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JH-ENG

drop; essential drop

JH-SKT, DM, JV, IW, RB, RY

bindu

OT

[1159] ... 1) klad kor/ ... 2) grangs gnas 'dzin byed kyi thig le/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la stong pa dang nam mkha'o/ 3) nying khu/ ... snying gi thig le/ ... 4) gsang sngags las gsal ba'i rtsa thig rlung gsum gyi zlas phye ba'i thig le ste bde ba chen po'i snying po'am sa bon du gyur pa/ rtsa rnams kyi gnas su dwangs snyigs sna tshogs kyi rnam par gnas pa'o/ ... ming gi rnam grangs la kunda dang/ khams dkar po/ khu ba/ dwangs ma/ sa bon bcas so/

DM

drop, spot. Skt. tilaka, freckle, sesame seed, mark worn (in India) on the forehead; *, generally meaning 'drop,' like a 'drop' of water. May mean 'spot,' like a 'spot' of land, or a leopard's 'spot.' It also means the numerical zero which, like the form of the numeral actually used in Arabic, is shaped like a spot, or dot. Also means reproductive substances of male and female (this meaning generally restricted to medical analogies or contexts). "sphere, bead." Norbu, Cycle. a) small circle. b) disc. c) centre, nucleus, focus of attention. d) essence, germ. MTTP. seminal nuclei. Germano in JIABS 17 no. 2 (1994) 307 & elsewhere. Gyatso, Apparitions 193.

JV

*, sphere, bead, drop, solid circle, essence, sphere of light, spherical drop, spot, dot, droplet, seed-essence, vitalizing energies, creative potentiality, potential being, life-force, responsiveness, semen, sperm, virile, ornamental mark on forehead, creative fluids, a controlling-structuring process group-patterned by bag-chags, pure potency with no structure of its own, empty nature of the energy, eye on peacock's feather, female monthly discharge, luminous sphere of 5 colors of the rainbow representing the principle of the potentiality of al visions whether pure or impure, seeds of light, bodhicitta, sphere of rainbow light, luminous sphere, thigle

IW

1) anusvara; 2) 0; 3) [vital] essence; 4) *; 5) spheres/ circles * drop, dot *, spot, ring, nimbus; 6) center; 8) colored mark on the forehead between the eyes; 10) sperm, semen; 11) seminal point, nucleus, seed. 1) 0; 2) [vital] essence; 3) * [tantra: of prana nadi and * rtsa thig rlung essence or seed of the great bliss, in the nadis dvangs snyigs sna tshogs kyi rnam par gnas pa'o. [syn: kunda, khams dkar po, khu ba, dvangs ma, sa bon]; 4) sphere or circle, drop, dot, spot, ring, nimbus, center, red and white essences; 5) dot over a letter, anusvara (6) colored mark on the forehead between the eyes (7) semen (8) seminal point, nucleus/ seed of the enlightened mind [a range of meanings-- from the white and red seminal fluids of the physical body to the seminal points of light which appear during All-surpassing realisation [Gdmk]. [tserig]. 1) anusvara [dot over a letter representing the anusvara, Klad kor]; 2) 0 [= stong pa dang nam mkha]; 3) [vital] essence [snying [gyi] thig le: heart essence]; 4) * [in vajrayana 1 of rtsa thig rlung gsum; essence/ seed of mahasukha/ bde ba chen po, in the nadis [rtsa] w various dvangs snyigs = kunda, khams dkar po, khu ba, dvangs ma, sa bon]; 5) spheres/ circles [in dzogchen] drop, dot {thig le lnga bya: make the five dots. Notes: in the hand offering], spot, ring, nimbus (6) center (8) colored mark on the forehead between the eyes (10) sperm, semen (11) seminal point, nucleus, seed [of enlightened mind, w range of meanings from white and red seminal fluids of the physical body to seminal points of light in All-surpassing realisation [Gd] [tserig]

RB

*; sphere (of being); edgeless expanse; isc. drop

RY

Bindu. 1). Essences. 2). Circles or spheres. bindus. [expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 36]. 1) spheres or circles, drop, dot, spot, ring, nimbus, circle, zero, *, center, The red and white essences. 2) dot over a letter representing the anusvara. 3) colored mark on the forehead between the eyes. 4) semen. seminal point. the nucleus or seed of the enlightened mind, white and red seminal fluids of the physical body, seminal points of light; sperm, vital essence - sphere. *; sphere (of being); drop; tiny sphere, essence, *; Tika, tilaka, essence; sphere