Bimba (nt.) [cp. Class. Sk. bimba] 1. shape, image (=pa- ṭimā VvA 168) S i.134 (trsl. "puppet"); v.217 (vimba); J v.452. In phrase cittakataŋ bimbaŋ it refers to the human body ("the tricked -- out puppet -- shape" Brethren 303): M ii.64 = Th 1, 769 = Dh 147=VvA 47, cp. DhA iii.109 (=attabhāva). -- 2. the red fruit of Momordica monadelpha, a species of Amaranth [cp. Sk. bimba & bimbī, a kind of gourd] J iii.478; vi.457, 591; Vv 366 (kañcana˚ -- vaṇṇa of the colour of the golden Bimba Dhp. at VvA 168 takes it as bimba1=paṭimā; DhA i.387 (˚phala, with ref. to red lips). bimboṭṭha (f. ˚ī) (having) red lips Jiii.477; vi.590 (nigrodhapatta -- bimb' oṭṭhī) ThA 133 (Ap. v.57). The Sk. vimbī according to Halāyudha 2, 48 is equal to oṣṭhī, a plant (Bryonia grandis?).

 -- oṭṭhi see above 2. -- ohana [second part either= *ūhana vāhana "carrying," or contracted form of odahana fr. ava+dhā, i. e. *odhana *ohana "putting down," or still more likely for ūhana as seen in ūhanati2 2 fr. ud+hṛ raising, lifting up] a pillow Vin i.47 (bhisi˚); ii.76, 150, 208, 200, 218; iii.90, 119 (bhisi˚);iv.279; S ii.268; A iii.240; VbhA 365; Vism 79. See also bhisi1. -- jāla [BR. bimbajā?] the Bimba tree, Momordica monadelpha (lit. net of b. fruits) J i.39;vi.497 (cp. p. 498 ratt' ankura -- rukkhaŋ probably with v. l. to be read ratta -- kuravaka˚, see bimbi -- jāla); Bu xvi.19.