Bunda: 9 definitions

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Bunda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Bunda (बुन्द) means “arrow” in a few passages of the Ṛgveda.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bunda, (Vedic budhna) the root of a tree Abhp 549. (Page 490)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bunda (बुंद).—n The bottom, base, lower part. bunda ghēṇēṃ g. of o. as khāparācēṃ To smear earth over the bottom of vessels (to enable them to bear the fire).

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bunda (बुंद).—m (bindu S) A drop.

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bunda (बुंद).—m ( H) A coffee-berry. 2 Used, in familiar phraseology, to serve as a standard of excellence, superbness, grandness, or fineness; as hēṃ akṣara kasēṃ bunda āhē! Affixed also, as a term of exaltation or enhancement, to the adjective lāla; as pāgōṭyācā raṅga lāla bunda āhē The turban is of a flaming red.

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būnda (बूंद).—(bindu S through H) A drop. 2 A coffee-berry. 3 This form sometimes occurs in the other senses of bunda q. v.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bunda (बुंद).—m A drop. A coffee-berry. n The bottom. Used in familiar phraseo- logy, to serve as a standard of excel- lence. Ex. hēṃ akṣara asēṃ bunda āhē. bunda ghēṇēṃ Smear earth over the bottom of vessels.

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būnda (बूंद).—m A drop. A coffee-berry.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bunda (बुन्द).—[masculine] arrow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bunda (बुन्द):—m. an arrow, [Ṛg-veda] (= iṣu, [Nirukta, by Yāska])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bunda (बुन्द):—(u, iraña) bundati, te 1. c. To discern.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bunda in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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