Bandhana, Bamdhana: 40 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Bandhana is the “binding” or “fixation” of mercury, which, like swooning (mūrcchana), leaves mercury stable and thereby manipulable, in a state in which it is not subject to evaporation, even when heated over fire. Left unbound, mercury remains volatile whenever it is exposed to heat or sunlight. Once purified, it can be “fixed” via any one of the twenty-five or twenty-six alchemical bandhas. Each of these bandhas has a specific medical application.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
1) Bandhana (बन्धन) or Vṛntabandhana refers to the “arrangement of the petioles (vṛnta) with the branches and rachis”; it represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants, e.g., Leaf (parṇa). [...] Vṛnta is the part which holds the leaf, the flower and the fruit in space. Vṛnta-bandhana—the arrangement of the petioles with the branches and rachis.
2) Bandhana (बन्धन) or Bījabandhana refers to the “arrangement of seeds in the fruits”; representing a technical term related to the Phala (fruit).—The different parts of a fruit are—Vṛnta (Pedicel), Jālaka (Calyx), Valka (Fruit wall), Śalāṭu (unripe portion), Vartaka (Locule), Bījapuplika (Septum), Bījapuṣa (Placenta), Bīja (seed). The bīja-bandhana is the arrangement of seeds in a fruit.
Bīja-bandhana (arranged of the seeds in the fruit) may be are of five different types, viz.
- vṛntāntika,
- puplikāntika,
- puṣāntika,
- sthālakāntika and
- paṅktika.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Bandhana (बन्धन) (Cf. Bandha) refers to “that which binds”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.24 (“Śiva consents to marry Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to Viṣṇu: “O Viṣṇu, O Brahmā, O gods, all of you please hear with attention. I am going to say a specific thing in a suitable manner. Marrying is not a proper thing for men. Marriage is a great fetter that binds firmly [i.e., dṛḍha-bandhana]. There are many base bondages in the world. Association with women is the toughest of all. One can free oneself from all bondages except that of women. [...]”.
2) Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “forming (the knot)” (performed during a marriage ceremony), as opposed to Granthi-nirmocana (untying the knot), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.50 (“Description of fun and frolic”).—Tying together, so as to form a knot, the garments of the bride and bridegroom at the commencement of the marriage ceremony is called granthibandhana while untying the same after the ceremony is called granthinirmocana.
Bandhana (बन्धन).—Jail; escaping from and letting one to do so will be punished;1 also bandhasthāna.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Bandhana (बन्धन) [or bandha] refers to “mortar §§ 2.11, 16.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Bandhana (बन्धन) or Janmabandhana refers to the “bondage (of birth)”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] Practice Yoga in the sphere of the Supreme Syllable. The thread of the Supreme Syllable is the heart that fulfils all desires. He who, established in the venerable (goddess) Kujā, knows (this) is liberated from the bondage of birth [i.e., janma-bandhana]. (Perfect) contemplation is with (these) sixteen aspects and is (attained) within the form of the sixfold deposition. He who knows this is (a veritable) Lord of Yogis, the others (who do not) are (just) quoting from books. Once attained the plane that is Void and Non-void, the yogi is freed from bondage”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to the “(three) bonds” (i.e. the three impurities), according to the Jayadrathayāmala, Ṣaṭka 1 verse 13.3–18::—Accordingly, “[...] Besides (bhūyas) the nirvāṇadīkṣā bestowing liberation is of many kinds: śivadharma-dīkṣā, lokadharma-dīkṣā and the initiation which kills quickly, causing the body to fall. [The initiation] which reveals everything through the attainment of Śiva through the performance of post-initiatory rites once the three bonds (bandhana-traya) (i.e. the three impurities) have ceased due to the purification of the consciousness on one [of the six] paths, [that] initiation is known to be the śivadharmadīkṣā, which bestows the attainment of liberation because it is contrary to the mundane practice. