The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Indag(
Indag( see hindag(.
Indagopaka
Indagopaka [inda + gopaka, cp. Vedic indragop! having Indra as protector] a sort of insect ("cochineal, a
red beetle", Böhtlingk), observed to come out of the ground after rain Th 1, 13; Vin iii.42; J iv.258; v.168;
DhA i.20; Brethren p. 18, n.
Indan"la
Indan"la [inda + n"la "Indra's blue"] a sapphire J i.80; Miln 118; VvA 111 (+ mah!n"la).
Indav!ru*"
Indav!ru*" (f.) [inda + v!ru*a] the Coloquintida plant J iv.8 (˚ka -- rukkha).
Ind"vara
Ind"vara (nt.) [etym.?] the blue water lily, Nymphaea Stel- lata or Cassia Fistula J v.92 (˚" -- sam! ratti);
vi.536; Vv 451 (= udd!laka -- puppha VvA 197).
Indriya
Indriya (nt.) [Vedic indriya adj. only in meaning "belonging to Indra"; nt. strength, might (cp. inda), but in
specific p!li sense "belonging to the ruler", i. e. governing, ruling nt. governing, ruling or controlling
principle] A. On term: Indriya is one of the most comprehensive & important categories of Buddhist
psychological philosophy & ethics, meaning "controlling principle, directive force, élan, du/namis", in the
foll. applications: (a) with reference to sense -- perceptibility "faculty, function", often wrongly interpreted
as "organ"; (b) w. ref. to objective aspects of form and matter "kind, characteristic, determinating principle,
sign, mark" (cp. woman -- hood, hood = Goth. haidus "kind, form"); (c) w. ref. to moods of sensation and
(d) to moral powers or motives controlling action, "principle, controlling" force; (e) w. ref. to cognition &
insight "category". Definitions of indriya among others at DhsA 119; cp. Expositor 157; Dhs trsl. lvii;
Cpd. 228, 229. B. Classifications and groups of indriy!ni. An exhaustive list comprises the indriy!ni enumd
under A a -- e, thus establishing a canonical scheme of 22 Controlling Powers (b!v"sati indriy!ni), running
thus at Vbh 122 sq. (see trsl. at Cpd. 175, 176); and discussed in detail at Vism 491 sq. (a. sensorial) (1)
cakkh -- undriya ("the eye which is a power", Cpd. 228) the eye or (personal potentiality of) vision, (2) sot -
- indriya the ear or hearing, (3) gh!n˚ nose or smell, (4) jivh˚ tongue or taste, (5) k!y˚ body -- sensibility,
(6) man˚) mind; (b. material) (7) itth˚ female sex or femininity, (8) puris˚ male sex or masculinity, (9) j"vit˚
life or vitality; (c. sensational) (10) sukh˚ pleasure, (11) dukkh˚ pain, (12) somanasa˚ joy, (13) domanass˚
grief, (14) upekh˚ hedonic indifference (d. moral) (15) saddh˚ faith, (16) viriy˚ energy, (17) sat˚
mindfulness, (18) sam!dh˚ concentration, (19) paññ˚ reason; (e. cognitional) (20) anaññ!ta -- ñass!m"t˚ the
thought "I shall come to know the unknown", (21) aññ˚ (= aññ!) gnosis, (22) aññ!t! -- v˚ one who knows. -
- J"vitindriya (no. 9) is in some redactions placed before itth˚ (no. 7), e. g. at Ps i.7, 137. -- From this list are
detached several groups, mentioned frequently and in various connections, no. 6 manas (mano, man --
indriya) wavering in its function, being either included under (a) or (more frequently) omitted, so that the
first set (a) is marked off as pañc' indriy!ni, the 6th being silently included (see below). This uncertainty
regarding manas deserves to be noted. The foll. groups may be mentioned here viz 19 (nos. 1 -- 19) at Ps
i.137; 10 (pañca r(p"ni &
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