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Indrāṇī

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

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]

  1. The goddess Durgā
  2. The wife of Indra
  3. The personified energy of Indra
  4. The Indrasurisa tree
  5. Sense organ of women[1]
  6. The blue Sinduvāra tree (Vitex negundo)
  7. Large cardamoms
  8. Small cardamoms[2]
  9. The name of one of the eight mātṛkās[3]

Synonyms[edit]

As the Wife of Indra[edit]

  1. Pulomajā
  2. Śacī[4]
  3. Paulomī[5]
  4. Pūtakratāyī
  5. Māhendrī
  6. Jayavāhinī
  7. Aindrī
  8. Śatāvarī[6]

“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]

  1. ↑ As per Medinī.
  2. ↑ As per Rājanirghaṇṭa.
  3. ↑ As per Smṛti
  4. ↑ As per Amara
  5. ↑ As per Medinī
  6. ↑ As per śabdaratnāvalī
  7. ↑ Bhaviṣyatpurāṇam, ṣaṭpañcamīvratakathā
  8. ↑ Ṛgveda, 1|22|12
  9. ↑ इदि परमैश्वर्ये
  • Shabdakalpadrumah by Raja Radhakantdev, Varadaprasada Vasu, Haricarana Vasu

Contributors to this article

Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti, M. A. Alwar

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