bindu
Bindu,[cp.Vedic bindu & vindu] 1.a drop,usually a drop of water Sn.392,812 (uda°); J.I,100; Vism.531 (madhu°); ThA.281; PvA.98 (udaka°).-- 2.a spot (cp.SBE XVII.155) Vism.222 (°vicitvā gāvī a spotted cow).‹-› 3.(as adj.) one of the eight qualities of perfect sound (brahma-ssara,with ref.to the voice of Brahmā and of Buddha,cp.aṭṭhaṅga),which are given at D.II,211= 227 as (saro hoti) vissaṭṭho ca viññeyyo ca mañjū ca savanīyo ca bindu [vv.ll.bandu & bhindu] ca avisārī ca gambhīro ca ninnādī ca.We may translate by “full,close,compact" (Dial.II.245 “continuous").See also below °ssara. --tthanī having breasts round as a bubble J.V,215.--bindu(ṁ) drop by drop DA.I,218.--matī (f.) Np.of a courtesan of Pāṭaliputta in the time of Asoka Miln.121 sq.--matta measuring a drop,even a drop PvA.100,104 (eka °ṁ).--sāra Np.of king of India,father of Asoka Dpvs.V,101; VI,15; Mhvs.V,18,19.--ssara a full rounded voice Sn.350 (referred by SnA to a Mahāpurisa); adj.having a full voice (see above bindu 3) Pv III,34 (T.vindu°,BB bindu°; PvA.explns by avissaṭṭha-ssara sampiṇḍita-ssara,i.e.“continuous"); J.II,439 (=bindhunā avisaṭena piṇḍitena sarena samannāgata C.); V,204,299 (=sampiṇḍita-ghana-ssara); VI,518=581 (=piṇḍita-ssara C.).(Page 487)