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Bāndhana (बान्धन) refers to “binders”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Saturn also presides over binders (bāndhana), bird hunters, impure men, boatmen or fishermen, ugly men and old men; over dealers in hogs, chiefs of tribes, men of weak resolution, hill men, harbarous mountain tribes and over poor men”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “bondage”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “I shall speak of the highest knowledge by which the highest reality becomes manifest and, as a result of which, all bondage (bandhana) beginning with the snare of hope is cut away. In the Cakras, such as Mūlādhāra, in the pathways [of vitality], such as Suṣumnā, and in the vital airs, such as Prāṇa, the highest reality is not located. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “capturing (e.g., fish)” (as part of hunting), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “That is called hunting by snares in which animals are killed by tricking, and in which men capture (bandhana) fish, conches, otters, and oysters. Infinite are the means resorted to in this sort of hunting. It is used by low people, by the Niṣādas and others. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “tying (a string) (having golden and other beads)” (on it round the neck of the bride) and represents one of the various Marriage Rites (saṃskāra) according to the Gṛhyasūtras—The main outlines of the marriage saṃskāra show a remarkable continuity for several thousand years from the times of the Rig Veda down to modern times.—Maṅgala-sūtra-bandhana refers to “tying a string having golden and other beads on it round the neck of the bride”. This is now regarded as the most important ornament which no woman will part with as long as her husband is alive. But the Sūtras are entirely silent about it. [...] The Baudhāyana-gṛhya-śeṣa-sūtra V.5 in describing ‘arka-vivaha’ speaks of maṅgalya-sūtra to be tied to the plant. It is not clear whether it means the same as the maṅgalasūtra now tied (bandhana) by married women, round their necks. About the nose-ring or nose ornament to which all women whoso husbands are living attach the greatest importance in modern times, the sūtras, smṛtis and even the early digests are entirely silent.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “wrapping (strings)” (around the śūla-form), as discussed in chapter 5 of the Viṣvaksenasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 2800 Sanskrit verses dealing with theological matters, image-worship, iconography (relating to pratimā-icons) and the construction of temples.—Description of the chapter [śūlasthāpana-vidhi]: [...] When the śūla-forms are thus installed, is the pratimā-icon to be fashioned there in the sanctuary. The śūla-forms are wrapped in cloths representing the flesh, coloured and then wrapped in strings to symbolize the sinews and veins of the body. Thereupon, clay is applied to represent the skin of the body, and once again strings are wrapped around the form—this culminating act being called rajju-bandhana. After this is done the Ācārya and Śilpins are honored (73-81).
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Bandhana (बन्धन) (or Bandha) refers to “bondage” (i.e., when the mind is tangled in one of the senses), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Bondage (bandha) is when the mind longs for something, grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, is pleased about something or displeased about something. Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieve about anything, reject anything, or hold on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything. Bondage (bandha) is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses. When there is no 'me' that is liberation, and when there is 'me' there is bondage (bandhana) [yadā nāhaṃ tadā mokṣo yadāhaṃ bandhanaṃ tadā]. Considering this earnestly, do not hold on and do not reject”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Bandhana (बन्धन) denotes a “rope” or other fastening in the Atharvaveda and later.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Bandhana (बन्धन, “bond”).—According to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 13, there are two other types of bonds (bandhana): those that depend on craving (tṛṣṇāpatita) and those that depend on wrong views (dṛṣṭipatita). There are also three types of bandhana: those that depend on lust (rāgaptita), those that depend on hatred (dveṣapatita) and those that depend on delusion (mohapatita). They are called kleśa.
