of Soma) , Soma Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS.

a bright drop , a spark Lit. TS.

the moon

m. pl. ( [ avas ] ) the moons i.e. the periodic changes of the moon

time of moonlight , night Lit. RV. Lit. MBh. Lit. Śak. Lit. Megh.

camphor Lit. Bhpr.

the point on a die Lit. AV. vii , 109 , 6

N. of Vāstoshpati Lit. RV. vii , 54 , 2

a symbolic expression for the number " one "

designation of the Anusvāra

a coin Lit. L. ( In the Brāhmaṇas , [ indu ] is used only for the moon ; but the connexion between the meanings " Soma juice " and " moon " in the word [ indu ] has led to the same two ideas being transferred in classical Sanskṛit to the word [ soma ] , although the latter has properly only the sense " Soma juice. " )

the weight of a silver Pala, Lit. L.