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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संधिsaṃdhi1 Union, junction, combination, connection; संधये सरला सूची वक्रा छेदाय कर्तरी Subhāṣ.; Me.6.
    1. 1 Union, junction, combination, connection; संधये सरला सूची वक्रा छेदाय कर्तरी Subhāṣ.; Me.6.
    2. A compact, an agreement.
    3. Alliance, league, friendship, peace, treaty of peace (one of the six expedients to be used in foreign politics); कति प्रकाराः संधीनां भवन्ति H.4; (the several kinds are described in H.4.16- 125); शत्रुणा न हि संदध्यात् सुश्लिष्टेनापि संधिना H.1.85.
    4. A joint, articulation (of the body); तुरगानुधावनकाण्डितसंधेः Ś.2.
    5. A fold (of a garment).
    6. A breach, hole, chasm.
    7. Especially a mine, chasm or opening made by thieves in a wall or underneath a building; संधिं छित्त्वा तु ये चौर्यं रात्रौ कुर्वन्ति तस्कराः Ms.9.276; वृक्षवाटिका- परिसरे संधिं कृत्वा प्रविष्टोऽस्मि मध्यमकम् Mk.3.
    8. Separation, division.
    9. Euphony, euphonic junction or coalition (in Grammar)
    10. An interval, a pause.
    11. A critical juncture.
    12. An opportune moment.
    13. A period at the expiration of each Yuga or age; त्रेताद्वापरयोः संधौ Mb.1.2.3.
    14. A division or joint (in a drama); (they are five; see S. D.33-332); तौ संधिषु व्यञ्जितवृत्तिभेदम् Ku.7.91.
    15. The vulva.
    16. Distillation.
    17. Land etc. donated for the worship of temple deities etc. (Compare Dr. Raghavan's note on वृत्तिसंन्धिप्रतिपादकः Cholachampū p.1 "संधिः देवपूजार्थमतिसृष्टं तादृशं भूम्यादिकं संधिपदस्य द्रविडदेवालयशिलाशासनेषु तादृशेऽर्थे व्यवहारदर्शनात् ।").
    18. Contrivance, management; तस्य सावरणदृष्टसंधयः काम्यवस्तुषु नवेषु संगिनः R.19.16.
    19. Twilight.
    20. A seam.
    21. The connecting link of a perpendicular (in mensuration).
    22. The common side of double triangle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अक्षरम् a diphthong.

    • -काष्ठम् the wood below the top of a gable.

    • -गृहः a bee-hive.

    • -चोरः a housebreaker, a thief who breaks into a house.

    • -छेदः making holes or breaches (in a wall etc.); as in संधिच्छेदशिक्षकः M.4.

    • -छेदनम् burglary.

    • -जम् spirituous liquor.

    • -जीवकः one who lives by dishonest means (particularly as a go-between), -दूषणम् violation of a treaty; अरिषु हि विजयार्थिनः क्षितीशा विदधति सोपधि संधिदूषणानि Ki.1.45.

    • -नालः, -लम् Unguis Odoratus (नख, क्षुर).

    • -पालत्वम् maintenance of treaties.

    • -प्रबन्धनम्

      1. the ligament of a joint. बन्ध the tissues of joints; Ś.2.
      2. the cement or lime.

    • -बन्धनम् a ligament tendon, nerve.

    • -भङ्गः, -मुक्तिः Feminine dislocation of a joint.

    • -मोक्षः the breaking of peace; Kau. Atmanepada 7.

    • -रन्ध्रका a hole in a wall.

    • -विग्रह Masculine Dual peace and war. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिकारः the office of the minister for foreign affairs.

    • -विग्रहकः a minister presiding over the above.

    • -विचक्षणः *** one skilled in negotiating treaties.

    • -विद् Masculine a negotiator of treaties.

    • -विपर्ययौ peace and war; दूते संधिविपर्ययौ Ms.7.65.

    • -वेला

      1. the time of twilight.
      2. any connecting period-शूलम् a kind of painful indigestion (आमवात).

    • -संभवः a diphthong.

    • -हारकः a house-breaker.

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  2. अभिसंधिabhisaṃdhi1 Speech; deliberate declaration, promise.
    1. 1 Speech; deliberate declaration, promise.
    2. Intention, object, purpose, aim; दम्पत्योः प्राणसश्लेषे योऽ- भिसंधिः कृतः किल Mb.12.266.34; तस्या अभिसंधिना विधेयीकृतोऽपि Māl.1; Dk.38; स्वर्गdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Ku.6.47.
    3. Implied sense, the meaning intended, as in अयमभिसन्धिः (frequently occurring in explanatory glosses).
    4. Opinion, belief.
    5. Special agreement, terms of an agreement, condition, stipulation; अथावश्यमेव माधवसेनः पूज्येन मोचयितव्यः श्रूयतामभिसन्धिः M.1.
    6. Deception, Making peace or alliance.
    7. Junction, combination.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कृत Adjective done intentionally.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. संधिsaṃdhi[sam-dhí] m. [√dhâ] C.: combination, union, with (in.; also U.); association, intercourse with (in.); entire…

    [sam-dhí] masculine [√dhâ] Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: combination, union, with (instrumental; also Upanishad); association, intercourse with (instrumental); entire scope (of policy, --˚); agreement, compact (rare); peace, alliance, league, between (genitive), with (instrumental ± saha); eu phonic combination of sounds in a word or sentence (grammatical term); contrivance, management (rare); Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: juncture, boundary, interval; joint; (interval between day and night), twi light; horizon (Brâhmana, Sûtra); Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: seam (rare); fold (in a garment); wall; hole in a wall, breach, mine (made by thieves); part, piece (also Brâhmana; rare); division of a drama (there are five: mukha, vimukha, garbha, vimarsa, nirvahana); Brâhmana: noun of a Stotra at the junc tion of two days: -m khid or bhid, make a hole or breach (in a wall): -ka, --˚ adjective joint; -kusala, adjective skilled in forming alliances; -ga, adjective produced from a juncture; produced by euphonic combination.

