sétu mfn. (fr. √ 1. si) binding, who or what binds or fetters, [RV.]
sétu m. a bond, fetter, [ib.]
a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations), [RV.] &c. &c.
Rāma's bridge (see setubandha), [BhP.]
a landmark, boundary, limit (also fig. = ‘barrier, bounds’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also N. of various commentaries), [Cat.]
an established institution, fixed rule, [MW.]
the Praṇava or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be mantrāṇāṃ setuḥ), [KālP.]
Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (= varaṇa, varuṇa), [L.]
N. of a son of Druhyu and brother of Babhru, [Hariv.]
of a son of Babhru, [Pur.]
of a place, [MW.]