Indrāṇī
By M. A. Alwar
Gender[edit]
Indrāṇī is a feminine form.
Origin[edit]
General[edit]
It is derived from 'indrasya aiśvaryaśālinaḥ surarājasya vā patnī' which means 'The wife of Indra, an affluent man or the king of Gods'.
Grammatical[edit]
Grammatically, the word is derived from indra+ṅīṣ, along with ānuk augment. It is given by the aphorism indra-varuṇa-bhava-śarva-rudra-mṛḍa-hima-araṇya-yava-yavana-mātulācāryāṇāmānuk.
Meanings[edit]
- The goddess Durgā
- The wife of Indra
- The personified energy of Indra
- The Indrasurisa tree
- Sense organ of women[1]
- The blue Sinduvāra tree (Vitex negundo)
- Large cardamoms
- Small cardamoms[2]
- The name of one of the eight mātṛkās[3]
Synonyms[edit]
As the Wife of Indra[edit]
“As indrāṇī is to Indra, and as Lakṣmī is to Lord Viṣṇu…”[7]
As per Śakti[edit]
It means personified energy of Indra.[8]
“Here I invite the Indrāṇī and the Varuṇānī”.
As per Dayānanda Sarasvatī[edit]
According to Dayānanda Sarasvatī it is a personified energy of either Indra, Surya or Vāyu.
As Goddess Durgā[edit]
As per Durgā, the word is used in Devīpurāṇam, 45th chapter.
The goddess is called Indrāṇī, an epithet derived from the root [9] idi, which denotes supreme sovereignty), because her powers are supreme, and all the Gods and Demons are under her control.
References[edit]
- Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu