कामबिन्दु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬓᬵᬫᬩᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
কামবিন্দু (Assamese script)
কামবিন্দু (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰯𑰦𑰤𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀸𑀫𑀩𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
કામબિન્દુ (Gujarati script)
ਕਾਮਬਿਨੑਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦏꦴꦩꦧꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
កាមពិន្ទុ (Khmer script)
ಕಾಮಬಿನ್ದು (Kannada script)
ກາມພິນ຺ທຸ (Lao script)
കാമബിന്ദു (Malayalam script)
𑘎𑘰𑘦𑘤𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢗᠮᠠᠪᢈᠨᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠪᡳᠨᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
ကာမဗိန္ဒု (Burmese script)
𑦮𑧑𑧆𑧄𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐵𑐩𑐧𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
କାମବିନ୍ଦୁ (Oriya script)
ꢒꢵꢪꢨꢶꢥ꣄ꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆳𑆩𑆧𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖯𑖦𑖤𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
කාමබින්දු (Sinhalese script)
కామబిన్దు (Telugu script)
กามพินฺทุ (Thai script)
ཀཱ་མ་བི་ནྡུ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒰𑒧𑒥𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From काम (kāma) +‎ बिन्दु (bindu).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐ.bin.du/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐˈbin̪.d̪u/

Noun

कामबिन्दु • (kāma·bindu) m

a 'wish-drop', anything dropped into the fire to procure the fulfilment of a wish
a drop of melted butter

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of काम·बिन्दु (kāma·bindu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काम·बिन्दुः kāma·binduḥ	काम·बिन्दू kāma·bindū	काम·बिन्दवः kāma·bindavaḥ
Vocative	काम·बिन्दो kāma·bindo	काम·बिन्दू kāma·bindū	काम·बिन्दवः kāma·bindavaḥ
Accusative	काम·बिन्दुम् kāma·bindum	काम·बिन्दू kāma·bindū	काम·बिन्दून् kāma·bindūn
Instrumental	काम·बिन्दुना / काम·बिन्द्वा¹ kāma·bindunā / kāma·bindvā¹	काम·बिन्दुभ्याम् kāma·bindubhyām	काम·बिन्दुभिः kāma·bindubhiḥ
Dative	काम·बिन्दवे / काम·बिन्द्वे² kāma·bindave / kāma·bindve²	काम·बिन्दुभ्याम् kāma·bindubhyām	काम·बिन्दुभ्यः kāma·bindubhyaḥ
Ablative	काम·बिन्दोः / काम·बिन्द्वः² kāma·bindoḥ / kāma·bindvaḥ²	काम·बिन्दुभ्याम् kāma·bindubhyām	काम·बिन्दुभ्यः kāma·bindubhyaḥ
Genitive	काम·बिन्दोः / काम·बिन्द्वः² kāma·bindoḥ / kāma·bindvaḥ²	काम·बिन्द्वोः kāma·bindvoḥ	काम·बिन्दूनाम् kāma·bindūnām
Locative	काम·बिन्दौ kāma·bindau	काम·बिन्द्वोः kāma·bindvoḥ	काम·बिन्दुषु kāma·binduṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कामबिन्दु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0272.

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