iMdriya a. Fit for or belonging to or agreeable to, Indra. — yaH A friend or companion of Indra. — yaM [ iMdra-Ga; iMdreRa durjayaM ; by P. V. 2. 93 iMdriyaM = iMdraliMgamiMdradfzwamiMdrasfzwamiMdrajuzwamiMdradattamiti vA ] 1 Power, force, the quality which belongs to Indra. 2 An organ of sense, sense or faculty of sense. (Indriyas are often compared to restive horses, which, if not properly checked, will lead one astray; cf. mA BUvannapaTaharAstaveMdriyASvAH Ki. 5. 50. ). There are two kinds of Indriyas: ( a ) jYAneMdriyARi or budDIMdriyARiH -SrotraM tvakcakzuzI jihvA nAsikA cEva paMcamI (also manaH according to some); and ( b ) karmEdriyARiH-pAyUpasTaM hastapAdaM vAk cava daSamI smftA Ms. 2. 90. In the Vedānta manaH, budDi , ahaMkAra and citta are said to be the four internal organs, the total number of organs being, therefore, 14, each presided over by its own ruler or niyaMtf . In Nyāya each organ is connected with its own peculiar element; the eye, ear, tongue, nose, and skin being connected respectively with Light or fire, Ether, Water, Earth and Air. 3 Bodily or virile power, power of the sense. 4 Semen. 5 Symbolical expression for the number ‘5.’ Comp. — agocara a. imperceptible. — arTaH 1 an object of sense; these objects are: - rUpaM Sabdo gaMDarasasparSASca vizayA amI Ak. ; Bg. 3. 34 ; Bh. 3. 58 ; R. 14. 25. 2 anything exciting these senses. — asaMgaH non-attachment to sensual objects, stoicism. — Atman m. 1 an epithet of Viṣṇu 2 an organ of sense. — AdiH the principle called ahankāra (in Sān. phil. ). — AyatanaM 1 the abode of ( pb ) the senses, i. e. the body. 2 the soul. — ArAma a. given to enjoying the objects of sense. — ISaH the soul. — gocara a. perceptible to the senses. — (raH) an object of sense. — grAmaH, -vargaH the assemblage or collection of organs, the five organs of sense taken collectively; balavAniMdriyagrAmo vidvAMsamapi karzati Ms. 2. 215 , 100 , 175 ; nirvavAra maDunIMdriyavargaH Śi. 10. 3. — ja a. in one's presence, visible. — jYAnaM consciousness, the faculty of perception. — nigrahaH restraint of senses. — budDiH f. perception by the senses, exercise of any organ of sense. — boDana a. exciting power; stimulating or sharpening the senses. — (naM) any excitement of senses, a stimulus. — vaDaH insensibility. — vipratipattiH f. perversion of the organs, wrong perception. — vfttiH f. function of the organs. — suKa sensual pleasures; R. 19. 47. — sannikarzaH the contact of an organ of sense (either with its object or with the mind). — svApaH insensibility, unconsciousness, stupor.