Pāli Dictionary

bimba1

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

rūpaka

general

  • රූපය; ප්‍රතිමාව; හැඩය (හිරු හෝ සඳ මණ්ඩලය ද ඇතුළුව)

  • image; figure; shape; likeness (also the disk of the sun or moon)

  • Dhp 147

    passa cittakataṃ bimbaṃ, arukāyaṃ samussitaṃ, āturaṃ bahusaṅkappaṃ, yassa n'atthi dhuvaṃ ṭhiti.

  • SN 48.41

    dhī taṃ jammi jare atthu, dubbaṇṇakaraṇī jare, tāva manoramaṃ bimbaṃ, jarāya abhimadditaṃ.

bimba2

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • රතු බිම්බ ගෙඩිය (රතු තොල් උපමා කිරීමට යොදන ලද)

  • the red bimba fruit (Cephalandra/Momordica indica), used proverbially for red lips

bimbā

approximate

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • බිම්බා (සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමරුගේ බිසව, යශෝධරා)

  • Bimbā; name of Prince Siddhattha’s wife, also known as Yasodharā

Found an error in the dictionary?