Aindra (Yoga)
Aindra · aindra, “of Indra”
Grammar: masculine or neuter adjective used as a name, from Indra: “of Indra“.
Meaning: one of the twenty-seven yogas, the divisions of time that go with the nakshatra and the tithi.
In the scriptures: In the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Rādhā, teaching Uddhava about time, says that a nakshatra always moves together with a tithi, and gives the twenty-seven yogas in order: Vishkambha, Prīti, Āyushmān, Saubhāgya, Śobhana, Atigaṇḍa, Sukarman, Dhṛti, Śūla, Gaṇḍa, Vṛddhi, Dhruva, Vyāghāta, Harshaṇa, Vajra, Siddhi, Vyatīpāta, Varīyān, Parigha, Śiva, Siddhi (printed a second time), Sādhya, Śubha, Śukla, Brahma, Aindra and Vaidhṛti. Aindra is the twenty-sixth, after Brahma and before Vaidhṛti (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 96).
Related terms: Yoga · Nakshatra · Tithi
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janma Khaṇḍa, Chapter 96