Bandhava, Bamdhava: 22 definitions
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Bandhava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Bāndhava (बान्धव) refers to “relatives”, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Neither mother, father, brother or relatives (bāndhava) help one as the teacher does. Having understood this, whether he suffers when there is (cause for) suffering or is happy when there is (cause for) happiness, he should not, even unwittingly, assume a position contrary to (the one his) teacher has. Sitting next to him (the disciple) should massage him and the like. He should offer him the bowl with which he begs and flowers constantly”.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Bāndhava (बान्धव) refers to “family” (i.e., worshipping a deity with the whole family), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.10 (“The burning of the Tripuras”).—Accordingly, as Tārakākṣa said to Śiva: “O sage, at the bidding of Śiva, those Asuras were burnt and reduced to ashes by the fire even as they were muttering thus. [...] Let there be no predicament to any as it happened in regard to the residents of the three cities. This is the opinion of all. By chance if it happens, let it. Those who worshipped Śiva along with their family (sa-bāndhava) attained Gaṇapati’s region, thanks to the worship of Śiva. [...]”.
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.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
1) Bāndhava (बान्धव) refers to “relations”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “If children, wives, wealth, relations (bāndhava—putrastrīdhanabāndhavāḥ) [and] bodies will inevitably go away, then why is one distressed uselessly for the sake of them?”.
2) Bāndhava (बान्धव) refers to a “brother”, according to the Jñānārṇava.—Accordingly, “That very same doctrine, which is devoted to the helpless, is a preceptor and a friend, and the doctrine is a master and a brother (bāndhava). It is a protector without a motive. This doctrine saves the three worlds [from] sinking into the pit of hell. Also, it confers happiness beyond the senses for corporeal [souls]”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
bandhava : (m.) kinsman; relative; relation.
Bandhava, (cp. Class. Sk. bāndhava) 1. kinsman, member of a clan or family, relative A. III, 44; Sn. 60 (pl. bandhavāni in poetry; cp. Nd2 455); Dh. 288 (pl. bandhavā); J. II, 316; V, 81; DA. I, 243.—2. (-°) one who is connected with or belongs to Sn. 140 (manta°, wellacquainted with Mantras; cp. SnA 192; vedabandhū veda-paṭisaraṇā ti vuttaṃ hoti); J. V, 335 (bodhaneyya°); cp. bandhu 3. (Page 482)
bandhava (ဗန္ဓဝ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[bandhu+a．bandhuyeva bandhavo,a．,ṭī．243．]
[ဗန္ဓု+အ။ ဗန္ဓုယေဝ ဗန္ဓဝေါ၊ အ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၂၄၃။]
[Pali to Burmese]
bandhava—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဆွေမျိုး။ (၂) အဆွေ၊ ခင်ပွန်း၊ မိတ်ဆွေ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Relatives. (2) In-laws, husband, friends.
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
bāndhava (बांधव).—m S A brother or cousin. See bandhu.
bāndhava (बांधव).—m A brother or cousin; see bandhu.
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
Bāndhava (बान्धव).—[bandhu svārthe idamarthe vā'ṇ]
1) A relation, kinsman (in general); बान्धवाः कुलमिच्छन्ति (bāndhavāḥ kulamicchanti) Subhāṣ; यस्यार्थास्तस्य बान्धवाः (yasyārthāstasya bāndhavāḥ) H.1; Manusmṛti 5.74,11;4.179.
2) A maternal relation; Manusmṛti 4.179.
3) A friend; धनेभ्यः परो बान्धवो नास्ति लोके (dhanebhyaḥ paro bāndhavo nāsti loke) Subhāṣ.
4) A brother.
5) Friendly service (bandhukṛtya); पैतृष्वस्रेयप्रीत्यर्थं तद्गोत्रस्यात्तबान्धवः (paitṛṣvasreyaprītyarthaṃ tadgotrasyāttabāndhavaḥ) Bhāgavata 1.19.35.
Derivable forms: bāndhavaḥ (बान्धवः).
Bāndhava (बान्धव).—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. A relation, a kinsman: see bandhu. 2. A friend. E. bandhu a kinsman, aṇ pleonastic aff.
