इन्द्रिय [ indriya ] [ indriyá ] m. f. n. fit for or belonging to or agreeable to Indra Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS.

  [ indriya ] m. a companion of Indra (?) Lit. RV. i , 107 , 2 Lit. AV. xix , 27 , 1

  n. power , force , the quality which belongs especially to the mighty Indra Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. TS. Lit. AitBr. Lit. ŚBr.

  exhibition of power , powerful act Lit. RV. Lit. VS.

  bodily power , power of the senses

  virile power Lit. AV. Lit. VS. Lit. ŚBr.

  semen virile Lit. VS. Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. MBh.

  faculty of sense , sense , organ of sense Lit. AV. Lit. Suśr. Lit. Mn. Lit. Ragh. Lit. Kir.

  the number five as symbolical of the five senses. (In addition to the five organs of perception , [ buddhīndriyāṇi ] or [ jñānendriyāṇi ] , i.e. eye , ear , nose , tongue , and skin , the Hindūs enumerate five organs of action , [ karmendriyāṇi ] i.e. larynx , hand , foot , anus , and parts of generation ; between these ten organs and the soul or [ ātman ] stands [ manas ] or mind , considered as an eleventh organ ; in the Vedānta , [ manas] , [ buddhi ] , [ ahaṃkāra ] , and [ citta ] form the four inner or internal organs , [ antar-indriyāṇi ] , so that according to this reckoning the organs are fourteen in number , each being presided over by its own ruler or [niyantṛ ] ; thus , the eye by the Sun , the ear by the Quarters of the world , the nose by the two Aśvins , the tongue by Pracetas , the skin by the Wind , the voice by Fire , the hand by Indra , the foot by Vishṇu , the anus by Mitra , the parts of generation by Prajāpati , manas by the Moon , buddhi by Brahman , ahaṃkāra by Śiva , citta by Vishṇu as Acyuta ; in the Nyāya 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 Jainas divide the whole creation into five sections , according to the number of organs attributed to each being.)