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “bondage”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] The Bodhisattva Gaganagañja then sustained the jewel-canopy of ten thousand yojanas high over the Lord’s lion throne in the sky, joined the palms of his hands, saluted, and praised the Lord with these suitable verses: ‘[...] (15) Having crossed over to the other side (uttīrya), saving (uttaraṇa) an inconceivable number of living beings (bahusatva), having been released yourself (muktvā), you completely release those still in bondage (bandhana), you care for the living beings of the world (jagat) in this unsurpassable (anuttara) great vehicle (mahāyāna), and you place them in extinction, which is the sameness of being beyond any way (nairyāṇa). [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Bandhana (बन्धन, “embrace”) refers to one of the Seventeen Viśuddhipadas (“stations of purity”) and is associated with the deity Vajranismara, according to the Prajñāpāramitānayasūtra: an ancient Buddhist Tantric text recited daily in the Japanese Shingon sect which is closely related to the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha.—The visualization of the seventeen-deity maṇḍala, representing the deification of the seventeen Viśuddhipadas [e.g., bandhana], was thought to facilitate the attainment of enlightenment through the sublimation of the defilements into the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to “binding or union karma” and represents one of the various kinds of Nāma, or “physique-making (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8. What is meant by binding or union (bandhana) body-making (nāma) karma? The karmas rise of which the particles of physical and other bodies stay consolidated together are called binding body-making karma.
Bandhana (बन्धन) refers to the “rope” (of Yama), according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Yama’s noose [com.—yamabandhana—‘Yama’s rope’] , which cannot be resisted even by the chiefs of gods, demons, men and the lord of snakes, in half a moment binds the world of living souls. Yama is clearly the one and only chief conqueror of the three worlds [and] by the mere wish of whom do the 30 gods die”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Bandhāṇa.—(Chamba), a settlement, an agreement. Note: bandhāṇa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Bandhana [बन्धना] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Eryngium foetidum L. from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family. For the possible medicinal usage of bandhana, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
bandhana : (nt.) bound; fetter; attachment; imprisonment; binding; bondage; something to bind with.
Bandhana, (nt.) (fr. bandh, cp. Vedic bandhana) 1. binding, bond, fetter Vin. I, 21; D. I, 226, 245 (pañca kāmaguṇā); III, 176; M. II, 44; S. I, 8, 24 (Māra°), 35, 40; IV, 201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, 291; Sn. 532, 948; Th. 1, 414; 2, 356 (Māra°) Dh. 345 sq. ; J. II, 139, 140; III, 59=PvA. 4; V, 285; Nd2 304III, B (var. bonds, andhu°, rajju° etc. cp. Nd1 433); DA. I, 121 (with ref. to kāmā).—2. binding, tying, band, ligature; tie (also fig.) Vin. I, 204 (°suttaka thread for tying) II. 135 (kāya° waistband); II, 117 (°rajju for robes); S. III, 155 (vetta° ligatures of bamboo; cp. V, 51); Sn. 44 (gihi°, cp. Nd2 228: puttā ca dāsī ca); DhA. I, 4 (ghara° tie of the house); KhA 51 (paṭṭa°).—3. holding together, composition, constitution Vin. I, 96 (sarīra°), cp. III, 28.—fig. composition (of literature) J. II, 224 (gāthā°).—4. joining together, union, company DhA. II, 160 (gaṇa° joining in companies).—5. handle Vin. II, 135.