बन्धन [bandhana] a.
Binding, fettering.
Checking, stopping.
(At the end of comp.) Dependent upon; cf. निबन्धन.
-नम् [बन्ध्-भावे-ल्युट्]
The act of binding, fastening; tying; स्मरसि स्मर मेखलागुणैरुत गोत्रस्खलितेषु बन्धनम्
[Ku.4.8.] Binding on or round, throwing round, clasping; विनम्रशाखाभुजबन्धनानि
[Ku.3.39;] [Pt.5.21;] घटय भुजबन्धनम्
[Gīt.1;] [R.19.17.] A bond, tie (fig. also);
[R.12.76;] आशाबन्धनम् &c.
Fettering, chaining, confining. गजभुजङ्गमयोरपि बन्धनम्
[Bh.2.91.] A chain, fetter, tether, halter &c.
Capturing, catching.
Bondage confinement, imprisonment, captivity; as in बन्धनागार.
A place of confinement, prison, jail; वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां जातो भोजेन्द्रबन्धने
[Bhāg.3.2.25;] त्वां कारयामि कमलोदरबन्धनस्थम्
[Ś.6.2;] द्विगुणं त्रिगुणं पश्चाद्यावज्जीवं तु बन्धनम्
[Śukra.4.8;] [Ms.9.288.] Forming, building, construction; सेतुबन्धनम्
[Ku.4.6.] Connecting, uniting, joining.
Hurting, injuring.
A stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower); कृतं न कर्णार्पितबन्धनं सखे
[Ś.6.18.;] [U.2.9;] [Ku.4.14.] A sinew, muscle; संधिन्नसंधिः प्रविकीर्णबन्धनो हतः क्षितौ वायुसुतेन राक्षसः
[Rām.5.] 47.36;5.24.4.
A bandage.
A bar, barrier.
Alloyage, mixing.
An embankment, a bridge.
A conjunction, connection.
(In phil.) Mundane bondage (opp. to liberation).
नम्, नी A bond, tie.
A rope, cord.
A string, thread.
A chain, fetter.
A bondage. -Comp.
-अ(आ)गारः, -रम्, -आलयः a prison, jail.
ग्रन्थिः the knot of a bandage.
a noose.
a rope for tying cattle.
-पालकः, -रक्षिन् m. m. a jailor.
-वेश्मन् n. n. a prison.
-स्थः a captive, prisoner.
-स्तम्भः a tying-post, a post to which an animal (e. g. an elephant) is tied.
-स्थानम् a stable, stall (for horses &c.).