===> [ bandhana ]2[ b'andhana ] mf ([ I ]) n. binding, tying, fettering cf. RV. &c. &c. (1) captivating (with gen. or ifc. (2) cf. [ bhAva-b° ] and cf. Pāṇ. 4-4, 96 cf. Sch.) (3) holding fast, stopping cf. MW. (4) (ifc.) dependent on cf. ib. (5) n. the act of binding, tying, fastening, fettering cf. Mn. cf. MBh. &c. (6) (also [ I ] f. cf. L.) a bond, tie (also fig.), rope, cord, tether cf. ŚBr. &c. &c. (ifc. with f. [ A ] = bound to or fettered by) (7) binding on or round, clasping cf. Kāv. cf. Pañcat (8) binding up, bandaging, a bandage cf. Suśr. (9) catching, capturing, confining, detention, custody, imprisonment or a prison cf. Mn. cf. Kathās. cf. Pur. (10) building, construction cf. MBh. cf. R. &c. (11) embanking or an embankment cf. ib. (12) bridging over cf. Hit.

---> alloying (of metals) cf. Bhpr. (13) joining, junction, connection, coherence cf. RV. cf. MBh. (14) fixing upon, directing towards (loc.) cf. L. (15) checking, suppressing cf. Amar. (16) (in phil.) mundane bondage (opp. to final liberation) (17) hurting, killing cf. L. (18) a stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower) cf. RV. &c. &c. (19) a sinew, muscle cf. L.