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बंधः (baMdhaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
बंधः [बंध्-धञ्] 1 A tie, bond (in general) (आशाबंध &c.).
2 A hair-band, fillet
V. 4. 10
Ś. 1. 30.
3 A chain, fetter.
4 Fettering, confining, imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment
Ms. 8. 310.
5 Catching, capturing, catching hold of
गजबंध R. 16. 2.
6 (a) Forming, constructing, arranging
सर्गबंधो महाका व्यं S. D. 6. (b) Building, erecting.
7 Feeling, conceiving, cherishing
हे राजानस्त्यजत सुकविप्रेमबंधे विरोधं Vikr. 18. 107
R. 6. 81.
8 Connection, union, intercourse.
9 Joining or folding together, combining: R. 14. 13
अंजलिबंध &c.
10 A bandage, ligature.
11 Agreement, harmony.
12 Manifestation, display, exhibition
R. 18. 52.
13 Bondage, confinement to this world (opp. मुक्ति which is ‘complete emancipation from the trammels of the world’)
बंधं मोक्षं च या वेत्ति बुद्धिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी Bg. 18. 30
बंधान्मुक्त्यै ख लु मखमुखान्कुर्वते कर्मपाशान् Bv. 4. 21
R. 13. 58
18. 7.
14 Result, consequence.
15 A position, posture in general
आसनबंधधीरः R. 2. 6
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
e. g. खड्गबंध, पद्मबंध, मुरजबंध (vide K. P. 9. ad loc.).
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.
Comp.
करणं fettering, imprisoning.
तंत्रं a complete army containing the four necessary elements, i. e. elephants, horses, chariots and footmen.
पारुष्यं forced or unnatural construction of words.
स्तंभः a post to which an animal (e. g. an elephant) is tied.