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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry बिन्दु

  1. बिन्दुbinduan anusvāra.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रेखकः

      1. an anusvāra.
      2. a kind of bird.
    • -रेखा a line of dots.

    • -वासरः the day of conception.

    • -तन्त्रः

      1. a die.
      2. a chessboard.
    • -देवः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -पत्रः a kind of birch tree.

    • -प्रतिष्ठामय Adjective founded or based upon the अनुस्वार.

    • -फलम् a pearl.

    • -भेदः a particular Yoga posture.

    • -माधवः a form of Viṣṇu.

    • -मालिन् Masculine (in music) a kind of measure.

    • बिन्दुः binduḥ

      1. बिन्द्-उ A drop, small particle; जलबिन्दु- निपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः 'small drops make a pool'; विस्तीर्यते यशो लोके तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि Ms.7.33; संक्षिप्यते यशो लोके घृतबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि 7.34; अधुना (कुतूहलस्य) बिन्दुरपि नाव- शेषितः Ś.2.
      2. A dot, point.
      3. A spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant; न्यस्ताक्षरा धातुरसेन यत्र भूर्जत्वचः कुञ्जरबिन्दुशोणाः Ku.1.7.
      4. A zero or cypher; न रोमकूपौघमिषाज्जगत्कृता कृताश्च किं दूषणशून्यबिन्दवः Name1.21.
      5. (In geom.) A point having no parts or no magnitude.
      6. A drop of water taken as a measure.
      7. The dot over a letter representing the अनुस्वार.
      8. (In manuscripts) A mark over an erased word (which shows that the word ought not to be erased); 'stet'.
      9. A mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress.
      10. A peculiar mark like a dot made in cauterizing.
      11. The part of the forehead between the eyebrows.
      12. (In dramas) the sudden development of a secondary incident (which, like a drop of oil in water quickly diffuses itself and thus supplies important elements in the development of the plot; it is the source of an intermediate object, while 'Bīja' is that of the principal one); अवान्तरार्थविच्छेदे बिन्दुरुच्छेदकारणम् S. D.319.
      13. (In Philosophy) A condition of चिच्छक्ति; सच्चिदानन्दविभवात् सकलात् परमेश्वरा । आसीच्छक्तिस्ततो नादो नादाद् बिन्दुसमुद्भवः ॥ -Compound
    • -चित्रकः the spotted antelope.

    • -च्युतकः

      1. a kind of word-play; चकास्ति बिन्दु- च्युतकातिचातुरी Name9.14. जालम्, जालकम् a number of drops.
      2. marks of coloured paint on the trunk and face of an elephant.

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Headwords under ब

Part 3 of 4 बाहा – बुभूषकAll parts
  1. ब – बलिवर्द
  2. बलिशम् – बाह
  3. बाहा – बुभूषक
  4. बुभूषा – ब्लेष्कम्