—6. piecing together Vin. I, 254 (°mattena when it, i.e. the stuff, has only been pieced together, see Vin. Texts II. 153 n.).—7. strap (?) doubtful reading in aṃsa° (q. v.) Vv 3340, where we should prefer to read with v. l. °vaṭṭaka.—8. doubtful in meaning in cpd. paṃca-vidha-bandhana “the fivefold fixing,” as one of the torments in Niraya. It is a sort of crucifixion (see for detail pañca 3) Nd2 304III, C=Nd1 404; J. I, 174; PvA. 221; VbhA. 278. In this connection it may mean “set,” cp. mūla°.—On use of bandhana in similes see J. P. T. S. 1907, 115. Cp. vini°.—âgāra “fetter-house,” prison D. I, 72; M. I, 75; Vin. III, 151; J. III, 326; DhA. II, 152; VvA. 66; PvA. 153.—âgārika prison-keeper, head-jailer A. II, 207. (Page 482)
bandhana (ဗန္ဓန) [(na) (န)]—
[bandha+yu．bandhanti satte etenātibandhanaṃ．nīti,dhā．119．]
[ဗန္ဓ+ယု။ ဗန္ဓန္တိ သတ္တေ ဧတေနာတိဗန္ဓနံ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၁၁၉။]
[Pali to Burmese]
bandhana—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ဖွဲ့ခြင်း၊ နှောင်ဖွဲ့ခြင်း။ (ခ) ဖွဲ့စပ်ခြင်း၊ တဲခြင်း။ (၂) ဖွဲ့တတ်သောတရား၊ အနှောင်အဖွဲ့။ (၃) ဖွဲ့ကြောင်း။ (၄) အစီအကုံးအနှုံးအဖွဲ့၊ ကဗျာ။ (၅) ကျော့ကွင်း။ (၆) အညှာ။ (၇) ခါးပန်းကြိုး။ (၈) လျှာ။ ဗန္ဓနမူလ-(၁)-ကြည့်။ (၉) ထောင်၊ နှောင်အိမ်။ ဗန္ဓနဗဒ္ဓ,ဗန္ဓနာမောက္ခ-တို့ကြည့်။ (တိ) (၁ဝ) နှောင်ဖွဲ့အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Formation, confinement. (b) Composition, constellation. (2) The law that can be formed, confinement and congregation. (3) Formation line. (4) Arrangement of plans, poetry. (5) Circle. (6) Layer. (7) Backbone. (8) Slant. Context - (1) see. (9) Prison, confinement house. Look at the context of the vocabulary and terminology. (10) That which is confined.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
bandhana (बंधन).—n (S) Tying, fastening, binding. 2 Fastened or bound state. 3 A tie or fastening, lit. fig. 4 with āṭha or dasa or sōḷa or māsa prefixed Ablution of the bridegroom and bride &c. See at large under āṭhanahāṇa.
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bāndhaṇa (बांधण).—n C (bāndhaṇēṃ) Ground formed into a field (for rice &c.) by damming across a stream and causing it to overflow it. 2 n f A dam or an embankment built across a field to prevent the soil from being washed away. 3 Damming up (as of a water channel). v kara, ghāla. 4 A tie or fastening.
bandhana (बंधन).—n A tie. Fastening.
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bāndhaṇa (बांधण).—n Tying material.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bandhana (बन्धन).—a.
1) Binding, fettering.
2) Checking, stopping.
3) (At the end of comp.) Dependent upon; cf. निबन्धन (nibandhana).
-nam [bandh-bhāve-lyuṭ]
1) The act of binding, fastening; tying; स्मरसि स्मर मेखलागुणैरुत गोत्रस्खलितेषु बन्धनम् (smarasi smara mekhalāguṇairuta gotraskhaliteṣu bandhanam) Kumārasambhava 4.8.
2) Binding on or round, throwing round, clasping; विनम्रशाखाभुजबन्धनानि (vinamraśākhābhujabandhanāni) Kumārasambhava 3.39; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.21; घटय भुजबन्धनम् (ghaṭaya bhujabandhanam) Gītagovinda 1; R.19.17.
3) A bond, tie (fig. also); R.12.76; आशाबन्धनम् (āśābandhanam) &c.
4) Fettering, chaining, confining. गजभुजङ्गमयोरपि बन्धनम् (gajabhujaṅgamayorapi bandhanam) Bhartṛhari 2.91.
5) A chain, fetter, tether, halter &c.
6) Capturing, catching.
7) Bondage confinement, imprisonment, captivity; as in बन्धनागार (bandhanāgāra).
8) A place of confinement, prison, jail; वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां जातो भोजेन्द्रबन्धने (vasudevasya devakyāṃ jāto bhojendrabandhane) Bhāgavata 3.2.25; त्वां कारयामि कमलोदरबन्धनस्थम् (tvāṃ kārayāmi kamalodarabandhanastham) Ś.6.2; द्विगुणं त्रिगुणं पश्चाद्यावज्जीवं तु बन्धनम् (dviguṇaṃ triguṇaṃ paścādyāvajjīvaṃ tu bandhanam) Śukra.4.8; Manusmṛti 9.288.
