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bandha

English

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Noun

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bandha (plural bandhas)

  1. any of the various "body locks" in Hatha Yoga, treated under the heading of mudra

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese bandha (ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbanda]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dha

Noun

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bandha (uncountable)

  1. (dialect, Java) alternative spelling of banda

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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bandha

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ.

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bandha

  1. band, chain, tie

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda) (inherited)
    • → Indonesian: banda
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬦ᭄ᬥ (banda)

Further reading

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  • "bandha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Alternative scripts

Noun

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bandha m

  1. tie, bond, fetter
    1. halter
  2. a person who binds
  3. a think that binds

Declension

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Declension table of "bandha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bandhobandhā
Accusative (second)bandhaṃbandhe
Instrumental (third)bandhenabandhehi or bandhebhi
Dative (fourth)bandhassa or bandhāya or bandhatthaṃbandhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bandhasmā or bandhamhā or bandhābandhehi or bandhebhi
Genitive (sixth)bandhassabandhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bandhasmiṃ or bandhamhi or bandhebandhesu
Vocative (calling)bandhabandhā

Verb

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bandha

  1. second-person singular imperative active of bandhati (“to bind”)
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