इडा [ iḍā ] [ í ḍā ] f. or (in Ṛig-veda) [ í ḍā ] , ( not to be confounded with the inst. case of [ iḍ ] above ) , refreshing draught , refreshment , animation , recreation , comfort , vital spirit Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. AitBr.

  offering , libation (especially a holy libation , offered between the Pra-yāga and Anu-yāga , and consisting of four preparations of milk , poured into a vessel containing water , and then partially drunk by the priest and sacrificers ; personified in the cow , the symbol of feeding , and nourishment) Lit. ŚBr. i , 8 , 1 , 1 , Lit. AitBr. Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. Kauś.

  ( metaphorically cf. [ id ] ) , stream or flow of praise and worship (personified as the goddess of sacred speech and action , invoked together with Aditi and other deities , but especially in the Āprī hymns together with Sarasvatī and Mahī or Bhāratī) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. Lit. VS. ( 164,2 )

  the earth , food Lit. Sāy.

  a cow

  the goddess [ iḍā ] or [ iḍā ] ( daughter of Manu or of man thinking on and worshipping the gods ; she is the wife of Budha and mother of Purū-ravas ; in another aspect she is called Maitrāvaruṇi as daughter of Mitra-Varuṇa , two gods who were objects of the highest and most spiritual devotion)

  N. of Durgā

  of a daughter of Daksha and wife of Kaśyapa

  of a wife of Vasudeva and of the Rudra Ṛita-dhvaja

  speech Lit. BhP.

  heaven Lit. L.

  earth Lit. MBh.

  a particular artery on the left side of the body

  a tubular vessel (one of the principal channels of the vital spirit , that which is on the right side of the body) Lit. L.