Sandhana, Sandhāna, Samdhana: 25 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Saṃdhāna (संधान).—A son of Aṇḍira.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 48. 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
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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.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Sandhāna (सन्धान, “taking an aim”) refers to one of the four acts related to the bow (dhanus). It is a Sanskrit technical term defined in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 11. Accordingly, “taking an aim (sandhāna) is to put the arrow to the bow”.

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Kavya (poetry)

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Sandhāna (सन्धान) is the name of a minister of king Bāhubala, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 43. The story of Sandhāna and Bāhubala was narrated by Rājyadhara in order to demonstrate that “a fair woman, like Fortune, of her own accord chooses a man of high courage”, as well as that “wives and wealth leave the mean-spirited man and of their own accord come to the high-spirited man from every quarter”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Sandhāna, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara
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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Sandhāna (सन्धान) or Sandhānakalpanā refers to “fomented preparation” and is dealt with in the 10th century Yogaśataka written by Pandita Vararuci.—The Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci is an example of this category. This book attracts reader by its very easy language and formulations (viz., sandhāna) which can be easily prepared and have small number of herbs. It describes only those formulations which are the most common and can be used in majority conditions of diseases.

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Saṃdhāna (संधान):—Allowing the materials along with drugs and sweetening agents in association of liquids for a long time

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms
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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.

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Saṃdhāna (संधान) refers to “infusing (the parts of the body)” [?], according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 4.4.5ab]—“[First of all, [the Mantrin] attaches the threads of the bonds to the disciple’s body, then infuses the parts (adhvan-saṃdhāna) [of the body into that thread]. Then [the Mantrin] respectfully approaches the path (adhvan), and [performs] worship and homa to the [six] adhvans. Then, [he] visualizes the three bonds [inside the adhvans]. Then [the Mantrin performs] such rituals as the installation [of] the śakti, which is the support of everything else”.

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra
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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.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

A householder of Rajagaha. He was a follower of the Buddha, and it was his conversation with the Paribbajaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sihanada Sutta.

Buddhaghosa says (DA.iii.832) that he was the leader of five hundred upasakas and was an anagamin. On one occasion, the Buddha sang his praises in the assembly for six qualities which he possessed. In the Anguttara he is mentioned in a list of eminent lay disciples (A.iii.451; cf. Dvy.540).

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Sandhāna (सन्धान, “pickles”) refers to an article of food classified as abhakṣya (forbidden to eat) according to Nemicandra (in his Pravacana-sāroddhāra v245-246). By sandhāna are meant pickles or preserves of bael and other fruits.

Source: archive.org: Jaina Yoga
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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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sandhana : (nt.) one's own property. || sandhāna (nt.) uniting; conciliation.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

Sandhāna, (nt.) (fr. saṃ+dhā) 1. uniting, conciliation, friendship DA. I, 74; DhsA. 113.—2. bond, fetter Ud. 77 (read sandāna?). (Page 678)

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Sandhana, (nt.) (saṃ+dhana) property, belongings M. II, 180. (Page 678)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary
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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

sandhana (संधन).—n A sort of anvil. Note. sandhana, vaṭāṅga, & khurā are the same instrument; but the first word is in use amongst the jīnagara people, and the two latter amongst the smiths and farriers.

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sandhāna (संधान).—n (S sam Together, dhā To hold &c. Hence Joining, uniting, connecting, blending, mingling, binding, associating, combining &c.; which meaning, although unknown in Maraṭhi, is the foundation or spring of the meanings following.) The bringing of measures or means to bear; the harmonious application of expedients, resources, powers; the concentration or consociation of efforts, energies, talents, towards the accomplishment or performance of. 2 The proper way or line of procedure towards the accomplishment of; the process or course to be observed. 3 Aim, bearing, leaning, tendency; the direction, front, or indicative aspect assumed. Used of the mind, the will, the eye, a missile weapon &c. 4 Attention, advertence, heed, regard, the bearing of the mind and faculties.

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sāndhaṇa (सांधण).—See sāndaṇa, sāndaṇapātra &c.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sandhāna (संधान).—n The bringing of measures to bear. Aim. Attention.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Saṃdhāna (संधान).—1 Joining, uniting; वायुः संधानम् (vāyuḥ saṃdhānam) T. Up.1.3.2.

