Lemma: bindu (mn)
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- (in dram.) the sudden development of a secondary incident (MW)
- a coloured mark made on the forehead between the eyebrows (MW)
- a detached particle (MW)
- a drop of water taken as a measure (MW)
- a mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress (MW)
- a particular mark like a dot made in cauterizing (MW)
- a pearl (MW)
- a spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant (MW)
- a zero or cypher (in manuscripts put over an erased word to show that it ought not to be erased = "stet") (MW)
- dot (MW)
- drop (MW)
- globule (MW)
- spot (MW)
- the dot over a letter representing the Anusvāra (supposed to be connected with Śiva and of great mystical importance) (MW)
| Topic |
Frequency |
| Alchemy |
62 |
| Kashmirian Shivaism |
33 |
| Mineralogy, jewels, metals |
29 |
| Bhakti |
16 |
| hathayoga |
16 |
| botany, plants |
12 |
| mantra |
12 |
| Medicine |
11 |
| purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca |
10 |
| Shivaism, Śiva |
9 |
| jātaka, avadāna |
7 |
| Buddha's life |
6 |
| (Im-)purity |
6 |
| narrative literature |
5 |
| Śrīvidyā |
5 |
| Dharmaśāstra |
5 |
| Kāmaśāstra |
5 |
| omina, presigns, nimittas, adbhuta, omen |
4 |
| Mahāyāna |
4 |
| Mahābhārata |
4 |
| linguistic speculation |
4 |
| King, rājanīti |
4 |
| Politics |
4 |
| Lexicography |
4 |
| Viṣṇu, Vishnuism |
4 |
| Sāṃkhya |
3 |
| Buddhism |
3 |
| Grammar |
3 |
| Customs and taxes |
3 |
| Brahmā |
3 |
| Yoga |
3 |
| worship |
3 |
| Pārvatī |
3 |
| Economy |
3 |
| agniṣṭoma |
3 |
| snāna, bathing |
2 |
| Poetology |
2 |
| Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun |
2 |
| Liberation, mokṣa, release |
2 |
| Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya |
2 |
| war |
2 |
| poison, antidotes |
2 |
| marriage, wedding |
2 |
| Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra |
2 |
| pathogenesis, origin of a disease |
2 |
| Women |
2 |
| Sacrifice, yajña |
2 |
| treasure, kośa, treasury |
2 |
| varṇas, castes |
2 |
| Pulomā/an |
1 |
| Birth, childhood, and youth |
1 |
| cow |
1 |
| against bad omina and presigns |
1 |
| Kaṃsa |
1 |
| Kṛṣṇa and Bāṇa |
1 |
| Aśvins |
1 |
| ghost, monster, demon |
1 |
| for protection, safety, and luck |
1 |
| for long life, longevity, old age |
1 |
| conflicting worldviews |
1 |
| amulets |
1 |
| agnihotra |
1 |
| priest, ṛtvij |
1 |
| vaśā |
1 |
| darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice |
1 |
| patnīsaṃyāja |
1 |
| punarādheya, punarādhāna |
1 |
| Himālaya |
1 |
| eating, food, anna |
1 |
| ahaṃkāra |
1 |
| Andhaka |
1 |
| Asceticism, tapas |
1 |
| gṛhastha, householder |
1 |
| Cosmogony |
1 |
| Military science |
1 |
| Law |
1 |
| Witness |
1 |
| death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha |
1 |
| saṃskāras |
1 |
| dāna, giving |
1 |
| (Non-)vegetarism, meat |
1 |
| Materia medica |
1 |
| Creation of the world |
1 |
| kṣetrajña |
1 |
| process, jurisdiction |
1 |
| Zoology |
1 |
| Nature poetry |
1 |
| dīkṣā |
1 |
| urinary diseases |
1 |
| plīhan |
1 |
| udara |
1 |
| life, jīva |
1 |
| manas |
1 |
| Meditation |
1 |
| hiṃsā, ahiṃsā |
1 |
| for political power |
1 |
| Concept | Notes | Count |
|---|
| drop | a small quantity of liquid; "one drop of each sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro" | 55 |
| bindu | [gemm.] a flaw in a jewel | 20 |
| semen | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | 3 |
| spot | a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "a fleck of red" | 2 |
| atom | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | 2 |
| Bindu | a particular mark like a dot made in cauterizing | 1 |
| anusvāra | the letter ṃ | 1 |
| bindu [word] | the word bindu | 1 |
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