neuter · bindu 1 · bindu 5
drop
a drop; a dot; a trifle
Bindu [cf. Vedic bindu and vindu] 1. a drop, usually a drop of water Snp 392, 812 (uda°); Ja I 100; Vism 531 (madhu°); Thig-a 281; Pv-a 98 (udaka°). 2. a spot (cf. SBE XVII 155) Vism 222 (°vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow). 3. (as adjective) one of the eight qualities of perfect sound (brahma-ssara, with reference to the voice of Brahmā and of Buddha, cf. aṭṭhaṅga), which are given at D II 211 = 227 as (saro hoti) vissaṭṭho ca viññeyyo ca mañjū ca savanīyo ca bindu [vv.ll. bandu and bhindu] ca avisārī ca gambhīro ca ninnādī ca. We may translate by "full, close, compact" ( D.B. II 245 "continuous"). See also below °ssara. -tthanī having breasts round as a bubble Ja V 215; -bindu (ṃ) drop by drop Sv I 218; -matī (feminine) proper name of a courtesan of Pāṭaliputta in the time of Asoka Miln 121 sq; -matta measuring a drop, even a drop Pv-a 100, 104 (eka °ṃ); -sāra proper name of king of India, father of Asoka Dīp V 101; VI 15; Mhv V 18, 19; -ssara a full rounded voice Snp 350 (referred by Pj II to a Mahāpurisa); adjective having a full voice (see above bindu 3) Pv III 3 4 (Text vindu°, v.l. bindu°; Pv-a explains by avissaṭṭha-ssara sampiṇḍita-ssara, i.e. "continuous"); Ja II 439 (= bindhunā avisaṭena piṇḍitena sarena samannāgata commentary); V 204, 299 (= sampiṇḍita-ghana-ssara); VI 518 = 581 (= piṇḍita-ssara commentary).
【中】 點滴，點，瑣事。~matta,【形】 一滴的分量。~mattaṃ,【副】 只有一滴。
(nt, nt) drop; drip drop
(nt, nt) (gram) dot over a letter representing the niggahīta letter, represented in Roman script by ṃ, ṃ or ŋ dot [lit.] drop
(adj, adj) (of the voice) dense; rich; rounded; compact [lit.] drop
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