biMduH [ biMd -u ] 1 A drop, small particle; jalabiMdunipAtena kramaSaH pUryate GawaH ‘small drops make a pool’; vistIryate yaSo loke tElabiMdurivAMBasi Ms. 7. 33 ; saMkzipyate yeSo loke GftabiMdurivAMBasi 7. 34 ; aDutA ( kutUhalasya ) biMdurapi nAvaSezitaH 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; na romakUpOGAmezAjjagatkftA kftASca kiM dUzaRaSUnyabiMdavaH 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 anusvAra . 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); avAMtarArTa vicCaMde biMdurucCedakAraRaM S. D. 319. Comp. — citrakaH the spotted antelope. — jAlaM, -jAlakaM 1 a number of drops. 2 marks of colouredpaint on the trunk and face of an elephant. — taMtraH 1 a die. 2 a chess-board. — devaH an epithet of Śiva. — patraH a kind of birch tree. — PalaM a pearl. — reKakaH 1 an anusvāra. 2 a kind of bird. — reKA a line of dots. — vAsaraH the day of conception.