2) Union, junction, combination; यदर्धे विच्छिन्नं भवति कृत- संधानमिव तत् (yadardhe vicchinnaṃ bhavati kṛta- saṃdhānamiva tat) Ś.1.9; Kumārasambhava 5.27; R.12.11.

3) Mixing, compounding (of medicines &c.).

4) Restoration, repairing.

5) Fitting, taking an aim, fixing (as an arrow to the bow-string); तत् साधुकृतसंधानं प्रतिसंहर सायकम् (tat sādhukṛtasaṃdhānaṃ pratisaṃhara sāyakam) Ś.1.11; अथाग्नियन्त्रसंधानविशेषोदग्रविक्रमान् (athāgniyantrasaṃdhānaviśeṣodagravikramān) Śiva. B.3.1; Śiśupālavadha 2.8.

6) Alliance, league, friendship; peace; मृद्घट- वत् सुखभेद्यो दुःसंधानश्च दुर्जनो भवति (mṛdghaṭa- vat sukhabhedyo duḥsaṃdhānaśca durjano bhavati) H.1.88 (where it has sense 1 also).

7) A joint; पादजङ्घयोः संधाने गुल्फः (pādajaṅghayoḥ saṃdhāne gulphaḥ) Suśr.

8) Attention.

9) Direction.

1) Supporting.

11) Distillation (of liquors).

12) Spirituous liquor or a kind of it.

13) A kind of relish eaten to excite thirst.

14) Preparation of pickles.

15) Contraction of the skin by means of astringents.

16) Sour rice-gruel.

17) Bellmetal (saurāṣṭra).

Derivable forms: saṃdhānam (संधानम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃdhāna (संधान).—name of a rich householder: Divyāvadāna 540.7, 16.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Sandhāna (सन्धान).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Holding together, uniting, joining. 2. Tying, binding. 3. Fixing, (as an arrow.) 4. Peace, alliance. 5. Association, company. 6. Supporting, reception, receiving, sustaining. 7. Mixing, joining, intimate union or combination. 8. A relish, something eaten to excite thirst. 9. Sourrice-gruel. 10. Pickles, &c., acid preparation of the Bel and other fruits. 11. Spirituous liquor. 12. Contracting the skin, &c. by astringent applications. 13. A joint. nf. (-naṃ-nī) Distillation, distilling, the manufacture of spirituous liquors. f. (-nī) A braziery, a foundery, a place where the base metals are stored or wrought. E. sam together, dhā to hold, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Saṃdhāna (संधान).—i. e. saṃdhā + ana, I. n. 1. Uniting, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 119 (bhinna- [vb. bhid], Uniting what is disunited); joining. 2. Fixing (the arrow to the bow), [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 52. 3. Tieing, binding. 4. Peace, alliance. 5. Association, union, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 10; [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 9. 6. Company. 7. Mixing. 8. A relish, something eaten to excite thirst. 9. Pickles. 10. Sour rice-gruel. 11. Spirituous liquor. 12. Supporting. 13. Receiving. 14. Contracting the skin, etc., by astringent applications. Ii. n., and f. , Distillation. Iii. f. , A foundry.

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

Saṃdhāna (संधान).—[adjective] & [neuter] putting together; [neuter] also joining, fixing (an arrow on the bow-string); mixing, compounding; joint, commissure, point of contact, meeting, assembling; propitiation, reconciliation, league, alliance, treaty, peace with ([instrumental] ±saha); also = saṃdhi ([grammar]).

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

1) Saṃdhāna (संधान):—[=saṃ-dhāna] [from saṃ-dhā] mfn. joining, uniting, healing, [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] spell recited over weapons, [Rāmāyaṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a minister, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [=saṃ-dhāna] [from saṃ-dhā] n. the act of placing or joining together or uniting, junction, union, [Vaitāna-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] assembling or meeting of men (nam ā-√yā, ‘to receive admission’), [Harivaṃśa; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] a joint, point of contact, boundary, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Lāṭyāyana; Suśruta]

7) [v.s. ...] a means of union, [Taittirīya-upaniṣad]

8) [v.s. ...] growing together, re-uniting, healing (as a wound), [Suśruta]

9) [v.s. ...] fixing on (as an arrow on a bow-string), aiming at, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

10) [v.s. ...] perceiving, perception, [Nalacampū or damayantīkathā]

