Mushtibandha, Muṣṭibandha, Mushti-bandha, Mushtibamdha: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Muṣṭibandha can be transliterated into English as Mustibandha or Mushtibandha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMuṣṭibandha (मुष्टिबन्ध).—
1) clenching the fist.
2) a handful.
Derivable forms: muṣṭibandhaḥ (मुष्टिबन्धः).
Muṣṭibandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muṣṭi and bandha (बन्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMuṣṭibandha (मुष्टिबन्ध) or Muṣṭi-saṃbandha.—m., a particular technique of grasping (the bow) with the fist (see s.v. muṣṭi); several times muṣṭi-b° is mentioned in a list of arts to be mastered by a prince: Mahāvyutpatti 4978; Lalitavistara 156.12; Divyāvadāna 100.12 and 442.7, along with pada-bandha or pāda°, and (in all but Divyāvadāna 100.12) also śikhā-bandha; in both Divyāvadāna passages these words are directly followed by dūra- vedha, which occurs not far away in Mahāvyutpatti (4991). That [Page436-a+ 71] a manner of wielding the bow is meant is suggested by the context in all, and proved by Mahāvastu ii.82.17 muṣṭisaṃ- bandho ca, yatra nāma vārāṇasyāṃ sthitena kāṇḍaṃ kṣiptaṃ. Tibetan on Mahāvyutpatti and Lalitavistara ḥdzin staṅs, grasping posture.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuṣṭibandha (मुष्टिबन्ध).—m.
(-ndhaḥ) Clenching the fist. E. muṣṭi the fist, bandha binding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Muṣṭibandha (मुष्टिबन्ध):—[=muṣṭi-bandha] [from muṣṭi > muṣ] m. = -karaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] closing the hand (in taking hold of anything), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a handful, [Pāṇini 3-3, 36. [Scholiast or Commentator]] (dham ind., [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 3-4, 4]).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMuṣṭibandha (मुष्टिबन्ध):—[muṣṭi-bandha] (ndhaḥ) 1. m. Clenching the fist.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMuṣṭibaṃdha (ಮುಷ್ಟಿಬಂಧ):—
1) [noun] = ಮುಷ್ಟಿ [mushti]2 - 3.
2) [noun] the closing of the fingers into one’s palm (to or as if to hit or punch).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Mushti, Bandha.
Starts with: Mushtibandham.
Full-text: Mushtibandham, Padabandha, Mushtisambandha, Mushti, Samgraha.
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