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Idha Indriya

Idha (indecl.) [Sk. iha, adv. of space fr. pron. base *i (cp. ayaṁ, VvA 111 (+ mahānīla).
iti etc.), cp. Lat. ihi, Gr. ἰχα γενής, Av. ida] here, in this
Indavāruṇī (f.) [inda + vāruṇa] the Coloquintida plant J iv.8 (°ka
place, in this connection, now; esp. in this world or present
— rukkha).
existence Sn 1038, 1056, 1065; It 99 (idh' ûpapanna reborn in
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this existence); Dh 5, 15, 267, 343, 392; Nd 40, 109, 156; Nd 2 Indīvara (nt.) [etym.?] the blue water lily, Nymphaea Stel-lata
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or Cassia Fistula J v.92 (°ī — samā ratti); vi.536; Vv 45 (=
145, 146; SnA 147; PvA 45, 60, 71. -idhaloka this world,
2
c
the world of men Sn 1043 (= manussaloka Nd 552 ); PvA 64; uddālaka — puppha VvA 197).
in this religion, Vbh 245. On diff. meanings of idha see DhsA Indriya (nt.) [Vedic indriya adj. only in meaning "belonging to
348. Indra"; nt. strength, might (cp. inda), but in specific pāli sense
"belonging to the ruler", i. e. governing, ruling nt. govern-
Idhuma [Sk. idhma, see etym. under iṭṭhakā] fire — wood - Tela
ing, ruling or controlling principle] A. On term: Indriya is one
— kaṭāha — gāthā, p. 53, J.P.T.S. 1884.
of the most comprehensive & important categories of Bud-
Inda [Vedic indra, most likely to same root as indu moon, viz.
dhist psychological philosophy & ethics, meaning "controlling
*Idg. *eid to shine, cp. Lat. īdūs middle of month (after the principle, directive force, élan, δύναμις", in the foll. applica-
full moon), Oir. ēsce moon. Jacobi in K. Z. xxxi.316 sq. con-
tions: (a) with reference to sense — perceptibility "faculty,
nects Indra with Lat. neriosus strong & Nero). — 1. The
function", often wrongly interpreted as "organ"; (b) w. ref. to
Vedic god Indra D i.244; ii.261, 274; Sn 310, 316, 679, 1024; objective aspects of form and matter "kind, characteristic, de-
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Nd 177. — 2. lord, chief, king. Sakko devānaṁ indo D
terminating principle, sign, mark" (cp. woman — hood, hood
i.216, 217; ii.221, 275; S i.219. Vepɔcitti asurindo S i.221 ff.
= Goth. haidus "kind, form"); (c) w. ref. to moods of sen-
manussinda, S i.69, manujinda, Sn 553, narinda, Sn 863, all
sation and (d) to moral powers or motives controlling action,
of the Buddha, Ǥ chief of men ʼ; cp. Vism 491. [Europeans
"principle, controlling" force; (e) w. ref. to cognition & in-
have found a strange difficulty in understanding the real re-
sight "category". — Definitions of indriya among others at
lation of Sakka to Indra. The few references to Indra in the
DhsA 119; cp. Expositor 157; Dhs trsl. lvii; Cpd. 228, 229.
Nikāyas should be classed with the other fragments of Vedic
B. Classifications and groups of indriyāni. An exhaustive
mythology to be found in them. Sakka belongs only to the d
list comprises the indriyāni enum under A a — e, thus estab-
Buddhist mythology then being built up. He is not only quite
lishing a canonical scheme of 22 Controlling Powers (bāvīsati
different from Indra, but is the direct contrary of that bluster-
indriyāni), running thus at Vbh 122 sq. (see trsl. at Cpd. 175,
ing, drunken, god of war. See the passages collected in Dial.
176); and discussed in detail at Vism 491 sq. (a. sensorial)
ii.294— 298. The idiom sa-Indā devā, D ii.261, 274; A v.325,
(1) cakkh — undriya ("the eye which is a power", Cpd. 228)
means Ǥ the gods about Indra, Indra's retinue ʼ, this being a
the eye or (personal potentiality of) vision, (2) sot — indriya
Vedic story. But Devā Tāvatiṁsā sahindakā means the T.
the ear or hearing, (3) ghān° nose or smell, (4) jivh° tongue
gods together with their leader (D ii.208 — 212; S iii.90; cp. or taste, (5) kāy° body — sensibility, (6) man°) mind; (b.
