As a deity name
Name 69 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. (avas) the moons i.e. the periodic changes of the moon
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested members (member inda unglossed)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "indave" is the dative of "indu" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
indu m. (√ und, Uṇ. i, 13; probably fr. ind = √ und, ‘to drop’ [see p. 165, col. 3, and cf. indra]; perhaps connected with bindu, which last is unknown in the Ṛg-veda, BRD.), Ved. a drop (especially of Soma), Soma, RV.; AV.; VS.
a bright drop, a spark, TS.
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