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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

बिम्बbimbaम्बम् [mbam], म्बम् 1 The disc of the sun or moon; वदनेन निर्जितं तव निलीयते चन्द्रबिम्बमम्बुधरे Subhāṣ; so…
1. म्बम् mbam, म्बम् 1 The disc of the sun or moon; वदनेन निर्जितं तव निलीयते चन्द्रबिम्बमम्बुधरे Subhāṣ; so सूर्यdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, रविdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
2. Any round or disc-like surface; as in नितम्ब- बिम्बः etc.
3. An image, shadow, reflection; बिम्बादिवो- त्थितौ बिम्बौ रामदेहात्तथापरौ Rām.1.4.11; प्रभवति शुचिर्बिम्ब- ग्राहे मणिर्न मृदां चयः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.4.
4. A mirror.
5. A jar.
6. An object compared (Opposite of प्रतिबिम्ब to which it is compared).
7. A statue, figure, idol; हेमबिम्बनिभा सौम्या मायेव मयनिर्मिता Rām.6.12.14.
8. A mould, matrix; यथा लोहस्य निःस्यन्दो निषिक्तो बिम्बविग्रहम् (उपैति) Mb.14.18.9.
Derived forms and compounds
- -म्बः A lizard.
- -म्बम् The fruit of a tree (which, when ripe, is ruddy and to which the lips of young women are often compared); रक्तशोकरुचा विशेषितगुणो बिम्बाधरालक्तकः M.3. 5; पक्कबिम्बाधरोष्ठी Me.84; Compare Name2.24.
- -ओष्ठ a (बिम्बो-म्बौ-ष्ठ) having lips as ruddy or cherry as the Bimba fruit; दाक्षिण्यं नाम बिम्बोष्ठि बैम्बिकानां कुलव्रतस् M.4. 14. (-ष्ठः) a lip like the Bimba fruit.
- -फल the Bimba fruit; उमामुखे बिम्बफलाधरोष्ठे Ku.3.67.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

बिम्बbimba[bimb-a] m. n. disc of the sun or moon; sphere, orb, disc, esp. of any rounded part of the body (hips…

[bimb-a] masculine neuter disc of the sun or moon; sphere, orb, disc, especially of any rounded part of the body (hips, buttocks); mirror; image, reflexion; object compared (in comparisons: opposite prati-bimba, that with which it is com pared); masculine lizard, chameleon; noun; neuter fruit of a tree (Momordica monadelpha): as it is of a ruddy colour when ripe, the lips of beautiful women are often compared with it; â, feminine; also equal for noun of a princess.

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अभ्यर्कबिम्बम्abhyarkabimbam[abhi ͜ arka-bimbam] ad. to wards the disc of the sun.

[abhi ͜ arka-bimbam] adverb, -ial, -ially to wards the disc of the sun.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

बिम्बbimbamn. (also written विम्ब, or विम्व, of doubtful origin, but cf. Un2. iv, 95 Sch.; ifc. f(आ).) the disk of the…
1. mn. (also written विम्ब, or विम्व, of doubtful origin, but confer, compare Un2. iv, 95 Scholiast or Commentator; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) the disk of the sun or moon Ka1v. Pur. etc.
2. masculine gender any disk, sphere, orb (often applied to the rounded parts of the body) Ka1lid. Pan5cat.
3. masculine gender a mirror S3vetUp. Kum.
4. masculine gender an image, shadow, reflected or represented form, picture, type R. BhP. Ra1jat.
5. masculine gender (in rhetoric) the object compared (as opp. to प्रति-बिम्ब, "the counterpart" to which it is compared) Sa1h. Prata1p.
6. masculine gender a lizard, chameleon Gaut.
7. masculine gender Name of a man Ra1jat.
8. masculine gender Name of 2 metres Col.
9. masculine gender Name of the wife of Ba1la7ditya बाला*दित्य (king of Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर) Ra1jat.
10. masculine gender Name of the mother of king Bimbi-sa1ra बिम्बि-सार (below) Buddh.
11. neuter gender the fruit of the Momordica Monadelpha (to which the lips of women are often compared) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
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अनुबिम्बanubimbam. n. reflected image, Naish.

masculine gender neuter gender reflected image, Naish.

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अनुबिम्बनanubimbanan. the being a refl˚ected im˚age, ib.

neuter gender the being a refl˚ected im˚age, ibidem

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अनुबिम्बितanubimbitamfn. reflected, ib.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective reflected, ibidem

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अभ्यर्कबिम्बम्abhyarkabimbamind. towards the disk of the sun S3a1k.

indeclinable towards the disk of the sun S3a1k.

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आदर्शबिम्बādarśabimbam. a round mirror Kum. vii, 22.

masculine gender a round mirror Kum. vii, 22.

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आदारबिम्बीādārabimbīf. a plant.

feminine a plant.

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