bindu (Sanskrit, spot or drop). A term used in some forms of anuttara-yoga-tantra to denote the subtle energy whose physical manifestation is identified with male semen. These drops of subtle energy are located in various parts of the body, such as in the heart, and are moved or manipulated around the subtle channels through meditation to generate the bliss associated with enlightenment (bodhi).
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. aṭṭhanga), 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(ŋ) 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 ˚ŋ). -- 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.).
bindu: m. 滴
thig pa
[translation-san] {LCh} bindu
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} drop
thig le
[translation-san] bindu
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} drop; essential drop
thigs pa
[translation-san] {C} bindu
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} drop
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