Bandhya, Bandhyā: 11 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Ayurveda
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Nepali
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Introduction:

Bandhya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Bandhya (बन्ध्य) refers to “fruitless trees”, as mentioned in a list of four synonyms in the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees [viz., Bandhya] and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bandhya (बन्ध्य).—[bandh-yat]

1) To be bound or fettered, to be confined or imprisoned; अबन्ध्यं यश्च बध्नाति बद्धं यश्च प्रमुञ्चति (abandhyaṃ yaśca badhnāti baddhaṃ yaśca pramuñcati) Y.2.243.

2) To be joined or bound together.

3) To be formed, built or constructed.

4) Detained, under arrest.

5) (= vandhya) Barren, unproductive, fruitless; useless (said of persons or things); बन्ध्यश्रमास्ते (bandhyaśramāste) R.16.75; अबन्ध्ययत्नाश्च बभूवुरत्र ते (abandhyayatnāśca babhūvuratra te) 3.29; Kirātārjunīya 1.33.

6) Not having the menses or menstrual discharge.

7) (At the end of comp.) Deprived or destitute of.

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Bandhyā (बन्ध्या).—(= vandhyā)

1) A barren woman; न हि बन्ध्या विजानाति गुर्वी प्रसववेदनाम् (na hi bandhyā vijānāti gurvī prasavavedanām) Subhāṣ.

2) A barren cow.

3) A kind or perfume (bāla).

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

Bandhya (बन्ध्य).—mfn.

(-ndhyaḥ-ndhyā-ndhyaṃ) 1. Barren, unfruitful, not bearing fruit in due season. 2. Detained, confined, under arrest. f.

(-ndhyā) 1. A childless woman. 2. A barren cow. 3. A perfume, commonly Bala. E. bandh to bind, aff. yat .

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

Bandhya (बन्ध्य).—i. e. bandh + ya, I. adj., f. yā. 1. Barren, [Hitopadeśa] pr. [distich] 15, M. M. 2. Confined. Ii. f. yā. 1. A childless woman. 2. A barren cow.

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

Bandhya (बन्ध्य).—1. [adjective] to be bound, fettered, stopped, caught, joined together.

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Bandhya (बन्ध्य).—2. v. vandhya.

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

1) Bandhya (बन्ध्य):—[from bandh] mfn. to be bound or fettered or imprisoned, [Yājñavalkya]

2) [v.s. ...] to be constructed, [ib. [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. vandhya).

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

Bandhya (बन्ध्य):—[(ndhyaḥ-ndhyā-ndhyaṃ) a.] Barren, childless; detained. f. A perfume.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bandhya in German

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bandhya in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf and a) (a) barren (woman); sterile; issueless/childless; ~[tva/pana] barrenness, sterility; issuelessness/childlessness; —[putra] an impossible phenomenon..—bandhya (बंध्या) is alternatively transliterated as Baṃdhyā.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Bandhyā (बन्ध्या):—n. infecund woman;

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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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Part 18 - Mercurial operations (16): Incineration of mercury (bhasmikarana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]

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Part 2 - Purification of Kankustha (an ore containing tin) < [Chapter XV - Uparasa (16): Kankustha (an ore containing tin)]

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Chapter XXXVIII - Treatment of the diseases of the female organ of generation < [Canto II - Kaumarabhritya-tantra (pediatrics, gynecology and pregnancy)]

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Part 3 - Origination < [Chapter XII - The Philosophy of the Yogavāsiṣṭha]