# बिन्दु
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bindu (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* বিন্দু (Bengali script)
* බින්‍දු (Sinhalese script)
* ဗိန္ဒု or ၿိၼ္ၻု or ၿိၼ်ၻု (Burmese script)
* พินฺทุ or พินทุ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩥᨶ᩠ᨴᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ພິນ຺ທຸ or ພິນທຸ (Lao script)
* ពិន្ទុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄨𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Noun

बिन्दु n
* Devanagari script form of bindu

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* विन्दु (vindu) — later variant

### Alternative scripts

* বিন্দু (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
* বিন্দু (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ဗိန္ဒု (Burmese script)
* બિન્દુ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਿਨ੍ਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಿನ್ದು (Kannada script)
* ពិន្ទុ (Khmer script)
* ພິນ຺ທຸ (Lao script)
* ബിന്ദു (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡳᠨᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠢᠨᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
* ବିନ୍ଦୁ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢶꢥ꣄ꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
* බින්‍දු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
* பி³ந்து³ (Tamil script)
* బిన్దు (Telugu script)
* พินฺทุ (Thai script)
* བི་ནྡུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bindúṣ, of uncertain further origin. Per Turner, it is likely a substrate borrowing related to उण्डुक (uṇḍuka, “network”), इन्दु (indu, “drop”), इण्ड्व (iṇḍva, “(two) mats”), वीटा (vīṭā, “stick used in tipcat”), वृन्त (vṛnta, “stalk”) and विटप (viṭapa, “tree”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bin.dú/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbin̪.d̪u/

### Noun

बिन्दु • (bindú) stem, m (once n)
* a detached particle, drop, globule, dot, spot
* (with हिरण्यय (hiraṇyaya)) a pearl
* a drop of water taken as a measure
* a spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an elephant
* (grammar, lexicography) (at the end of a compound also बिन्दुक (binduka)) the dot over a letter representing the anusvara (supposed to be connected with शिव (śiva) and of great mystical importance)
* a zero or cypher (in manuscripts put over an erased word to show that it ought not to be erased = "stet")
* a particular mark like a dot made in cauterizing
* a mark made by the teeth of a lover on the lips of his mistress
* a coloured mark made on the forehead between the eyebrows
* (in dramatic language) the sudden development of a secondary incident (which, like a drop of oil in water, expands and furnishes an important element in the plot)
* name of a man g. बिदादि (bidā-di)
* name of an आङ्गिरस (āṅgirasa) (author of RV. 8.83 and 9.30)
* name of the author of a रसपद्धति (rasa-paddhati)
* (in the plural) name of a warrior tribe g. दामन्यादि (dāmany-ādi)

#### Derived terms

* चन्द्रबिन्दु (candrabindu)
* बिन्दुसार (bindusāra)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: বিন্দু (bindu)
* → Bengali: বিন্দু (bindu)
* → Hindi: बिन्दु (bindu), बिंदु (bindu)
* → Old Javanese: windu
** Javanese: ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (windu, “a period of eight (Javanese) years”)
*** → Indonesian: windu (“eight years”)
** → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (windu, “zero; dot, period, point”)
* → Malayalam: ബിന്ദു (bindu)
* → Odia: ବିନ୍ଦୁ (bindu)
* → Punjabi: ਬਿੰਦੂ (bindū)
* Pali: bindu
** Burmese: ဗိန္ဒု (bindu.)
* → Tamil: பிந்து (pintu)
* → Telugu: బిందువు (binduvu)
* → Thai: พินทุ (pin-tú)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बिन्दु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0731.