कामबिन्दु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কামবিন্দু (Assamese script)
ᬓᬵᬫᬩᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
কামবিন্দু (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰯𑰦𑰤𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀸𑀫𑀩𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ကာမဗိန္ဒု (Burmese script)
કામબિન્દુ (Gujarati script)
ਕਾਮਬਿਨ੍ਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌬𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦴꦩꦧꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂰𑂧𑂥𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಕಾಮಬಿನ್ದು (Kannada script)
កាមពិន្ទុ (Khmer script)
ກາມພິນ຺ທຸ (Lao script)
കാമബിന്ദു (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠪᡳᠨᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘰𑘦𑘤𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢗᠮᠠᠪᠢᠨᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧑𑧆𑧄𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐵𑐩𑐧𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
କାମବିନ୍ଦୁ (Odia script)
ꢒꢵꢪꢨꢶꢥ꣄ꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆳𑆩𑆧𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖯𑖦𑖤𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
කාමබින්‍දු (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩛𑩴𑩲𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚭𑚢𑚠𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
காமபி³ந்து³ (Tamil script)
కామబిన్దు (Telugu script)
กามพินฺทุ (Thai script)
ཀཱ་མ་བི་ནྡུ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒰𑒧𑒥𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨊𑨢𑨠𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From काम (kāma) +‎ बिन्दु (bindu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कामबिन्दु • (kāmabindu) stem, 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 कामबिन्दु (kāmabindu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कामबिन्दुः kāmabinduḥ	कामबिन्दू kāmabindū	कामबिन्दवः kāmabindavaḥ
Vocative	कामबिन्दो kāmabindo	कामबिन्दू kāmabindū	कामबिन्दवः kāmabindavaḥ
Accusative	कामबिन्दुम् kāmabindum	कामबिन्दू kāmabindū	कामबिन्दून् kāmabindūn
Instrumental	कामबिन्दुना / कामबिन्द्वा¹ kāmabindunā / kāmabindvā¹	कामबिन्दुभ्याम् kāmabindubhyām	कामबिन्दुभिः kāmabindubhiḥ
Dative	कामबिन्दवे kāmabindave	कामबिन्दुभ्याम् kāmabindubhyām	कामबिन्दुभ्यः kāmabindubhyaḥ
Ablative	कामबिन्दोः kāmabindoḥ	कामबिन्दुभ्याम् kāmabindubhyām	कामबिन्दुभ्यः kāmabindubhyaḥ
Genitive	कामबिन्दोः kāmabindoḥ	कामबिन्द्वोः kāmabindvoḥ	कामबिन्दूनाम् kāmabindūnām
Locative	कामबिन्दौ kāmabindau	कामबिन्द्वोः kāmabindvoḥ	कामबिन्दुषु kāmabinduṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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

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