9) Forming, building, construction; सेतुबन्धनम् (setubandhanam) Kumārasambhava 4.6.
1) Connecting, uniting, joining.
11) Hurting, injuring.
12) A stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower); कृतं न कर्णार्पितबन्धनं सखे (kṛtaṃ na karṇārpitabandhanaṃ sakhe) Ś.6.18.; Uttararāmacarita 2.9; Kumārasambhava 4.14.
13) A sinew, muscle; संधिन्नसंधिः प्रविकीर्णबन्धनो हतः क्षितौ वायुसुतेन राक्षसः (saṃdhinnasaṃdhiḥ pravikīrṇabandhano hataḥ kṣitau vāyusutena rākṣasaḥ) Rām.5. 47.36;5.24.4.
14) A bandage.
15) A bar, barrier.
16) Alloyage, mixing.
17) An embankment, a bridge.
18) A conjunction, connection.
19) (In phil.) Mundane bondage (opp. to liberation).
-nam, -nī 1 A bond, tie.
2) A rope, cord.
3) A string, thread.
4) A chain, fetter.
5) A bondage.
Bandhana (बन्धन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Binding, tying, confining. 2. A rope foy tying cattle. 3. Killing. 4. Hurting, injuring. mfn. Subst.
(-naḥ-nā or -nī-naṃ) The implement of binding or tying, a rope, a chain, a bandage, a ligature, &c. E. bandh to tie, aff. lyuṭ or yuc .
Bandhana (बन्धन).—[bandh + ana], I. n. 1. Binding, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 20; [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 21 (of the ocean, by a bridge), fastening, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 29, M. M.; catcing, [Pañcatantra] 114, 6. 2. Confining, [Hitopadeśa] 34, 3, M. M. (jāla-, by a net). 3. A prison, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 288. 4. A rope for tying cattle. Ii. m., f. nā or nī, and n. The instrument of tying, holding together, Utt. Rāmac, 40, 12; tic, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 19; string, [Hitopadeśa] 77, 1, M. M. (snāyu-, made of a sinew); a rope, a thread, [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 78; a chain, snare, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 19; stem, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 53, 15.
Bandhana (बन्धन).—[feminine] ī binding, fettering, holding fast; [neuter] the act of binding etc., capture, custody, prison; band, string, sinew, muscle; stem, stalk; chain, fetter, bondage ([opposed] mukti); constructing, building, covering with a bridge, embanking; dam, mole; union, connection, fixing or turning upon ([locative]) etc. = bandha.
1) Bandhana (बन्धन):—[from bandh] mf(ī)n. binding, tying, fettering, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] captivating (with [genitive case] or ifc.; cf. bhāva-b and, [Pāṇini 4-4, 96 [Scholiast or Commentator]])
3) [v.s. ...] holding fast, stopping, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
4) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) dependent on [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] n. the act of binding, tying, fastening, fettering, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] n. (also f(ī). , [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a bond, tie (also [figuratively]), rope, cord, tether, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc. (ifc. with f(ā). = bound to or fettered by)
7) [v.s. ...] n. binding on or round, clasping, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra]
8) [v.s. ...] binding up, bandaging, a bandage, [Suśruta]
9) [v.s. ...] catching, capturing, confining, detention, custody, imprisonment or a prison, [Manu-smṛti; Kathāsaritsāgara; Purāṇa]
10) [v.s. ...] building, construction, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
11) [v.s. ...] embanking or an embankment, [ib.]
