bandha बन्ध bandhá m. binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter, [RV.] &c. &c. a ligature, bandage, [Suśr.] damming up (a river), [MārkP.] capture, arrest, imprisonment, custody, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. connection or intercourse with (comp.), [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] (ifc. = connected with, conducive to, [MBh.]) putting together, uniting, contracting, combining, forming, producing, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. joining (the hollowed hands), [Ragh.] anything deposited (°dhe-√ sthā = to remain deposited), [Campak.] a deposit, pledge, [Rājat.] any configuration or position of the body (esp. of the hands and feet), [Ragh.]; [Kum.] a partic. mode of sexual union (there are said to be 16, 18, 36, or even 84 [L.]), [Caur.] constructing, building (of a bridge &c.), [MBh.]; [Rājat.] bridging over (the sea), [Vcar.] knitting (the brows), [Rājat.] fixing, directing (mind, eyes, &c.), [Cat.] assumption, obtainment (of a body), [Ragh.] (ifc.) conceiving, cherishing, feeling, betraying, [Hariv.]; [Kālid.] a border, framework, inclosure, receptacle, [L.] a sinew, tendon, [L.] the body, [L.] (in phil.) mundane bondage, attachment to this world, [ŚvetUp.]; [Bhag.] &c. (opp. to mukti, mokṣa, ‘final emancipation’, and regarded in the Sāṃkhya as threefold, viz. prakṛti-, vaikārika-, and dakṣiṇā-b°) combination of sounds (in rhet.), construction or arrangement of words, [Kāvyād.]; [Pratāp.] arrangement of a stanza in a partic. shape, [Kpr.] arrangement of musical sounds, composition, [Śatr.] a disease which prevents the eyelids from quite closing, [Suśr.] (ifc. with numerals) a part (cf. pañca-, daśa-b°). bandhakī बन्धकी (ī), f. (‘connected’, scil. with many men), an unchaste woman, harlot, courtezan, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. a barren woman, [L.] (cf. bandhyā) a female elephant, [L.] bandhaka बन्धक m. a binder, one who is employed in binding (esp. animals), [MBh.] a catcher (see naga- and pāśa-b°) a violator, ravisher, [L.] a band, tie (see pāśu-b°) a dam, dike (see jala-b°) a promise, vow, [L.] exchanging, barter, [W.] a city, [L.] (ifc. with numerals) a part (see sa-daśa-b°) m. or n. (?) pledging or a pledge (see sa-b°) n. binding, confinement, [W.] bandhana बन्धन bándhana mf(I)n. binding, tying, fettering, [RV.] &c. &c. captivating (with gen. or ifc.; cf. bhāva-b° and [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 96], Sch.) holding fast, stopping, [MW.] (ifc.) dependent on [ib.] bándhana n. the act of binding, tying, fastening, fettering, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. bándhana n. (also f(I). , [L.]) a bond, tie (also fig.), rope, cord, tether, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. (ifc. with f(A). = bound to or fettered by) bándhana n. binding on or round, clasping, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] binding up, bandaging, a bandage, [Suśr.] catching, capturing, confining, detention, custody, imprisonment or a prison, [Mn.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.] building, construction, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. embanking or an embankment, [ib.] bridging over, [Hit.] alloying (of metals), [Bhpr.] joining, junction, connection, coherence, [RV.]; [MBh.] fixing upon, directing towards (loc.), [L.] checking, suppressing, [Amar.] (in phil.) mundane bondage (opp. to final liberation) hurting, killing, [L.] a stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower), [RV.] &c. &c. a sinew, muscle, [L.] bandhadeśa बन्धदेश bandha—deśa m. N. of a country, [Cat.] bandhamaya बन्धमय bandha—maya mf(I)n. consisting of bonds, serving for or being like a bond, [MW.] bandhanīya बन्धनीय mfn. to be (or being) bound or tied, [Kathās.]; [Śak.], Sch. to be captured or taken prisoner, [Inscr.] to be embanked, [R.] (Sch. ‘m. = setu, embankment’). bandhanika बन्धनिक m. a gaoler, turnkey, [Gaut.]; [Viṣṇ.] bandhapāśa बन्धपाश bandha—pāśá m. a bond, fetter, [AV.] bandhayitṛ बन्धयितृ m. (fr. Caus.) one who binds or ties up, a binder, [Kull.] on [Mn. viii, 342.] bandhakampa बन्धकम्प bandha—kampa m. N. of a poet, [Cat.] bandhakartṛ बन्धकर्तृ bandha—kartṛ m. a binder, fetterer, restrainer (said of Śiva), [MBh.] bandhakatva बन्धकत्व bandhaka—tva n. the being a fetter, [Sāṃkhyak.], Sch. bandhamudrā बन्धमुद्रा bandha—mudrā f. the impression or mark of fetters, [ib.] bandhanastha बन्धनस्थ bandhana—stha mfn. being in prison or captivity, a captive, prisoner, [Kālid.]; [ŚārṅgP.] bandhanṛtya बन्धनृत्य bandha—nṛtya n. (in music) a kind of dance, [Saṃgīt.] bandhakaumudī बन्धकौमुदी bandha—kaumudī f. N. of a poem and a wk. on metrics. bandhakaraṇa बन्धकरण bandha—karaṇa n. binding, fettering, holding back (also by magic), [Kathās.] bandhamocinī बन्धमोचिनी bandha—mocanikā or bandha—mocinī, f. ‘releasing from bonds’, N. of a Yoginī, [Kathās.] bandhanāgāra बन्धनागार n. = °na-veśman, [Mṛcch.] bandhanālaya बन्धनालय m. = °na-veśman, [L.] bandhastambha बन्धस्तम्भ bandha—stambha m. ‘binding-post’, the post to which an elephant is tied, [L.] bandhatantra बन्धतन्त्र bandha—tantra n. a complete army (possessing the 4 divisions of chariots, elephants, horse, and foot), [W.] bandhanakārin बन्धनकारिन् bandhana—kārin mfn. (ifc.) fettering i.e. clasping, embracing (°ri-tā f.), [Daś.] bandhanarajju बन्धनरज्जु bandhana—rajju f. a rope or string for tying, [MW.] bandhanasthāna बन्धनस्थान bandhana—sthāna n. ‘place for fastening’, a stall, stable, [L.] bandhapāruṣya बन्धपारुष्य bandha—pāruṣya n. forced construction of words, [Pratāp.] bandhamocanikā बन्धमोचनिका bandha—mocanikā or bandha—mocinī, f. ‘releasing from bonds’, N. of a Yoginī, [Kathās.] bandhanādhikāra बन्धनाधिकार m. N. of 3rd ch. of 1st part of the Rasendra-kalpa-druma (q.v.) bandhanagranthi बन्धनग्रन्थि bandhana—granthi m. a noose, rope for tying cattle, [L.] bandhanakāritā बन्धनकारिता bandhana—kāri-tā f. bandhanapālaka बन्धनपालक bandhana—pālaka m. a gaol-keeper, [L.] bandhanaveśman बन्धनवेश्मन् bandhana—veśman n. ‘house of bondage’, a prison, [L.] bandhatrayavidhāna बन्धत्रयविधान bandha—traya-vidhāna n. N. of wk. bandhavimocanastotra बन्धविमोचनस्तोत्र bandha—vimocana-stotra n. N. of a Stotra.