# बिंदु (biṃdu)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bindu

बिंदु (biṃdu) is a Sanskrit word meaning a drop or particle, a dot or point, a mathematical cipher.

- **SLP1:** `biMdu`  **IAST:** biṃdu  **Devanagari:** बिंदु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindu_%28symbol%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bindu/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** बिन्दु (bindu)

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- 1. A drop or particle. 2. A dot or point. 3. A mathematical cipher.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > बिंदु (biṃdu) [Printed book page 508-28 ] बिंदु (biṃdu) m. 1. A drop, a particle, संक्षिप्यते यशो लोके घृतबिंदु (biṃdu) रिवांभसि (saṃkṣipyate yaśo loke ghṛtabiṃdurivāṃbhasi) M. vii.34, or विस्तीर्यते यशो लोके तैलबिंदु (biṃdu) रिवांभसि (vistīryate yaśo loke tailabiṃdurivāṃbhasi) M. vii.33; 2. a dot, a point; 3. a cipher (in math.), न रोमकूपौघमिषाज्जगत्कृता कृताश्च किं दूषणशून्यबिंदवः (na romakūpaughamiṣājjagatkṛtā kṛtāśca kiṃ dūṣaṇaśūnyabiṃdavaḥ) Na. i.21. [ ID=26548 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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