12) [v.s. ...] bridging over, [Hitopadeśa]
13) [v.s. ...] alloying (of metals), [Bhāvaprakāśa]
14) [v.s. ...] joining, junction, connection, coherence, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata]
15) [v.s. ...] fixing upon, directing towards ([locative case]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
16) [v.s. ...] checking, suppressing, [Amaru-śataka]
17) [v.s. ...] (in [philosophy]) mundane bondage (opp. to final liberation)
18) [v.s. ...] hurting, killing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
19) [v.s. ...] a stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
20) [v.s. ...] a sinew, muscle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Bandhana (बन्धन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Binding; rope for tying cattle; killing. m. n. f. A rope, a chain, bandage, &c.
Bandhana (बन्धन):—(von bandh)
1) adj. f. ī bindend, festhaltend, hemmend: nanu kakṣyā nāmāśvabandhanī rajjuḥ [Itihāsa] bei [Sāyaṇa] zu [Ṛgveda 1, 125, 1.] ke te agne ri.ave.bandhanāsaḥ [Ṛgveda 5, 12, 4.] bāla [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 1, 16.] bandhanastvamasurāṇāṃ yudhi śatruvināśanaḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 1176. 1214.] bhāva (preman) die Herzen fesselnd [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 24.] hṛdayasya bandhanaḥ (mantra) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 96,] [Scholiast] —
2) n. a) das Binden, Fesseln, Anbinden, Umbinden, Verbinden; Verband [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 439.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 78] [?(Halāyudha 5, 53).] mātṛjaṅghā hi vatsasya stambhībhavati bandhane [Spr. 357.] karacaraṇayorbandhanaṃ kṛtvā [Dhūrtasamāgama 95, 9.] dārubandhanarajju [Pañcatantra 10, 10.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 15.] [Suśruta 1, 25, 15. 55, 13.] vraṇa [65, 13. 98, 5. 2, 27, 1.] kara [1, 151, 9.] mauñji [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 169. fgg.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 39.] mekhalābhirasakṛccāpi bandhanam avāpa saḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 19, 17.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 39.] ghaṭaya bhujabandhanam so v. a. umarme [Gītagovinda 10, 3.] hṛdayasya [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 96.] das Binden so v. a. Gefangennahme, das Einfangen; Gefangenschaft [Halāyudha 3, 4.] jāla [Hitopadeśa 16, 14.] mṛgapakṣiṇām [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 931.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 49.] gajabhujaṃgamayoḥ [Spr. 811.] kokila [3713.] nṛṇām [Mahābhārata 4, 201.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 78, 3.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 12, 75.] bandhanāni ca kaṣṭāni [78.] [Spr. 704. 2644.] daśa varṣāṇi zehnjährige Gefangenschaft [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 90. 5, 147.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 7, 9. 8, 15, 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 28, 183. 37, 41.] bhojendrabandhane in der Gefangenschaft bei Bh. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 2, 25.] yo bandhanavadhakleśānprāṇināṃ ca cikīrṣati [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 46.] tāsāṃ bandhanaṃ sa nyavārayat [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 229.] prāpnoti harandravyaṃ bandhanaṃ yadi vā vadham [Mahābhārata 4, 131.] [Pañcatantra 107, 24.] bandhanamāyānti śukāḥ [Spr. 844.] sa naḥ pitāmaho nīto viṣṇunā dīrghabandhanam [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 40. 142.] vigataṃ hi bandhanaṃ vaḥ [37, 48.] samaya adj. [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 80, 11.] tīrṇo bandhanāt (in philos. Sinne) [Mahābhārata 14, 532.] (tam) prasahya bandhane baddhvā [1, 4993.