11) [v.s. ...] combination of words (also, ‘euphonic combination’ = saṃ-dhi q.v.), [Prātiśākhya; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

12) [v.s. ...] bringing together, alliance, league, association, friendship, making peace with ([instrumental case] with or without saha), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

13) [v.s. ...] compounding, mixing, preparation (of a beverage etc.; cf. nīla-saṃdhāna-bhāṇḍa), [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā; Bhāvaprakāśa]

14) [v.s. ...] sour rice-gruel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

15) [v.s. ...] a kind of relish eaten to excite thirst, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

16) [v.s. ...] spirituous liquor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

17) [v.s. ...] mixed or bell-metal (= saurāṣṭra), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Sandhāna (सन्धान):—[sa-ndhāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Holding together; joining; combining; soldering; peace; alliance; company; countenancing; receiving; a relish, acid drink; spirits; pickle. n. f. () Distilling. f. A foundry; a braziery.

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

Saṃdhāna (संधान):—(wie eben)

1) adj. zusammenfügend, heilend: madhuro rasaḥ [Suśruta 1, 155, 10. 175, 9. 184, 17.] —

2) m. a) ein best. über Waffen gesprochener Zauberspruch [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 30, 7.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Ministers [Kathāsaritsāgara 43, 108.] —

3) f. ī a) das Mischen, Bereiten eines Trankes [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) ein Ort, an dem die unedlen Metalle aufbewahrt werden, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 996.] — Vgl. agra . —

4) n. a) das Zusammenfügen, Vereinigen, Vereinigung [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 432.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 149.] pādāvakarṣasaṃdhānaiḥ (so ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata 7, 5923.] yadardhe vicchinnaṃ bhavati kṛtasaṃdhānamiva tat [Śākuntala 9.] saṃdhānaṃ vraj [167, v. l.] dehasaṃdhānapitṛkānane [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 134.] vapurardhayoḥ [3, 1.] mukhena sā padmasugandhinā sarojasaṃdhānamivākarodapām so v. a. verlieh ihnen Lotusblüthen [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 27.] Zusammenführung, Vereinigung, Zusammenkommen von Menschen: dūtaiśca kṛtasaṃdhānāḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvapārthivāḥ [Harivaṃśa 9598.] saṃdhāne bhinave mitho bhagavatoḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 1.] dūte saṃdhānamāyāte so v. a. Zutritt erhalten [KĀM. NĪTIS. 12, 33.] — b) Fuge, Gelenk; Berührungspunkt [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 4, 21, 1. 5, 25, 1.] pādajaṅghayoḥ saṃdhāne gulphaḥ [Suśruta 1, 348, 14.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 370] (saṃdhāneṣu zu lesen, wie [WEBER] vermuthet). [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 7, 2, 1.] araṇyoḥ [LĀṬY. 3, 5, 8.] kaṇṭhorasoḥ [Taittirīyasaṃhitā] [Prātiśākhya 2, 2.] — c) das was eine Vereinigung bewirkt, Mittel der Vereinigung [TAITT. Upakośā 1, 3, 2. 3.] — d) das Ansetzen, Wiederansetzen, Zusammenheilen [Suśruta 1, 3, 9.] des Ohrs [55, 12.] der Nase [60, 10.] der Lippe [68, 12.] einer Wunde [47, 6. 2, 1, 10. 8, 2.] — e) das Auflegen eines Pfeils (mit und ohne Hinzufügung dieses Wortes): astra [Mahābhārata 6, 5832.] bāṇa [Śākuntala 6, 11. 52.] śara [Sāyaṇa] zu [Ṛgveda 3, 53, 24.] vimokṣādānasaṃdhāne laghutvaṃ paramāpa saḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 5245.] laghusaṃdhānayogābhyām [7, 8598.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 69, 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 11, 22.] kṛta adj. [Śākuntala 11.] śata hundertmal den Pfeil auflegend [Mahābhārata 8, 4727.] — f) das Anreihen von Wörtern u.s.w. [Suśruta 1, 9, 1.] ṛcām [Scholiast] zu [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 23, 4.] plutena vaṣaṭkārasaṃdhānam [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 42. 6, 1, 30.] so v. a. saṃdhi Verbindung der Laute in Wort und Satz [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 4, 5. 10, 11.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā] [Prātiśākhya 24, 3.] Comm. zu [14, 15.] zu [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 4, 114. 122.] — g) Vereinigung Entzweiter; Vertrag, Vergleich, Bündniss, Friedensschluss, freundschaftliches Verhältniss: bhinna [Spr. (II) 4706.] [Pañcatantra 92, 7.] evaṃ vṛtte tu saṃdhāne [Mahābhārata 5, 322. 13, 7747.] [Harivaṃśa 5925.] kṛṣṇo jñātīṃsamānāyya sa saṃdhānaṃ kariṣyati [4270. 5928. 6011.] [Hitopadeśa 120, 5. 127, 20. 130, 11.] saṃdhānaṃ yasya gacchati [Spr. (II) 331.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 44, 84.] anyena kenāpi saha martyaloke mama saṃdhānaṃ nāsti Freundschaft mit [Pañcatantra 210, 13.] saṃdhānāsana (so ist mit der ed. Bomb. zu lesen) und yātrāsaṃdhāna so v. a. saṃdhāyāsana und saṃdhāyagamana [Mahābhārata 12, 2662.] — h) das Zusammensetzen, Mischen, Bereiten eines Trankes [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 42.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] surāyāḥ Comm. zu [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 2, 652, 11.] in der Medicin verschiedener Gewürztränke, Liqueure und dgl. [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 2, 10, 1.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 5.] mo hādivikārakāribhiḥ (puṣpamūlaphalaiḥ) kṛtasaṃdhānasya pratiṣedhaḥ [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 10.] nīlasaṃdhānabhāṇḍa ein Gefäss, in dem Indigo bereitet wird, [Hitopadeśa ed. JOHNS. 1930.] — i) saurer Reisschleim [Halāyudha 2, 163.] ein geistiges Getränk; eine Durst erregende Speise [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. u. cukra 1). — Vgl. duḥ, punaḥ (Wiedervereinigung zweier Personen [Sāhityadarpana 45, 21]), madya .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Saṃdhāna (संधान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃdhaṇa, Saṃdhaṇayā, Saṃdhāṇa.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)
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Hindi dictionary

