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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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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अतिप्रबन्धatiprabandhaGreat continuity; ˚प्रहितास्त्रवृष्टिभिः R.3. 58. very rapidly or in rapid succession.

Great continuity; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedप्रहितास्त्रवृष्टिभिः R.3. 58. very rapidly or in rapid succession.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

बन्धbandha[bandh-á] m. tying, fastening, bandaging; catching, capturing; fettering; arrest; connexion with (--˚)…

[bandh-á] masculine tying, fastening, bandaging; catching, capturing; fettering; arrest; connexion with (--˚); intercourse with (--˚); putting together, joining (the hands etc.); posture, position of the hands and feet; construction, building (of a bridge etc.); damming up (of a river); bridging; fixing on, directing towards (locative); assumption or obtainment of a body (--˚); manifestation, display, or possession of (--˚); bond, deposit, pledge; mundane bondage (opposite final emancipation); bond, tie; band, fillet; bandage; fetter; sinew, tendon; receptacle; combination of words or letters: -ka, masculine binder (of animals); catcher (--˚); rope, thong, fetter; part (--˚ with an ordinal, for example tenth); neuter (?) pledging: î, feminine; also equal for unchaste woman; -karana, neuter fettering or checking by magic; -kartri, masculine binder, fetterer, restrainer (Siva).

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अतिप्रबन्धatiprabandha[ati-prabandha] m. uninterruptedness: ˚-ad. ceaselessly.

[ati-prabandha] masculine uninterruptedness: ˚-adverb, -ial, -ially ceaselessly.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

बन्धbandham. binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter RV. &c.
1. masculine gender binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter fg-veda etc.
2. masculine gender a ligature, bandage Sus3r.
3. masculine gender damming up (a river) Ma1rkP.
4. masculine gender capture, arrest, imprisonment, custody Mn. MBh. etc.
5. masculine gender connection or intercourse with (compound) Pan5cat. BhP. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Equivalent to connected with, conducive to MBh.)
6. masculine gender putting together, uniting, contracting, combining, forming, producing MBh. Ka1v. etc.
7. masculine gender joining (the hollowed hands) Ragh.
8. masculine gender anything deposited (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedधे-√स्था Equivalent to to remain deposited) Campak.
9. masculine gender a deposit, pledge Ra1jat.
10. masculine gender any configuration or position of the body (especially of the hands and feet) Ragh. Kum.
11. masculine gender a particular mode of sexual union (there are said to be 16, 18, 36, or even 84 Lexicographers), Caur.
12. masculine gender constructing, building (of a bridge etc.) MBh. Ra1jat.
13. masculine gender bridging over (the sea) Vcar.
14. masculine gender knitting (the brows) Ra1jat.
15. masculine gender fixing, directing (mind, eyes, etc.) catalogue or catalogues
16. masculine gender assumption, obtainment (of a body) Ragh.
17. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') conceiving, cherishing, feeling, betraying Hariv. Ka1lid.
18. masculine gender a border, framework, inclosure, receptacle Lexicographers
19. masculine gender a sinew, tendon Lexicographers
20. masculine gender the body Lexicographers
21. masculine gender (in philosophy) mundane bondage, attachment to this world S3vetUp. Bhag. etc. (opp. to मुक्ति, मोक्ष, "final emancipation", and regarded in the Sa1m2khya सांख्य as threefold, viz. प्रकृति-, वैकारिक-, and दक्षिणा-ब्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
22. masculine gender combination of sounds (in rhetoric), construction or arrangement of words Ka1vya7d. Prata1p.
23. masculine gender arrangement of a stanza in a particular shape Kpr.
24. masculine gender arrangement of musical sounds, composition S3atr.
25. masculine gender a disease which prevents the eyelids from quite closing Sus3r.
26. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' with numerals) a part (confer, compare पञ्च-, दश-ब्that the rest of a word is to be supplied).
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अक्षिबन्धakṣibandham. binding the eyes, Naish.

masculine gender binding the eyes, Naish.

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अङ्कबन्धaṅkabandham. branding with a mark (that resembles a headless body) Ya1jn5.

masculine gender branding with a mark (that resembles a headless body) Ya1jn5.

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अज्ञानबन्धनajñānabandhanan. the bond of ignorance.

neuter gender the bond of ignorance.

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अञ्जलिबन्धनañjalibandhanan. salutation with the अञ्जलि raised to the forehead.

neuter gender salutation with the अञ्जलि raised to the forehead.

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अट्टालिकाबन्धम्aṭṭālikābandhamind. (in the way that at2t2a1lika1s अट्टालिका s are formed) Pa1n2. 3-4, 42 Sch.

indeclinable (in the way that at2t2a1lika1s अट्टालिका s are formed) Pa1n2. 3-4, 42 Scholiast or Commentator

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