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Vv 30 ) this being a Buddhist story].
material) (7) itth° female sex or femininity, (8) puris° male
-aggi (ind' aggi) Indra's fire, i. e. lightning PvA 56. -
sex or masculinity, (9) jīvit° life or vitality; (c. sensational)
gajjita (nt.) Indra's thunder Miln 22. -jāla deception DA
(10) sukh° pleasure, (11) dukkh° pain, (12) somanasa° joy,
i.85. -jālika a juggler, conjurer Miln 331. -dhanu the rain- (13) domanass° grief, (14) upekh° hedonic indifference (d.
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bow DA i.40. -bhavana the realm of Indra Nd 448 (cp. Tā-
moral) (15) saddh° faith, (16) viriy° energy, (17) sat° mind-
vatiṁsa — bhavana). -linga the characteristic of Indra Vism
fulness, (18) samādh° concentration, (19) paññ° reason; (e.
491. -sāla N. of tree J iv.92.
cognitional) (20) anaññāta-ñassāmīt° the thought "I shall
Indaka [dimin. fr. inda] — 1. Np. (see Dict. of names), e. g. at come to know the unknown", (21) aññ° (= aññā) gnosis, (22)
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Pv ii.9 ; PvA 136 sq. — 2. (—°) see inda 2. aññātā-v° one who knows. — Jīvitindriya (no. 9) is in some
redactions placed before itth° (no. 7), e. g. at Ps i.7, 137.
Indakhīla [inda + khīla, cp. BSk. indrakīla Divy 250, 365, 544;
— From this list are detached several groups, mentioned fre-
Av. Ś i.109, 223]. "Indra's post"; the post, stake or column of
quently and in various connections, no. 6 manas (mano, man
Indra, at or before the city gate; also a large slab of stone let
— indriya) wavering in its function, being either included un-
into the ground at the entrance of a house D ii.254 (°ṁ ūhacca,
d.
cp. DhA ii.181); Vin iv.160 (expl ibid. as sayani — gha- der (a) or (more frequently) omitted, so that the first set (a) is
th
marked off as pañc' indriyāni, the 6 being silently included
rassa ummāro, i. e. threshold); S v.444 (ayokhīlo +); Dh 95
(see below). This uncertainty regarding manas deserves to be
(°ûpama, cp. DhA ii.181); Th 1, 663; J i.89; Miln 364; Vism
noted. The foll. groups may be mentioned here viz 19 (nos. 1
72, 466; SnA 201; DA i.209 (nikkhamitvā bahi °ā); DhA ii.180
— 19) at Ps i.137; 10 (pañca rūpīni & pañca arūpīni) at Nett
(°sadisaṁ Sāriputtassa cittaṁ), 181 (nagara — dvāre nikhataṁ
69; three groups of five (nos. 1 — 5, 10 — 14, 15 — 19) at D
°ṁ).
iii.239, cp. 278; four (group d without paññā, i. e. nos. 15 —
Indagū see hindagū.
18) at A ii.141; three (saddh°, samādh°, paññ°, i. e. nos. 15,
Indagopaka [inda + gopaka, cp. Vedic indragopā having In- 18, 19) at A i. 118 sq. Under aṭṭhavidhaṁ indriya — rūpaṁ
dra as protector] a sort of insect ("cochineal, a red beetle", (Cpd. 159) or rūpaṁ as indriyaṁ "form which is faculty" Dhs
Böhtlingk), observed to come out of the ground after rain Th 661 (cp. trsl. p. 204) are understood the 5 sensitives (nos. 1
1, 13; Vin iii.42; J iv.258; v.168; DhA i.20; Brethren p. 18, n. — 5), the 2 séx — states (nos. 7, 8) and the vital force (no. 9),
n.
Indanīla [inda + nīla "Indra's blue"] a sapphire J i.80; Miln 118; i. e. groups a & b of enum ; discussed & defined in detail at
Dhs 709 — 717, 971 — 973. — It is often to be guessed from
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