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 3.] (tam) rājā krodhano bandhane vyadhāt [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 104.] bandhanāni ca sarvāṇi rājā mārge niveśayet Gefängnisse [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 288.] nijagrāha (tam) cauravadrāḍhabandhane (so ist wohl st. bandhanaṃ zu lesen) [Harivaṃśa 9109.] nirgatya bandhanāt [Kathāsaritsāgara 49, 107.] tanmucyatāṃ pañjarabandhanādayaṃ pakṣī [Pañcatantra 192, 15.] gṛhyakāḥ śukāḥ pañjarādibandhanena paratantrīkṛtāḥ durch das Gefangenhalten in Käfigen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 119,] [Scholiast] das Binden so v. a. Hemmen: prakaroti dāḍimaphalavyājena vāgbandhanam (beim Papageien) [Spr. 1109.] = vadha Tödtung [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 97.] = hiṃsā Leidzufügung [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) das Zusammenfügen: setoḥ ba und setu das Errichten eines Dammes, einer Brücke [Mahābhārata 3, 282] in der Unterschr. [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 3, 32. 5, 95, 43. fg. 6, 1, 3.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 4, 6.] asmābhirbhidyamānaṃ tu maryādāsetubandhanam . bhetsyantyaśaṅkitā daityāḥ concr. Damm in übertr. Bed. [Harivaṃśa 7261.] taḍāgānāṃ ba das Eindämmen [Mahābhārata 13, 2972.] daśānano haretsītāṃ bandhanaṃ syānmahodadheḥ das Fesseln und zugleich das Ueberbrücken [Spr. 799. 4200.] Verbindung (von Metallen) so v. a. Legirung [Oxforder Handschriften 321, 3 v. u.] — c) Verbindung, Zusammenhang: ā.uste trīṇi di.i bandhanāni [Ṛgveda 1, 163, 3.] sahāyabandhanā hyarthāḥ sahāyāścārthabandhanāḥ . anyonyabandhanāvetau vinānyonyaṃ na sidhyataḥ .. so v. a. abhängig von [Mahābhārata 5, 1371.] — d) das Heften, Richten auf: dhāraṇā tu kvaciddhyeye cittasya sthirabandhanam [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 84.] — e) Band, Strick, Fessel [Amarakoṣa 3, 3,14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1274.] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 122.] chi.nā nauriva.bandhanāt [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3, 6, 7. 6. 14, 2.] aśvasya [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 1, 6, 2.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 9, 4.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 8, 2.] ūrdhva [Yāska’s Nirukta 12, 38.] [Suśruta 1, 341, 18.] jaṭā [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 20.] galitabandhanakeśapāśā [Caurapañcāśikā 17.] indradhvaja ivotsṛṣṭo yantranirmuktabandhanaḥ [Mahābhārata 7, 3407.] jalagandhebha [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 107.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 24, 160.] yugamīṣāntabandhanam [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 756.] puruṣaṃ parimuktabandhanaṃ karoti [Śākuntala 75, 11.] bandhanaṃ chettum [Hitopadeśa 15, 7. 11. 21, 15. 43, 17.] kapotā muktabandhanāḥ [Spr. 2472.] garuḍāpātaviśliṣṭameghanādāstra [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 76.] ślatha [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 158.] mokṣituṃ, moktuṃ, mocayituṃ bandhanāt [Harivaṃśa 9059.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 7.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 20.] [Spr. 4254.] [Hitopadeśa 23, 11.] sarve te bandhanānnāgāstyajyantām [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 25.] vidhuta adj. [26.] karacaraṇayorbandhanamapanīya [Dhūrtasamāgama 96, 1.] kaṇṭhasaktamṛdubāhu [Raghuvaṃśa 19, 29.] asatyakaṇṭhārpitabāhubandhanā [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 57.] samastabhāvaiḥ khalu bandhanaṃ striyaḥ [Spr. 3319.] [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya 15, 17.] annaṃ prāṇasya bandhanam Speise hält das Leben (im Leibe) fest [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 89.] tāsu me hṛdayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ saṃjātaṃ kāmabandhanam durch Liebe an sie gefesselt [Mahābhārata 5, 4765.] loko yaṃ karmabandhanaḥ [Bhagavadgītā 3, 9.] rāghavasnehabandhanāt [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 90, 9.] Nach [COLEBR.] und [Loiseleur Deslongchamps] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 74] auch bandhanī f. — f) Band so v. a. Sehne, Muskel: mathitāsthi [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 42, 20.] muktacarmāsthi [Harivaṃśa 9344.] ślatha (gātra) [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 8.] kaṭhinaskandha [Harivaṃśa 4101.] niḥsṛte sāśrurudhire tasya netre sabandhane [4730. 4310.] — g) Stiel (einer Frucht, einer Blüthe) [Ṛgveda 7, 59, 12.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 1, 41.] [Mahābhārata 13, 4312.] [Śākuntala 145.] — Vgl. a, kāya, gajabandhanī, naubandhana, pāda, pāśa, pūta, prasava, maṇi, mukha, śīrṣa, su, hiraṇya .
