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बिंदुः (biMduH)

 
Apte 1890
English
बिंदुः [बिंद्
उ] 1 A drop, small particle
जलबिंदुनिपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः ‘small drops make a pool’
विस्तीर्यते यशो लोके तैलबिंदुरिवांभसि Ms. 7. 33
संक्षिप्यते येशो लोके घृतबिंदुरिवांभसि 7. 34
अधुता ( कुतूहलस्य) बिंदुरपि नावशेषितः Ś. 2.
2 A dot, point.
3 A spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant
Ku. 1. 7.
4 A zero or cypher
न रोमकूपौघामेषाज्जगत्कृता कृताश्च किं दूषणशून्यबिंदवः N. 1. 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).
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 the ‘Bīja’ is that of the principal one)
अवांतरार्थ विच्छंदे बिंदुरुच्छेदकारणं S. D. 319.
Comp.
चित्रकः the spotted antelope.
जालं,
जालकं {1} a number of drops. {2} marks of colouredpaint on the trunk and face of an elephant.
तंत्रः {1} a die. {2} a chess-board.
देवः an epithet of Śiva.
पत्रः a kind of birch tree.
फलं a pearl.
रेखकः {1} an anusvāra. {2} a kind of bird.
रेखा a line of dots.
वासरः the day of conception.