Badhana, Bādhana: 14 definitions

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Badhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Badhan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Badhana (बधन) refers to the “arresting (of fragrance)” which represents one of the bio-organic agricultural methods described in the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Several special processes with reference to the plants will be described hereunder. They are: [e.g., arresting of fragrance (gandha-vadhana);] and so on. [...]”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

bādhana : (nt.) hindrance; affliction; snaring; catching.

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

Bādhana, (nt.) (fr. bādh) 1. snaring, catching (of animals etc.) S. V, 148; J. I, 211.—2. hindrance DA. I, 132. ‹-› 3. affliction, injury, hurting Vism. 495; PvA. 116. (Page 485)

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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

bādhana (बाधन).—n S Opposing, hindering, prohibiting, precluding, excepting. Applying esp. to points of logic or grammar.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bādhana (बाधन).—a.

1) Harassing, opposing.

2) Refuting, controverting.

-nam [bādh-bhāve lyuṭ]

1) Harassing, oppression, annoyance, disturbance, pain; Ś.1.

2) Annulment.

3) Removal, suspension.

4) Refutation, contradiction.

5) Opposing, hindering.

6) Precluding.

-nā Pain, trouble, anxiety, disturbance.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bādhana (बाधन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Pain. 2. Impeding, opposing. E. bādh to oppose, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Bādhana (बाधन).—[bādh + ana], n. 1. Opposing. 2. Refutation, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 218, 11. 3. Pain.

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

Bādhana (बाधन).—[adjective] oppressing, molesting, opposing; [neuter] the action of oppressing etc., expulsion, removal, annulment; [feminine] ā discomfort, uneasiness.

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

1) Bādhana (बाधन):—[from bādh] mfn. oppressing, harassing (See śatrub)

2) [v.s. ...] opposing, refuting, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Bādhanā (बाधना):—[from bādhana > bādh] f. uneasiness, trouble, pain, [Nyāyasūtra]

4) Bādhana (बाधन):—[from bādh] n. opposition, resistance, oppression, molestation, affliction (also [plural]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Śakuntalā]

5) [v.s. ...] removing, suspending, annulment (of a rule etc.), [Vedāntasāra; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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

Bādhana (बाधन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Impeding; pain.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bādhana (बाधन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Bāhaṇa, Bāhaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Badhana in German

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Baḍhanā (बढना):—(v) to increase, to multiply; to rise; to grow; to progress, to advance, to prosper; to excel/surpass/exceed/outdo; —[kara] ahead of; more than; better than; surpassing; —[kara calanā] to become conceited, to pace ahead out of vanity; —[kara bolanā] to outbid, to make a higher —बढ़ कर बोलना to brag, to boast, to talk too tall.

2) Baḍhānā (बढाना):—(v) to increase, to multiply; to extend, to raise; to cause to progress/grow/prosper; to advance; to magnify; to exaggerate; to push ahead; to extinguish (as a [diyā]—); to close (as [dukāna]—); -[caḍhākara kahanā] to lay it on with a trowel, to draw the long bow, to throw the hatchet.

3) Bādhana (बाधन) [Also spelled badhan]:—(nm) proscription; obstruction.

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