iMduH [ unatti kledayati caMdrikayA BuvanaM uMd-u Adericca Uṇ. 1. 12 ] 1 The moon; dilIpa iti rAjeMduriMduH kzIraniDAviva R. 1. 12 ( iMdu is said to mean in the Veda a drop of Soma juice, a bright drop or spark; sutAsa iMdavaH Rv. 1. 16. 6 ). 2 The mfgaSiras Nakṣatra. 3 (In Math. ) The number ‘one’. 4 Camphor. -( pl. ) 1 The periodical changes of the moon. 2 The time of ( pb ) moonlight, night. Comp. — kamalaM the white lotus. — kalA 1 a digit of the moon. (These are 16, each of which is mythologically said to be devoured by 16 deities in succession). 2 N. of several plants; amftA, guqUcI, somalatA . — kalikA 1 N. of a plant ( ketakI ). 2 a digit of the moon. — kAMtaH the moon-stone. — (tA) 1 night. 2 N. of a plant ( ketakI ). — kzayaH 1 waning or disappearance of the moon. 2 the new moon day. — jaH, -putraH the planet Mercury. — (jA) N. of the river Revā or Narmadā. — janakaH 1 the ocean (the moon being produced amongst other jewels at the churning of the ocean). 2 the sage atri . — dalaH a digit, crescent. — puzpikA N. of a plant ( kalikarI or jAMgalI ). — BaM 1 the sign called Cancer. 2 the Nakṣatra called mfgASiras . — BA a kind of water-lily. — Bft, -SeKaraH , — mOliH ‘the moon crested god,’ epithets of Śiva. — maRiH 1 the moon-stone. 2 a pearl. — maMqalaM the orb or disc of the moon. — ratnaM a pearl. — le(re)KA 1 a digit of the moon. 2 N. of several plants, see iMdukalA . — lokaH the world of the moon. — lohakaM, -lOhaM silver. — vadanA N. of a metre; see Appendix. — vAraH a kind of yoga. — vAsaraH Monday. — vrataM a religious observance depending on the age of the moon. It consists in diminishing the quantity of food by a certain portion daily, for a fortnight or a month; cf. cAMdrAyaRa .