indriya: (Sanskrit) "Agent, sense organ.

indriya: (Sanskrit) "Agent, sense organ." The five agents of perception (jnanendriyas), hearing (shrotra), touch (tvak), sight (chakshus), taste (rasana) and smell (ghrana); and the five agents of action (karmendriyas), speech (vak), grasping, by means of the hands (pani), movement (pada), excretion (payu) and generation (upastha). See: kosha, soul, tattva. induce: To bring about, cause, persuade.

Indus Valley: Region of the Indus River, now in Pakistan, where in 1924 archeologists discovered the remains of a high civilization which flourished between 5000 and 1000 bce. There, a "seal" was found with the effigy of Siva as Pashupati, "Lord of animals," seated in a yogic posture. Neither the language of these people nor their exact background is known.

They related culturally and carried on an extensive trade with peoples of other civilizations, far to the West, using sturdy ships that they built themselves. For centuries they were the most advanced civilization on Earth. See: Saivism. indwell: To dwell or be in. "The priest asks the Deity to indwell the image," or come and inhabit the murti as a temporary physical body. See: murti. I-ness: The conceiving of oneself as an "I," or ego, which Hinduism considers a state to be transcended.

See: ahamkara, anava, mind (individual). inexhaustible: Cannot be exhausted, used up or emptied. Tireless. inexplicable: Beyond explaining or accounting for. inextricable: Cannot be disentangled or separated from another thing. infatuation: The magnetic condition of being captured by a foolish or shallow love or affection. infinitesimal: Infinitely small; too small to be measured. inflict: To give or cause pain, wounds, etc. infuse: To transmit a quality, idea, knowledge, etc., as if by pouring.

To impart, fill or inspire. ingest: To take food, medicine, etc., into the body by swallowing or absorbing. inherent (to inhere in): Inborn. Existing in someone or something as an essential or inseparable quality. --inherent sin: See: sin. inherit: To receive from an ancestor, as property, title, etc.--or to reap from our own actions: "...seed karmas we inherit from this and past lives." initiation (to initiate): Entering into; admission as a member.

In Hinduism, initiation from a qualified preceptor is considered invaluable for spiritual progress. Usually the beginning of more advance learning. See: diksha, shaktipata, sannyasa diksha. injunction: An urging; an order or firm instruction. inmost: Located deepest within.