बिन्दुः [binduḥ] [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.] A dot, point.
A spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant; न्यस्ताक्षरा धातुरसेन यत्र भूर्जत्वचः कुञ्जरबिन्दुशोणाः
[Ku.1.7.] A zero or cypher; न रोमकूपौघमिषाज्जगत्कृता कृताश्च किं दूषणशून्यबिन्दवः
[N.1.21.] (In geom.) A point having no parts or no magnitude.
A drop of water taken as a measure.
The dot over a letter representing the अनुस्वार.
(In manuscripts) A mark over an erased word (which shows that the word ought not to be erased); 'stet'.
A mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress.
A peculiar mark like a dot made in cauterizing.
The part of the forehead between the eyebrows.
(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.] (In phil.) A condition of चिच्छक्ति; सच्चिदानन्दविभवात् सकलात् परमेश्वरा । आसीच्छक्तिस्ततो नादो नादाद् बिन्दुसमुद्भवः ॥ -Comp.
-चित्रकः the spotted antelope.
-च्युतकः a kind of word-play; चकास्ति बिन्दु- च्युतकातिचातुरी
[N.9.14.] जालम्, जालकम् a number of drops.
marks of coloured paint on the trunk and face of an elephant.
तन्त्रः a die.
a chessboard.
-देवः an epithet of Śiva.
-पत्रः a kind of birch tree.
-प्रतिष्ठामय a. a. founded or based upon the अनुस्वार.-फलम् a pearl.
-भेदः a particular Yoga posture.-माधवः a form of Viṣṇu.
-मालिन् m. m. (in music) a kind of measure.
रेखकः an anusvāra.
a kind of bird.
-रेखा a line of dots.
-वासरः the day of conception.