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bandhuबन्धुbándhu m. connection, relation, association, [RV.] &c. &c. (ifc. with f(U). = belonging to, coming under the head of i.e. ‘being only in name’; cf. kṣatra-, dvija-b° &c.; ‘resembling’, [Bālar. v, 56/57], ‘frequented by’, [ib.] [iii, 20], ‘favourable for’, [ib.] [iv, 87]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 14])
respect, reference (kena bandhunā ‘in what respect?’), [ŚBr.]
kinship, kindred, [Mn. ii, 136]
a kinsman (esp. on the mother's side), relative, kindred, [RV.] &c. &c. (in law, a cognate kinsman in a remote degree, one subsequent in right of inheritance to the Sa-gotra; three kinds are enumerated, personal, paternal and maternal)
a friend (opp. to ripu), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
a husband, [Ragh.]
a brother, [L.]
Pentapetes Phoenicea, [L.] (= bandhūka)
N. of a metre, [Col.]
(in astrol.) of the fourth mansion, [Var.]
of a Ṛṣi with the patr. Gaupāyana or Laupāyana (author of [RV. v, 24] and [x, 5660]), [RAnukr.]
of Manmatha, [L.]
bandhukāबन्धुकाf. g. prekṣādi
bandhukīबन्धुकीf. an unchaste woman, [L.] (cf. bandhakī).
bandhukaबन्धुकm. Pentapetes Phoenicea, [L.]
a bastard, [L.] (cf. bandhula)
bandhulaबन्धुलmfn. inclined, bent, depressed, [L.]
lovely, charming, [L.]
m. a bastard, [Mṛcch.]
Pentapetes Phoenicea, [L.]
N. of a Ṛṣi, [Pravar.]
bandhurāबन्धुराf. a harlot, [L.]
N. of a procuress, [Hāsy.]
(pl.) the meal of parched corn, [L.]
bandhuraबन्धुरmf(A)n. ([Uṇ. i, 42], Sch.; cf. [Vām. v, 2, 42]) bent, inclined, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.]
curved, rounded, pleasant, beautiful, charming, [Inscr.]; [Kālid.]; [Caurap.]
(ifc.) adorned with, [Kād.]
undulating, uneven, [L.]
deaf, [L.] (cf. badhira)
injurious, mischievous, [W.]
m. (only [L.]) a bird
a goose
Ardea Nivea
Pentapetes Phoenicea
Embelia Ribes
a partic. bulbous plant growing on the Hima-vat mountain, [L.]
oil-cake
the vulva, [L.]
n. a diadem, crest, [L.]
bándhura n. (for 1. See above) = vandhura, [VS.]; [AV.]; [MBh. (B.)]
bandhutāबन्धुताbandhú—tā (°dhú-), f. connection, relation, kinship, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]
relations, kinsfolk, [Mālatīm.]
bandhukṛtबन्धुकृत्bandhu—kṛt See á-bandhukṛt.
bandhukinबन्धुकिन्bandhu°kin mfn. g. prekṣādi.
bandhumatबन्धुमत्bándhu—mat (bándhu-), mfn. having relations, [RV.] &c. &c.
surrounded by relations, [Ragh.]
bándhu—mat m. N. of a king, [Pur.]
of another man, [Cat.]
bandhupṛchबन्धुपृछ्bandhu—pṛ́ch mfn. seeking or caring for relations, [RV. iii, 54, 16] (cf. pṛṣṭa-bandhu).
bandhuraḥबन्धुरःbandhúraḥ (pl. of bandhur?), [AV. iii, 9, 3].
bandhutvaबन्धुत्वbandhu—tva n. relationship, affinity, [R.]
bandhuvatबन्धुवत्bandhu—vat mfn. having relations, [MW.]
bandhu—vat ind. like a relations, [Mn.]
bandhubhāvaबन्धुभावbandhu—bhāva m. relationship, friendship, [Kathās.]
bandhuśokaबन्धुशोकbandhu—śoka m. mourning for a relative, [Bcar.]
bandhuhīnaबन्धुहीनbandhu—hīna mfn. destitute of relations, friendless, [W.]
