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Entry बन्ध्या
बन्ध्याbandhyā(= वन्ध्या)
(Equivalent toवन्ध्या)
A barren woman; न हि बन्ध्या विजानाति गुर्वी प्रसववेदनाम् Subhāṣ.
A barren cow.
A kind or perfume (बाल).
Derived forms and compounds
-तनयः, -पुत्रः, -सुतः or दुहिता, -सुताetc. the son or daughter of a barren woman; id est, that is a wild impossibility, anything that does not and cannot exist; एष बन्ध्यासुतो याति खपुष्पकृतशेखरः; see खपुष्प.