Indriya
(इंद्रिय)Literal Meaning
The organs of sense and action
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
Named for Indra, lord of the senses in Vedic cosmology; the ten faculties of perception and action — five jnanendriya (senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) and five karmendriya (organs of action: speech, hands, feet, excretion, reproduction).
Spiritual Insight & Context
Yogic and ascetic disciplines target the indriyas specifically because they are the doorways through which the outside world floods in and destabilizes inner stillness.