name
Indu
IN-doo
ˈɪnduːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Indu
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Dayak/Ngaju (Indonesia)
- Meaning
- a feminine Ngaju Dayak name meaning mother or the feminine principle, connected to the Ngaju cosmological understanding of the universe as divided between upper and lower worlds whose union generates the middle world of human habitation; in Ngaju cosmological symbolism the female principle is associated with the lower world of water, roots, and the serpentine Jata figure who governs fertility, abundance, and the generative forces of the earth; women who bear names invoking the maternal principle are understood to carry the creative and nurturing dimensions of Ngaju spiritual cosmology, which balances masculine sky symbolism with feminine earth and water energies
- Gender
- female
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