भाण्ड

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भाण्ड  m.  m. (√ भण्ड्?) Thespesia Populneoides (= गर्दभा-ण्ड), [L.]
भाण्ड  f.  n. ( ifc. f( आ).) any vessel, pot, dish, pail, vat, box, case, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   any implement, tool, instrument, ib.
   horse-trappings, harness, [MBh.]; [R.]
   any ornament, ib.
-वादन   a musical instrument ( cf.)

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वादन

भाण्ड  m.  n. goods, wares, merchandise (also m. pl.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
भाण्ड  n.  n. capital, [Kathās.]
   treasure, [L.]
   the bed of a river, [L.]
भण्ड   ( fr.) mimicry, buffoonery, [L.] ( cf. पुत्र- and भ्रातृ-भ्°).

Shabda-Sagara

भाण्ड  n.  ( -ण्डं)
   1. Any vessel, a pot, a cup, a plate, &c.
   2. Any musi- cal instrument.
   3. Any implement or utensil.
   4. Capital, principal, 5. An ornament in general.
   6. An ornament round a horse's neck and breast.
   7. The bed of a river, the space between its banks.
   8. Mimickry, buffoonery, the practice of the Bhānda or professional jester.
   9. A box, a case, &c.
   10. A tool.
   11. The stock of a shop- keeper, (hence any valued posses sion.)
  m.  ( -ण्डः) A tree, (Hibiscus propulneoides.) m. plu. Mercandise.
    E. भदि to be auspicious, aff. अच्; or भण् to sound, aff. ड, deriv. irr.; or भण्ड a jester and अण् aff.

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भदि अच्; भण् ड भण्ड अण्