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  2. अनभिसंधिanabhisaṃdhi[an-abhisamdhi] a. disinterested as to (--˚).

    [an-abhisamdhi] adjective disinterested as to (--˚).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. संधिsaṃdhimfn. containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other &c. TBr.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other etc. TBr.
    2. masculine gender (exceptionally feminine; once in MBh. locative case plural संधीषु) junction, connection, combination, union with (instrumental case) Kat2hUp. Subh.
    3. masculine gender association, intercourse with (instrumental case) MBh.
    4. masculine gender comprehension, totality, the whole essence or scope of (compound) Pan5cat.
    5. masculine gender agreement, compact TBr.
    6. masculine gender alliance, league, reconciliation, peace between (genitive case) or with (instrumental case with or without सह), making a treaty of peace, negotiating alliances (one of a king's six courses of action see गुण; many kinds are specified exempli gratia, 'for example' अदृष्ट-पुरुष, उच्छिन्न, काञ्चन, कपाल, संतान, qq. vv.) Mn. Ya1jn5. Hit. etc.
    7. masculine gender euphonic junction of final and initial letters in grammar (every sentence in Sanskr2it Sanskrit being regarded as a euphonic chain, a break in which occurs at the end of a sentence and is denoted by a Vira1ma विराम or Avasa1na अवसान, "stop"; this euphonic coalition causing modifications of the final and initial letters of the separate words of a sentence and in the final letters of roots and stems when combined with terminations to form such words) Pra1t. Katha1s. Sa1h.
    8. masculine gender contrivance, management Ragh. Das3.
    9. masculine gender place or point of connection or contact, juncture, hinge, boundary, boundary line TS. A1past. MBh. etc.
    10. masculine gender critical juncture, crisis, opportune moment MW.
    11. masculine gender a joint, articulation (of the body; especially applied to the five junctures of the parts of the eye) fg-veda etc.
    12. masculine gender interstice, crevice, interval MBh.
    13. masculine gender the space between heaven and earth, horizon S3Br. Gr2S3rS.
    14. masculine gender the interval between day and night, twilight (Equivalent to सं-ध्या) VS. etc.
    15. masculine gender a seam Amar.
    16. masculine gender a fold Pan5cat.
    17. masculine gender a wall or the hole or cavity or breach in a wall made by a housebreaker (accusative with √छिद् or भिद् or Causal of उत्-√पद्, "to make a breach in a wall") Mn. Mr2icch. Das3.
    18. masculine gender the vagina or vulva Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender a juncture or division of a drama (reckoned to be five, viz. मुख, प्रतिमुख, गर्भ, विमर्श, and निर्वहण, qq. vv.; or one of the 14 kinds of निर्वहण or catastrophe) Bhar. Das3ar. etc.
    20. masculine gender a period at the expiration of each Yuga युग or age (equivalent to one sixth of its duration and intervening before the commencement of the next; occurring also at the end of each Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर and Kalpa कल्प) W.
    21. masculine gender a pause or rest ibidem
    22. masculine gender a part, portion, piece of anything AitBr. Hariv. Naish. Scholiast or Commentator
    23. masculine gender a particular Stotra स्तोत्र Breton
    24. masculine gender (in mensuration) the connecting link of a perpendicular ibidem
    25. masculine gender the common side of a double triangle S3ulbas.
    26. masculine gender Equivalent to सा*वकाश Lexicographers
    27. masculine gender Name of a son of Prasus3ruta प्रसुश्रुत BhP.
    28. feminine Name of a goddess presiding over junction or union VS.
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  2. अङ्घ्रिसंधिaṅghrisaṃdhim. "footjoint", the ancle, L.

    masculine gender "footjoint", the ancle, Lexicographers

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  3. अनुसंधिanusaṃdhim. (in dram.) juncture of a Pata1ka1 पताका or episode, Bhar.

    masculine gender (in dramatic language) juncture of a Pata1ka1 पताका or episode, Bhar.

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  4. अभिसंधिabhisaṃdhim. speaking or declaring deliberately, purpose, intention, object, meaning
    1. masculine gender speaking or declaring deliberately, purpose, intention, object, meaning
    2. masculine gender special agreement Sa1h.
    3. masculine gender cheating, deceiving
    4. masculine gender making peace or alliance Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender joint, junction Lexicographers
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  5. अभिसंधिकृतabhisaṃdhikṛtamfn. done intentionally.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective done intentionally.

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  6. अभिसंधिपूर्वabhisaṃdhipūrvamfn. that which has been intended, aimed at Gaut.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective that which has been intended, aimed at Gaut.

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