बिम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬩᬶᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
  • বিম্ব (Assamese script)
  • বিম্ব (Bengali script)
  • 𑰤𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀩𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
  • બિમ્બ (Gujarati script)
  • ਬਿਮੑਬ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦧꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
  • ពិម្ព (Khmer script)
  • ಬಿಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
  • ພິມ຺ພ (Lao script)
  • ബിമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘤𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠪᡳᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဗိမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧄𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐧𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
  • ବିମ୍ବ (Odia script)
  • ꢨꢶꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆧𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖤𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
  • බිම්බ (Sinhalese script)
  • ப³ிம்ப³ (Tamil script)
  • బిమ్బ (Telugu script)
  • พิมฺพ (Thai script)
  • བི་མྦ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒥𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

बिम्ब • (bimba) root form, ?

  1. disc of the sun or moon
  2. sphere, orb, disc, esp. of any rounded part of the body (hips, buttocks); mirror
  3. image, reflexion
  4. object compared (in comparisons: opp. prati-bimba, that with which it is compared)
  5. m. lizard, chameleon

Descendants
  • → Malayalam: ബിംബം (bimbaṁ)

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022), “बिम्ब”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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