Pratibandha, Prati-bandha, Pratibamdha: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Pratibandha (पादबन्ध) refers to a variety of adhiṣṭhāna, which is a pedestal or base of a structure, and a very important component in the art of construction (śilpa). Pratibandha is mentioned in the Kāśyapaśilpa as having a further 10 sub-varieties. It is also mentioned in the Pādmasaṃhita.
The following are the 10 sub-varieties of pratibandha according to the Kāśyapaśilpa:
- pratimukha,
- śrībandha,
- mañcabandha,
- abjabandha,
- śrīkānta,
- karīrabandha,
- kalaśabandha,
- śrīkara,
- śrīsaundarya,
- skandakānta.

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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध).—A type of adhiṣṭhāna (‘pedestal’);—Mayamata (verse 14.36) and Kāśyapaśilpa (verses 6.30-32) mention pratibandha-adhiṣṭhāna. Mayamata states “when the prativājana takes four parts and prati takes three parts then the base is called pratibandha, all the other members being same as in the kapotabandha-adhiṣṭhāna. That means to say the prati moulding which used to be the thinnest moulding in all the plinths becomes prominent and thick in this plinth. Kāśyapaśilpa (verse 6.26) states that pratibandha should possess vṛttakumuda.
However, Īśānaśivagurudeva Paddati gives a different picture of the nature of pratibandha-adhiṣṭhāna. According to this, “the upper part of the prati should be broad (pratimukha). On this, makara, mṛga, vyāla and gaja should be carved”. No mention of kapota is seen in Īśānaśivagurudeva for the pratibandha-adhiṣṭhāna .
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध) refers to “n. of a type of base § 3.15.”.—(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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध) or Pratibandhaka refers to a “blockade” (in a hole of a bowl).—(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhāskarācārya’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi).—According to Munīśvara (1603 A.D.) in his Marīci commentary on Bhāskara II: “The bowl should be so made that it has a large hole (pṛthu-chidra = mahārandhra) at the bottom. Through this statement it is indicated that the hole should be made in such a manner that, when the bowl is placed on the water of the basin and when water enters [the bowl], the hole is not blocked [i.e., pratibandhaka] by any dirt that may be in the water of the basin. Because of the possibiliy of a small hole [i.e., tat-pratibandha-sambhava] getting blocked by dirt an the like, assuming here a coalescene of the vowel a (akāra-praśleṣa) [by reading apṛthu] is not proper”.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
pratibandha (प्रतिबंध).—m (S) pop. pratibandī f An obstacle, obstruction, impediment. 2 The state of being stopped, hindered, detained, confined &c.
pratibandha (प्रतिबंध).—m pratibandī f An obstacle, impedi- ment. The state of being stopped, hindered.
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
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध).—
1) Binding or tying to.
2) Obstruction, impediment, obstacle; स तपःप्रतिबन्धमन्युना (sa tapaḥpratibandhamanyunā) R.8.8; Mv. 5.4; सिद्धीनामसाधनमनवतारणमप्रवेशनं वा प्रतिबन्धः (siddhīnāmasādhanamanavatāraṇamapraveśanaṃ vā pratibandhaḥ), also प्रतिबन्धः प्रयोगो (pratibandhaḥ prayogo) ...... कोशक्षयः (kośakṣayaḥ) Kau. A.2.7.26.
3) Opposition, resistance.
4) Investment, blockade, siege.
5) Connection.
6) Cessation.
7) Disappointment.
8) (Inphil.) Invariable and inseparable connection.
Derivable forms: pratibandhaḥ (प्रतिबन्धः).
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध).—m.
(-ndhaḥ) 1. Obstacle, impediment. 2. Disappointment. 3. Resistance, opposition. 4. Blockade, siege. 5. Inseparable connection. E. prati against, bandha a binding.
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध).—[prati-bandh + a], m. 1. Obstacle, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 10, [distich] 9; [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 23, 13. 2. Blocking up, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5512. 3. Connection.
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध).—[masculine] binding to, connection, conjunction; obstruction, hindrance, resistance.
1) Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—[=prati-bandha] [from prati-bandh] m. connection, uninterruptedness, [Kapila; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
2) [v.s. ...] a prop, support, [Kādambarī]
3) [v.s. ...] investment, siege, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] obstacle, hindrance, impediment, [Kālidāsa; Śaṃkarācārya]
5) [v.s. ...] opposition, resistance, [Śakuntalā] (ena, by all kinds of res°, [Nalopākhyāna])
6) [v.s. ...] a logical impediment, obstructive argument, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
7) [v.s. ...] stoppage, suspension, cessation, [Pāṇini 3-3, 51] (cf. varṣapr), [; vii, 1, 45]
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—[prati-bandha] (ndhaḥ) 1. m. Obstacle, disappointment; connection.
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—(wie eben) m.
1) Verbindung, Verknüpfung [Kapila 1, 101.] abhijanapratibandha = vaṃśa [Kāśikīvṛtti zu K. 4, 1, 163.] ati ununterbrochene Verbindung, Ununterbrochenheit: prahita [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 58.] —
2) Umschliessung, Belagerung: na nāma pratibandhena na cāvaskandakarmaṇā . śakya eṣa giristāta devairapyabhimarditum .. [Harivaṃśa 5512.] —
3) Hemmung, Einstellung; Hinderniss, Widerstand [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 27.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1498.] [Halāyudha 4, 84.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 151.] varṣa so v. a. Dürre [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 51.] pittvaṃ ṅitkāryapratibandhārtham [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 1, 45.] tapaḥpratibandhamanyunā [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 79.] devatva Hinderniss zum Gottsein [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 88. 129.] mukta von allen Hemmnissen befreit [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 13, 2.] vṛtti = apratibandha [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 38.] a adj. [Scholiast] zu [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 63.] sa adj. (kārya) [Mālavikāgnimitra 10, 10.] sthira hartnäckigen Widerstand leistend [Śākuntala 23, 13.] na cāsya pratibandhena deyo gnirapi auch soll man ihm kein Feuer geben, indem man ihm jegliche Hindernisse in den Weg legt, [Nalopākhyāna 23, 3.]
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Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—
3) ein logisches Hinderniss, Beseitigungsgrund ( = bādha) [SARVADARŚANAS. 117, 17.]
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Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—
3) Gegens. abhivyakti [] zu [BĀDAR. 1, 3, 30 (S. 300, 7. 9).]
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—m. —
1) Verbindung , Verknüpfung. —
2) Umschliessung , Belagerung. —
3) Hemmung , Unterbleibung. —
4) Hemmniss , Hinderniss , Widerstand. Instr. so v.a mit Anwendung von allerlei Hindernissen. —
5) ein logisches Hinderniss , Beseitigungsgrund. —
6) Stütze [Kād. (1872) 2,61,5.]
Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍibaṃdha.
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
Pratibaṃdha (प्रतिबंध) [Also spelled pratibandh]:—(nm) restriction; ban; proviso; condition; ~[baṃdhita] restricted, banned; conditioned; ~[baddha] restricted; banned; conditioned; committed; ~[baddhatā] commitment.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Pratibaṃdha (ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಧ):—
1) [noun] = ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಧಕ [pratibamdhaka]2 - 2.
2) [noun] a being tied, fastened, fixed or moored (to something); a coming into or being in contact (with something).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—n. 1. obstacle; hindrance; blockade; interruption; 2. restriction; prohibition; 3. binding/tying to;
2) Pratibandha (प्रतिबन्ध):—adj. 1. restrictive; 2. obstructive;
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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Partial matches (+0): Prati, Bandha.
Starts with (+0): Pratibamdhakajne, Pratibamdhapadisu, Pratibandhaatmak, Pratibandhaatmak-vaakyansh, Pratibandhak, Pratibandhaka, Pratibandhakarin, Pratibandhamukta, Pratibandhana, Pratibandhatmaka, Pratibandhatmaka-vakyamsha, Pratibandhavant, Pratibandhavat.
Full-text (+26): Apratibandha, Pratibandhakarin, Sthirapratibandha, Nitpratibandha, Pratibandhavat, Pratibandhaka, Varshapratibandha, Pratibandhamukta, Sapratibandha, Pratibandhavant, Pratibandh, Xian nan, Pratibamdhapadisu, Samyoga-pratibandha, Piratipantakam, Danapratibandha, Piratipantam, Patipantam, Utpattipratibandha, Taralapratibandha.
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