India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s3.45
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c11.s3.45
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(4) *Indra-jushṭam*; 'loved by Indra', who feels delighted in the company of the senses. The *indriyas* are the receptacles of Soma which is Indra's delightful drink. The *Aitareya Br.* (II.26) describes the sense-organs as the Soma-cups (*Soma-graha*), and since Indra loves his sweet mead he is never so happy as when he is in the company of the senses (cf. *Indra* as *indau ramate*, Nir.). The epithet *Indra-jushṭa* is thus appropriate in view of the intimate relationship between the Self and the sense-organs.