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Entry बन्ध

बन्धbandhaA tie, bond (in general) (आशा- बन्ध &c.).
[बन्ध्-घञ्]
1. A tie, bond (in general) (आशा- बन्ध etc.).
2. A hair-band, fillet; रतिविगलितबन्धे केशहस्ते सुकेश्याः (सति) V.4.22; Ś.1.29.
3. A chain, fetter.
4. Fettering, confining, imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment; बन्धं चानिच्छता घोरं त्वयासौ पुरुषर्षभ Rām.5. 21.19; अधार्मिकं त्रिभिर्न्यायैर्निगृह्णीयात् प्रयत्नतः । निरोधनेन बन्धेन विविधेन वधेन च ॥ Ms.8.31.
5. Catching, capturing, catching hold of; गजबन्ध R.16.2.
6. (a) Forming, constructing, arranging; सर्गबन्धो महाकाव्यम् S. D.6. (b) Building, erecting.
7. Feeling, conceiving, cherishing; हे राजानस्त्यजत सुकविप्रेमबन्धे विरोधम् Vikr.18.17; R.6.81.
8. Connection, union, intercourse.
9. Joining or folding together, combining; प्रासादवातायनदृश्यबन्धैः साकेतनार्योऽ- ञ्जलिभिः प्रणेमुः R.14.13; अञ्जलिबन्धः etc.
10. A bandage, ligature.
11. Agreement, harmony.
12. Manifestation, display, exhibition; मनसिजतरुपुष्पं रागबन्धप्रवालम् (यौवनम्) R.18.52.
13. Bondage, confinement to this world (Opposite of मुक्ति which is 'complete emancipation from the trammels of the world'); बन्धं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी Bg.18.3; बन्धोन्मुक्त्यै खलु मखमुखान् कुर्वते कर्मपाशान् Bv.4.21; R.13.58;18.7.
14. Result, consequence.
15. A position, posture in general; आसनबन्धधीरः R.2. 6; पर्यङ्कबन्धस्थिरपूर्वकायम् Ku.3.45,59.
16. A particular position in sexual intercourse, or a particular mode of sexual enjoyment (these are said in Ratimañjarī to be 16, but other writers increase the number to 84).
17. A border, frame-work.
18. Arrangement of a stanza in a particular shape; Exempli gratia, for example खड्गबन्ध, पद्मबन्ध, मुरजबन्ध (vide K. Parasmaipada9. ad Locative).
19. A sinew, tendon.
20. The body.
21. A deposit, pledge.
22. An embankment, throwing a bridge across (a river).
23. A disease in which the eyelids cannot be wholly closed.
Derived forms and compounds
- -करणम् fettering, imprisoning.
- -कर्तृ Masculine a binder, fetterer.
- -तन्त्रम् a complete army containing the four necessary elements, id est, that is elephants, horses, chariots and footmen.
- -नृत्यम् a kind of dance-पारुष्यम् forced or unnatural construction of words.
- -मुद्रा impression or mark of fetters.
- -स्तम्भः a post to which an animal (Exempli gratia, for example an elephat) is tied.
In the Gita5·3 18·30

ज्ञेयः स नित्य संन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।

jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṁnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāňkṣati, — He should be known as always a Sannyasin (even when he is doing action) who neither dislikes nor desires; for free from the dualities he is released… 5·3
- बन्धात्‌bandhātablative singular of the masculine noun bandha (the bondage).
- बन्धम्bandhamaccusative singular of the masculine noun bandha (the bondage, that which binds the spirit of man).
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