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- In Buddhist tantra, the bindu is described as a sacred drop or "vital essence" that resides in the channels (nādī) of the subtle body, and "is the source of bliss when manipulated in meditation practice" through the control of the inner winds (prāṇa).
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Bindu (Sanskrit: बिंदु) is a Sanskrit term meaning "point" or "dot". The feminine case ending is bindi which denotes a small ornamental, devotional, and often mystical dot that is cosmetically applied or affixed to the forehead in Hinduism.
[1] [2] Bindu is the point around which the mandala is created, representing the Universe. [3] Bindu is often merged with [seed] (or sperm) and ova. In the Yogachudamani Upanishad Bindu is a duality, with a white Bindu representing shukla (pure) and a red Bindu representing maharaj .
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Purana and Itihasa
Bindu (बिन्दु, “dot”) refers to Śakti (power) while Nāda refers to Śiva, as defined in the Śivapurāṇa 1.16. Accordingly, “the entire universe consisting of the movable and the immovable is of the nature of Bindu (dot) and Nāda (sound). Bindu is Śakti (Power) and Śiva is Nāda. Hence the universe is pervaded by Śiva and Śakti. Bindu is the support of Nāda. The universe has the support of Bindu. Both Bindu and Nāda together support the entire universe. The unification of the Bindu and the Nāda i...
Natyashastra
1) Bindu (बिन्दु, “vital drop”) refers to one of the “five elements of the plot” (arthaprakṛti), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 21. These five elements represents the five means of attaining objects of the Plot (itivṛtta or vastu). The associated ‘stage of action’ (avasthā) of bindu is the prārambha (beginning). These stages represent a Hero’s striving towards the object in a dramatic playwright (nāṭaka). According to the Nāṭyaśāstra, “that which sustains the continuity (lit- non-separa...
Yoga
Bindu (बिन्दु, “midpoint”) refers to the “midpoint between the eyebrows” and is one of the most important concentration points in yoga. Bindu (बिन्दु) refers to “semen”, according to the Amaraughaprabodha: a short 13th century treatise on Yoga attributed to Gorakṣanātha which teaches the fourfold system of yoga (Mantra, Laya, Haṭha and Rāja).—Accordingly, “Some drink urine, their own impurity. Some eat their saliva as food. Some draw up [their] semen (bindu) that falls from a woman’s vagina a...
Mahayana
Bindu (बिन्दु) is the name of a Vaiśya and great benefactor, according to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLVI.—Accordingly, “the Vaiśya P’in-t’eou (Bindu?) was a great benefactor (dānapati). He sat on a great bed (khaṭva) adorned with the seven jewels (saptaratna). This bed had diamond (vajra) feet, was covered with a heavenly mattress and had rubies (padmarāga) as curtains (vitāna). Eighty thousand servants stood on guard on all sides; their adornments were marvelous; they opened the f...
Tibetan Buddhism
Bindu (बिन्दु) refers to “generative fluids”, according to the Vimalaprabhā: an eleventh-century commentary on the Kālacakratantra.—The Vimalaprabhā explains the term haṭhayoga as the name of a type of yoga that forces prāṇa (‘vitality’) into the central channel through a practice involving nāda (‘internal resonance’) and retention of bindu(‘generative fluids’). Bindu (बिन्दु) refers to the “drop” (i.e., “the 1000 bindus moving the inner channels”), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tan...
Bindu in India is the name of a plant defined with Colebrookea oppositifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sussodia oppositifolia(Sm.) Buch.-Ham. (among others). Example references for further research on medicinal u...
Pali-English dictionary
bindu : (nt.) a drop; a dot; a trifle. 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 bind...
Marathi-English dictionary
bindu (बिंदु).—m (S) A drop. 2 A dot, a point or spot made with a pen &c. 3 The central or focal point, focus. bindu (बिंदु).—mA drop. A dot. Focus.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bindu (बिन्दु).—[bind-u] A drop, small particle; जलबिन्दुनिपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः (jalabindunipātena kramaśaḥ pūryate ghaṭaḥ) 'small drops make a pool'; विस्तीर्यते यशो लोके तैलबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि (vistīryate yaśo loke tailabindurivāmbhasi) Manusmṛti 7.33; संक्षिप्यते यशो लोके घृतबिन्दुरिवाम्भसि (saṃkṣipyate yaśo loke ghṛtabindurivāmbhasi) 7.34; अधुना (adhunā) (kutūhalasya) बिन्दुरपि नाव- शेषितः (bindurapi nāva- śeṣitaḥ)Ś.2. 2)A dot, point. 3) A spot or mark of coloured paint on the body of an...
Dec 21, 2023 · In yoga, bindu is the name of a drishti or gazing point midway between the eyebrows. Additionally, it is sometimes referred to as the transition point into pure consciousness, or the point at which the yogic practices of contemplation, concentration and meditation converge.
Sep 30, 2015 · The bindu is the doorway beyond or out of the mind, because the concept or phenomenon of bindu is; the point out of which time, space, causality and all other concepts manifested. The bindu is the point out of which multiplicity seems to expand.
The term Bindu literally means "to divide", and Visarga means "falling". So Bindu Visarga variously means a falling drop, the place of division from the whole, a point of separation or creation, a seed, or a sperm - but not the egg. In the yogic scriptures two Bindus are de-scribed.
