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बंधु (baMdhu)

 
L R Vaidya
English
baMDu {% m. %} 1. A relation, a kinsman in general, बंधुप्रीत्या समरविमुखो लांगली याः सिषेवे Megh.i.49, M.ii.136, R.xii.12, Bg.vi.9
2. a term for one’s own kinsmen
(they are- sons of the father’s sister, of the mother’s sister and of the mother’s brother) (in law), See पितृबंधु and मातृबंधु
3. a friend, बंधुप्रीत्या भवनाशिखिभिर्दत्तनृत्योपहारः Megh.i.32, ii.51
4. a husband, वैदेहिबंधोर्हृदयं विदद्रे R.xiv.33
5. a wife, याते संप्रति दिवं प्रति बंधुरत्ने Bh.V.ii.1
6. a mother
7. a brother
8. the bandhujīva tree
9. (at the end of a compound) any person worthless of his class, any one who only nominally belongs to a profession or tribe, e.g. ब्रह्मबंधु, क्षत्रबंधु.