bimbi

(or bimbī) gold, of golden colour DN-a.i.280 = Snp-a.448 (in Bdhgh’s fanciful etym of king Bimbisāra, viz. bimbī ti suvaṇṇaṃ, sārasuvaṇṇa-sadisa-vaṇṇatāya B.).

  • -jāla the red amaranth tree, the Bodhi tree of the former Buddha Dhammadassin Ja.i.39; Ja.v.155. At Ja.vi.497, Ja.vi.498 the form is bimbajāla. The C. expln gives ratta-kuravaka as a synonym.

= Sk. bimbī, see bimba