Bāndhava (बान्धव).—i. e. bandhu + a, m. 1. A relation, a kinsman, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 141; [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 71, M. M.; [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 179 (a maternal relation, [Kullūka Schol. ed. [Mānavadharmaśāstra]]). 2. A friend, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 72, M. M.
Bāndhava (बान्धव).—[masculine] ī [feminine] relation, kinsman or kinswoman ([especially] on the mother’s side), friend.
1) Bāndhava (बान्धव):—m. ([from] bandhu) a kinsman, relation ([especially] maternal r°), friend (ifc. f(ā). ), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) a brother, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Bāndhava (बान्धव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. A relation, a friend.
Bāndhava (बान्धव):—(von bandhu) m. ein Angehöriger, Verwandter gaṇa prajñādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 38.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 34. 3, 4, 16, 91.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 561.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 707.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 45.] [Halāyudha 2, 354.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 70. 72.] [Nalopākhyāna 17, 24.] [Suśruta 1, 7, 12.] [Śākuntala 92.] māturāptāṃśca bāndhavān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 101.] na me sti mātā na pitā jñātayo bāndhavāḥ kutaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 62, 4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 264.] jñātisaṃbandhibāndhavaiḥ [4, 179.] yāmayaḥ, bāndhavāḥ, saṃbandhinaḥ, mātṛmātulāḥ [183.] saṃbandhibāndhavaiḥ [5, 74.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 7.] samitrajñātibāndhavān [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 269.] sakhisaṃbandhibāndhavān [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 108.] mitrasvajanabāndhavāḥ [Spr. 2437.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 32, 7.] balavantaḥ samṛddhārthā mitrabāndhavanandanāḥ . jīvantyanyonyamāśritya drumāḥ kānanajā iva .. [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 42.] Frau und Kinder darunter verstanden [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 1, 35.] der Sohn so genannt [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 44.] ā śmaśānānnivartante jñātayaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ [Spr. 398.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 241.] dikśūnyā cedabāndhavā [Spr. 249.] vyāsaneṣu ca bāndhavān (jānīyāt) [352.] utsave vyasane caiva durbhikṣe śatruvigrahe . rājadvāre śmaśāne ca yastiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ .. [458.] dhanebhyaḥ paro bāndhavo nāsti loke [1305.] lajjante bāndhavāstena saṃbandhaṃ gopāyanti ca yasya na syuḥ kapardikāḥ [2654.] sadbhāvena ca bāndhavam (haret) [3332.] rājāno mantribāndhavāḥ . patayo bāndhavāḥ strīṇāṃ brāhmaṇā vedabāndhavāḥ .. [4520.] pradyumnapriya (yauvana) [3018.] abāndhavaṃ śavam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 55.] nṛpameva sabāndhavam [7, 28. 111.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 97, 27.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 23, 25. 31, 56. 33, 1.] Freund [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. pika, pitṛ, rāja, bandhu .
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Bāndhava (बान्धव):—, bāndhavī f. eine Verwandte [Kathāsaritsāgara 121, 243.]
Bāndhava (बान्धव):——
1) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) ein Angehöriger , Verwandter , insbes. mütterlicherseits. madeka Adj. einzig nur mich zum Angehörigen habend ; davon Nom.abstr. tā f. [Kṣemīśvara’s Caṇḍakauśika 65,1.] — b) Freund [Indische sprüche 7658.] —
2) f. ī eine Verwandte.
Bāndhava (बान्धव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Baṃdhava.
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
Bāṃdhava (बांधव):—(nm) brethern, kith and kin, fraternal relation; see [baṃdhu-bāṃdhava].
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Baṃdhava (बंधव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bāndhava.
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
Bāṃdhava (ಬಾಂಧವ):—
1) [noun] a man as related to another by blood or marriage.
2) [noun] a friend.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Bāndhava (बान्धव):—n. 1. relation; kinsman; 2. relatives; friends; kinsmen taken collectively; brotherhood;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bandhavadhura, Bandhavaicitrya, Bandhavajana, Bandhavaka, Bandhavakroshin, Bandhavala, Bandhavata.
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