bandhujīvaबन्धुजीवbandhu—jīva m. ‘living in groups’, Pentapetes Phoenicea (a plant with a red flower which opens at midday and withers away the next morning)
bandhu—jīva n. its flower, [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]
bandhujanaबन्धुजनbandhu—jana m. a kinsman, friend, [Bhartṛ.]
kinsfolk, relations, [MBh.]; [R.]
bandhukāmaबन्धुकामbandhu—kāma mfn. loving relations or friends, [MBh.]
bandhukṣitबन्धुक्षित्bandhu—kṣít mfn. dwelling among relations, [RV.]
bandhumatīबन्धुमतीbándhu—matī (atī), f. N. of sev. women, [Daś.]; [Kathās.]
of a town, [Divyāv.]
bandhupālaबन्धुपालbandhu—pāla m. ‘kindred-protector’, N. of a man, [Daś.]
bandhupatiबन्धुपतिbandhu—pati m. lord of kindred or relations g. aśvapaty-ādi.
bandhurīyaबन्धुरीयw.r. for bandhur eṣa, [MBh. vi, 2659.]
bandhuritaबन्धुरितmfn. inclined, bent, [Sāh.]
curved, [Bālar.]
bandhudagdhaबन्धुदग्धbandhu—dagdha mfn. ‘cursed by relations’, an abandoned wretch (= hataka), [L.]
bandhudattāबन्धुदत्ताbandhu—dattā f. N. of a woman, [Kathās.]
bandhudattaबन्धुदत्तbandhu—datta mfn. ‘given by relations’, [Yājñ.]
bandhu—datta m. N. of a man, [W.]
bandhujīvinबन्धुजीविन्bandhu—jīvin m. a kind of ruby, [L.]
bandhukṛtyaबन्धुकृत्यbandhu—kṛtya n. the duty of a kinsman, friendly service, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
bandhumitraबन्धुमित्रbandhu—mitra m. ‘friend of relations’, N. of a man, [Kathās.]
bandhuprītiबन्धुप्रीतिbandhu—prīti f. love of friends or relations, [Megh.]
bandhuprabhaबन्धुप्रभbandhu—prabha m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathās.]
bandhupriyaबन्धुप्रियbandhu—priya mfn. dear to friends or relations, [MBh.]
bandhuvargaबन्धुवर्गbandhu—varga m. the whole body of relations, kindred, [MW.]
bandhubhāṣitaबन्धुभाषितbandhu—bhāṣita n. the talk or speech of relations, [MW.]
bandhudāyādaबन्धुदायादbandhu—dāyāda m. kinsman and heir, [Mn. ix, 158]
bandhu—dāyāda mfn. entitled to inheritance by relationship, [MBh.]
bandhujīvakaबन्धुजीवकbandhu—jīvaka m. = prec. m., [Suśr.]
N. of a Cakra-vartin, [Kathās.]
bandhupālitaबन्धुपालितbandhu—pālita m. ‘kindred-protected’, N. of a prince, [VP.]
bandhuvarmanबन्धुवर्मन्bandhu—varman m. N. of a prince, [Inscr.]
bandhulānvayaबन्धुलान्वयm. he posterity of Bandhula, [MW.]
bandhuragātrīबन्धुरगात्रीbandhura—gātrī f. (a woman) who has lovely or rounded limbs, [Ragh.]
bandhuvañcakaबन्धुवञ्चकbandhu—vañcaka m. ‘deceiver of relations’, N. of a Vidūṣaka, [Dhūrtas.]
bandhumatīyakaबन्धुमतीयकbándhu—ma°tīyaka mfn. belonging to this town, [ib.]
bandhupuṣpamālaबन्धुपुष्पमालbandhu—puṣpa-māla mfn. wearing a chaplet of Bandhu flowers, [MW.]
bandhujīvābhitāmraबन्धुजीवाभिताम्रbandhu—jī°vābhitāmra mfn. deep-red like the blossom of Pentapetes Phoenicea [Hariv.]
bandhurakomalāṅguliबन्धुरकोमलाङ्गुलिbandhura—komalāṅguli mfn. (a hand) that has rounded or delicate fingers, [Śak.]