# इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna)

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इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) is a Sanskrit word meaning the name of several men, name of a lake, a royal sage, a brahman, a lake through which Pavani flows. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Lake Indradyumna, King Indradyumna (Elephant curse & Fall from Heaven), Indradyumna as a name for men.

- **SLP1:** `indradyumna`  **IAST:** indradyumna  **Devanagari:** इन्द्रद्युम्न
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indradyumna
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/indradyumna/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Lake Indradyumna (3 definitions)
- Name of a lake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > इन्द्र (indra) — द्युम्न (—dyumna) n. N. of a lake, MBh.; Hariv. [ ID=29021 ]
- a lake  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Indradyumna 3, a lake. § 468 (Indradyumnop.): III, 199, ††13337 ( °ṃ nāma saraḥ, there king Indradyumna had performed sacrifices, and the lake had been excavated by the cows, which were given away to the brahmans). Cf. next. [ ID=4628 ]
- a lake through which Pavani flows  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Indradyumna saras — a lake through which Pāvani flows (Nalinī — Matsya P. ). Br. II. 18. 56; M. 121. 55; Vā. 47. 54. [ ID=1536 ]

### King Indradyumna (Elephant curse & Fall from Heaven) (2 definitions)
- a royal sage  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) [Printed book page 341-1 ] Indradyumna 1, a rājarṣi. § 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 332 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 317 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 491 (the same?, had been slain by Kṛṣṇa).—§ 468 (Indradyumnop.): III, 199, ††13332 ( rājarṣiḥ ), ††13336, ††13337, ††13338, ††13339, ††13342, ††13348 (having fallen from heaven, I. regained it).—§ 469 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 200, 13349 (all. to § 468).—§ 474 (do.): III, 201, 13482 (do.) [ ID=4626 ]
- The son of Tejasa, a Pandya king devoted to Hari who was cursed by Agastya to become an elephant  
  *The Purana Index*
  > इन्द्रद्युम्न (indradyumna) [Printed book page 1-194 ] Indradyumna — the son of Tejasa (Taijasa- Vā. P. ). A Drāviḍa and a Pāṇḍyan king. Devoted to Hari. While engaged in tapas Agastya came to his hermitage. Finding him not extending a welcome, the angry sage cursed him to become an elephant. Indradyumna considered that to be the will of the Lord. He was born as the Lord of the ele- phants, and had reminiscences of his past life; 1 an account of, in the Kūrma Pūrāṇa. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VIII. 4. 7-12; Br. II. 14. 64; Vā. 33. 54; Vi. II. 1. 36.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 53. 47-8.] [ ID=1535 ]

### Indradyumna as a name for men (1 definition)
- the name of several men  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 166,3] इन्द्र (indra) — द्युम्न (—dyumna) m. N. of several men [ ID=29020 ]

### Indradyumna as a Sage or Brahman (1 definition)
- a brahman  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Indradyumna 2, a brahman. § 324 (Dvaitavanapr.): III, 26 α, 985 (among the brahmans who worshipped Yudhi- ṣṭhira). [ ID=4627 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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