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Saṃdhāna (संधान) [Also spelled sandhan]:—(nm) searching; aiming at; joining together, uniting, union; fixing (as an arrow on the bow).

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Prakrit-English dictionary

1) Saṃdhaṇa (संधण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Saṃdhāna.

2) Saṃdhāṇa (संधाण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Saṃdhāna.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary
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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Saṃdhāna (ಸಂಧಾನ):—

1) [noun] the act of joining or uniting.

2) [noun] the place where two or more things are joined; a joint; a junction.

3) [noun] the fact of being joined; union; junction.

4) [noun] that which joins, units two or more things, persons, etc. together.

5) [noun] the arrangement or interrelation of all the parts of a whole; manner of organisation or construction.

6) [noun] the act of fixing an arrow to the bow.

7) [noun] a tying or being tied.

8) [noun] a rope, string (used for binding, tying something).

9) [noun] a mixing of two or more things together.

10) [noun] that which is made by mixing (two or more things, together); a mixture.

11) [noun] an agreement between two contending parties in which each side gives up some demands or makes concessions for mutual benefit; a making peace between two warring sides.

12) [noun] the state or fact of being associted (with another person or persons) an association, companionship; friendship.

13) [noun] a friend or well-wisher.

14) [noun] the act of aiming, targeting (something, to hit with an arrow, bullet, etc.).

15) [noun] that which is aimed; the aim, target.

16) [noun] the act of bearing a load, burden, etc.

17) [noun] manufacture of fermented or spirituous liquors.

18) [noun] gruel.

19) [noun] the act of repairing and the work done in repairing; a restoration of something to its old or original condition.

20) [noun] a kind of spirituous liquor.

21) [noun] the process of making pickles.

22) [noun] an alloy consisting chiefly of copper and tin; bronze.

23) [noun] a plan, scheme to achieve something.

24) [noun] ಸಂಧಾನಮಾಡು [samdhanamadu] sandhāna māḍu to settle by mediation; to bring about by conciliation; to mediate; 2. to join two or more things together; to unit; 3. to fix an arrow on a bow.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Sandhāna (सन्धान):—n. 1. placing or joining together; 2. fitting an arrow to a bow; 3. aim; 4. search; enquiry; 5. association; alliance; 6. preparing; treating; processing; 7. concentration; meditation;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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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