Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bādhana बाधन – oppression; obstruction; impairment

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

oppression; obstruction; impairment

Derived from

  1. bādh बाध् verbal root — oppress; hinder
  2. ana अन suffix — nominal-forming suffix -ana
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

bādhana ·a. oppressing, molesting, opposing; n. the action of oppressing etc., expulsion, removal, annulment; f. ā discomfort, uneasiness.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Bādhana, as, ī, am, pressing hard, harassing, opposing; refuting; (ā), f. uneasiness, uncomfort- ableness, trouble, pain; (am), n. oppression, the act of harassing, annoying, paining, pain; opposing, hindering; precluding; suspending, removing, setting aside (a rule), annulling, abolishing; refutation.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

bādhana (von 1. bādh) 1〉 adj. bedrängend, belästigend, bekämpfend: śatru˚ HARIV. 5325. — 2〉 f. ā Unbehaglichkeit, Beschwerde NYĀYASŪTRA 1,21. — 3〉 n. a〉 das Bedrängen, Belästigen, Peinigen: sādhu bādhanamapi ramaṇīyamasyāḥ auch wenn sie gepeinigt wird ŚĀK. 11,19, v. l. — b〉 das Entfernen, Beseitigen, Aufheben: ajñāna˚ VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 142. ajādigrahaṇaṃ ṅīpo ṅīṣaśca bādhanārtham Schol. zu P. 4,1,4. P. 4,2,38.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bādhana 3〉a〉 prajādhyakṣaprajāḥ sarvā bādhyante ripubādhanaiḥ R. 7,6,4.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bādhana 3〉c〉 Hinderniss, mit dat. Spr. (II) 749 (Conj.).

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

bādhana — 1〉 Adj. bedrängend, belästigend, bekämpfend. — 2〉 f. ā Unbehaglichkeit, Beschwerde. — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Bedrängen, Belästigen, Peinigen. Auch Pl. — b〉 das Entfernen, Beseitigen, Aufheben. — c〉 Hinderniss für (Dat.) Spr. 7491 (Conj.).

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

bādhana a. 1 Harassing, opposing. 2 Refuting, controverting. — naṃ [bādh — bhāve lyuṭ] 1 Harassing, oppression, annoyance, disturbance, pain; Ś. 1. 2 Annulment. 3 Removal, suspension. 4 Refutation, contradiction. 5 Opposing, hindering. 6 Precluding. — nā Pain, trouble, anxiety, disturbance.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bādhana dass. f. ā Beschwerde. n. das Quälen, Bedrängen, Entfernung, Aufhebung, Beseitigung.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

bādhana n. opposition; peine, tourment.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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