बिन्दु [ bindu ] [ bindú ] m. ( once n. Lit. MBh. ; in later language mostly written [ vindu ] ) a detached particle , drop , globule , dot , spot Lit. AV.

  ( with [ hiraṇyaya ] ) a pearl Lit. AV. xix , 30 , 5 ( cf. [ -phala ] )

  a drop of water taken as a measure Lit. L.

  a spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant Lit. Kum.

  (ifc. also [ -ka ] ) the dot over a letter representing the Anusvāra (supposed to be connected with Śiva and of great mystical importance) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās. Lit. BhP.

  a zero or cypher Lit. R. (in manuscripts put over an erased word to show that it ought not to be erased = " stet " Lit. Naish.)

  a partic. mark like a dot made in cauterizing Lit. Suśr.

  a mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress Lit. L.

  a coloured mark made on the forehead between the eyebrows Lit. L.

  (in dram.) the sudden development of a secondary incident (which , like a drop of oil in water , expands and furnishes an important element in the plot) Lit. Sāh. (ifc. also [ -ka ] )

  [ bindu ] m. N. of a man g. [ bidādi ]

  of an Āṅgirasa (author of Lit. RV. viii , 83 ; ix , 30) Lit. Anukr.

  of the author of a Rasa-paddhati Lit. Cat.

  pl. N. of a warrior tribe g. [ dāmany-ādi ] .