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bandhanaबन्धनbándhana 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.]
bandhanasthaबन्धनस्थbandhana—stha mfn. being in prison or captivity, a captive, prisoner, [Kālid.]; [ŚārṅgP.]
bandhanakārinबन्धनकारिन्bandhana—kārin mfn. (ifc.) fettering i.e. clasping, embracing (°ri-tā f.), [Daś.]
bandhanarajjuबन्धनरज्जुbandhana—rajju f. a rope or string for tying, [MW.]
bandhanasthānaबन्धनस्थानbandhana—sthāna n. ‘place for fastening’, a stall, stable, [L.]
bandhanagranthiबन्धनग्रन्थिbandhana—granthi m. a noose, rope for tying cattle, [L.]
bandhanakāritāबन्धनकारिताbandhana—kāri-tā f.
bandhanapālakaबन्धनपालकbandhana—pālaka m. a gaol-keeper, [L.]
bandhanaveśmanबन्धनवेश्मन्bandhana—veśman n. ‘house of bondage’, a prison, [L.]