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Bandhana (बन्धन):—
1) [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 23, 4, 48.] —
2) g) [UTTARARĀMAC. 39, 18 (53, 15).] — Vgl. gīta, prema .
Bandhana (बन्धन):——
1) Adj. (f. ī ) bindend , festhaltend , fesselnd (auch in übertragener Bed.). —
2) *f. bandhanī Band , Strick , Fesse. —
3) n. — a) das Binden , Fesseln , Anbinden , Umbinden , Verbinden Umfangen ; Verband. — b) Gefangennahme , das Einfangen , Gefangenhalten , Gefangenschaft , Haft. — c) das Errichten , Erbauen. — d) das Eindämmen. — e) das Ueberbrücken. — f) das Legiren (von Metallen) [Bhāvaprakāśa] bei [GARBE] , [Rājan] , N. zu [112.] — g) Verbindung , Zusammenhang. — h) das Heften — , Richten auf (Loc.). — i) das Hemmen , Unterdrücken. — k) in der Philosophie Gebundenheit im Gegensatz zur Erlösung [Indische sprüche 7726.] — l) *Leidzufügung. — m) *Tödtung. — n) Band , Strick , Fessel ; Fessel auch so v.a. was Etwas (Gen.) zusammenhält. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) — zur Fessel habend auch so v.a. gefesselt durch oder an. — o) Gefängniss. — p) Sehne , Muskel. — q) Damm. — r) Stiel (einer Frucht , einer Blüthe).
Bandhana (बन्धन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Baṃdhaṇa, Baṃdhaṇayā.
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.
Hindi dictionary
1) Baṃdhana (बंधन) [Also spelled bandhan]:—(nm) a bond, tie; the act or process of binding/tying; bondage; restriction; a fetter; ~[kārī] binding; ~[grasta] in bonds/fetters, bound; hence ~[grastatā] (nf); —[toḍanā] to break the bonds of; —[meṃ paḍanā] to fall into bonds, to be tied down.
2) Baṃdhanā (बंधना):—(v) to be tied; to be fastened; to be bound; to be restricted; (nm) a string, anything used for tying; [baṃdhā huā] tied; still, motionless, static (as [pānī); baṃdhībaṃdhāī] conventional, traditional; [baṃdhī rakama] definite amount; a lump sum.
3) Bāṃdhanā (बांधना):—(v) to tie, to fasten; to bind; to pack; to wrap around (as [pagaḍī—, paṭṭī]—).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Baṃdhaṇa (बंधण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bandhana.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Baṃdhana (ಬಂಧನ):—
1) [adjective] binding; restrictive.
2) [adjective] opposing; resisting.
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Baṃdhana (ಬಂಧನ):—
1) [noun] a tying or being tied.
2) [noun] a building for confining undertrials and criminals sentenced after conviction; a jail; a prison.
3) [noun] the condition of being confined (in or as in a jail).
4) [noun] a rope, cord, chair, band or strip as a means for binding.
5) [noun] the act of capturing, seizing, arresting or imprisoning.
6) [noun] a control, check or restraint.
7) [noun] the way in which something is composed, constructed or formed.
8) [noun] (phil.) the worldly passions or attachments that bind the soul to the mundane life.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Bandhana (बन्धन):—n. 1. (an act of) tying; bondage; 2. string; 3. jail; imprisonment; 4. restriction; control; prohibition; 5. joint (in the body); 6. song sung before the folk dance called maruni;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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