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Entry निबन्ध

निबन्धnibandha1 Binding, tying, fastening.
1. 1 Binding, tying, fastening.
2. Attachment, intentness; दैवी संपद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता Bg.16.5.
3. Composing, writing down.
4. Literary composition or treatise, work; प्रत्यक्षरश्लेषमयप्रबन्धविन्यासवैदग्ध्यनिधिर्निबन्धं चक्रे Vās.
5. A compendium.
6. Restraint, obstruction, confinement.
7. Suppression of urine.
8. A bond, fetter.
9. A grant of property, an assignment of cattle, money etc. for support; भूर्या पितामहोपात्ता निबन्धो द्रव्यमेव वा Y.2.121.
10. Fixed property.
11. Foundation, origin.
12. Cause, reason.
Derived forms and compounds
- -धम् Song, singing.
- -पुस्तकम् a register; निबन्धपुस्तकस्थानं च कारयेत् Kau. Atmanepada 2.7.
In the Gita16·5

दैवी संपद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता ।

daivī saṁpadvimokṣāya nibandhāyāsurī matā, — The Daivic qualities lead towards liberation, the Asuric towards bondage. Grieve not, thou art born in the Deva-nature, O Pandava. 16·5
- निबन्धायnibandhāyadative singular of the masculine noun nibandha (bondage).
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