Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bandha बन्ध – binding; bondage; lock; bodily position

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

binding; bondage; lock; bodily position

Derived from

  1. bandh बन्ध् verbal root — bind
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

bandhá ·m. binding, tying to (esp. the sacrificial post), fettering, capturing; custody, prison; band, string, sinew (of the body); chain, tether, bondage (opp. mukti); joining together, connection, position (esp. of hands, feet, etc.); union, intercourse with (--°); forming, constructing; embankment, covering with a bridge; fixing or turning upon (loc.); manifestation, exhibition, show, display (--°).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Bandha, as, m. binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter, knot, halter, tether [cf. pāda-b˚]; a ligature, bandage; laying snares; catching, capturing, capture; binding in fetters, fettering, confining, imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment, custody [cf. rāja-b˚]; fixing, directing (the mind towards anything); bind- ing together, joining, uniting [cf. pāṇi-b˚]; joining the hollowed hands; forming, constructing, construc- tion, building, erecting (e. g. setor bandhaḥ, the construction of an embankment or bridge; cf. setu- b˚); embanking, an embankment, throwing a bridge across (a river); contracting or knitting the brows [cf. bhrukuṭi-b˚]; joining the hands or feet in particular positions, any posture or position of the limbs or body generally, a position, posture (e. g. āsana-b˚, a sitting posture); a particular position of the hands and feet [cf. mahā-b˚, mūla-b˚]; a par- ticular position in coitus; connection, intercourse, society; agreement, union; manifestation, exhibition, display [cf. rāga-b˚]; consequence, result (e. g. ariṣṭa-b˚, having welfare as a consequence, causing welfare); a sinew, tendon; a pledge, deposit, (per- haps rather) pledging [cf. bandhaka]; that with which anything is bound together or bordered, border, framework, inclosure; (in philosophy) bon- dage, (opposed to mukti, mokṣa, and regarded in the Sāṅkhya system as threefold, viz. prakṛti-b˚, vaikārika-b˚, dakṣiṇā-b˚; cf. karma-b˚, dak- ṣiṇā-b˚); (in rhetoric) combination of sounds, con- struction of words; a disease in which the eyelids cannot be wholly closed; (in comp. with numerals) a part [cf. daśa-b˚, pañca-b˚; cf. also Lat. pondus; Lith. bandà, ‘a herd of cattle;’ Angl. Sax. bonda, bœnd, bœst; Hib. bad = Armor. bód, ‘a bunch, bush, cluster, tuft, thicket.’]

Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bandha 2〉 Gefangenschaft, Haft und zugleich 14〉: yatra bandhaḥ kavigirāṃ sadā pattreṣvadṛśyata KATHĀS. 55,27. — 5〉 Verbindung BHĀG. P. 10,82,30.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

bandhá m. — 1〉 das Binden, Verbinden, Anbinden, Verband. — 2〉 Verbindung mit (im Comp. vorangehend). — 3〉 Verbindung —, so v. a. Verkehr mit (im Comp. vorangehend). — 4〉 das Fangen, Einfangen. — 5〉 Fesselung, Gefangensetzung, Gefangenschaft, Haft. rāja˚ durch den Fürsten veranlasst. — 6〉 das Zusammenfügen, Zusammensetzen. — 7〉 Stellung des Körpers, insbes. der Hände und Füsse. — 8〉 Errichtung, Erbauung. — 9〉 Abdämmung. — 10〉 Ueberbrückung. — 11〉 das Heften —, Richten auf (Loc.) — 12〉 am Ende eines Comp. das Bekommen, bei sich zur Erscheinung Bringen, Aeusserung, das Haben Spr. 7778. — 13〉 Pfand RĀJAT. 7,195. — 14〉 in der Philosophie Gebundenheit im Gegensatz zur Erlösung. — 14〉 Band, Strick, Fessel. — 15〉 Sehne am Körper. — 16〉 *Körper. — 17〉 Einfassung, Behälter. — 18〉 Laut-, Wortgefüge. — 19〉 eine Krankheit, bei welcher die Augenlider nicht ganz geschlossen werden können. — 20〉 am Ende eines Comp. bisweilen fehlerhaft für baddha.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bandha 13〉 auch Depositum. bandhe sthā so v. a. in Verwahrung bleiben CAMPAKA 466. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bandha IV. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

bandhá m. das Beinden, Anbinden, Fesseln, Fangen; Band, Fessel, Gefangenschaft; Zusammenfügung, Verbindung, Errichtung, Erbauung, Abdämmung, Überbrückug; das Herften o. Richten auf (Loc.); das Äußern, Zeigen, Bekommen, Haben (—˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

bandha bandha m. action de lier, ligature. Lien; attache; entraves; au fig. le corps. Dépôt, gage. Germ. band; etc. bandhaka m. gage, dépôt. — N. action d'attacher, de lier; ligature. Echange, troc. — F. bandhakī femelle d'éléphant; fille de mauvaise vie. bandhatantra n. armée au complet. bandhana n. action de lier. Lien; corde. — Meurtre; injure, cf. badha. — M. f. n. tout ce qui sert à attacher. bandhanagranthi m. corde pour attacher un animal. bandhanarajju f. mms. bandhanaveśman n. maison de détention, prison. bandhanālaya m. mms. bandhamaya a. (sfx. maya) qui sert à faire des liens; de la nature d'un lien. bandhayāmi (c. de bandh) faire lier, faire attacher. bandhastambha m. poteau où l'on attache un éléphant.

Occurrences in source texts (79)

DYS 8 occurrences
DYS 27–31: Survey of Haṭha 3 occurrences

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DYS 135: Mahābandha 1 occurrence

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DYS 136: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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DYS 138–140: Jālandharabandha 1 occurrence

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DYS 143–145: Mūlabandha 2 occurrences

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GoS 9 occurrences
GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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GoS 50–63: Three Locks 6 occurrences

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GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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GoS 74–80: Through the Three Knots 1 occurrence

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HP 29 occurrences
HP 1.17-1.32: Āsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.50–54: Siṃhāsana and Bhadrāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.55-1.57: Transition to Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.6-3.9: Ten Mudrās 2 occurrences

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6 more source pages
HP 3.10-3.18: Mahāmudrā 1 occurrence

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 7 occurrences

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HP 3.49-3.57: Mūlabandha 4 occurrences

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HP 3.58-3.65: Uḍḍiyāna Bandha 4 occurrences

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HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 4 occurrences

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 2 occurrences

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.18*1–19*1: Mūrcchā / Manomūrcchanā 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.47–47*1: Ghaṭikābandha / Ghaṭibandha 1 occurrence

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PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 3.1–4: Saṃyama 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.38: Entering Another Body 1 occurrence

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SiSa 25 occurrences
SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.1-4.8: Yonimudrā-Kreislauf 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.21-4.25: Zehn Mudrās 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.37-4.42: Mahābandha 3 occurrences

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SiSa 4.43-4.50: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.60-4.63: Jālandharabandha 3 occurrences

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SiSa 4.64-4.68: Mūlabandha 4 occurrences

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SiSa 4.69-4.71: Viparītakṛti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.72-4.77: Uḍḍyānabandha 3 occurrences

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SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.208-5.222: Rājayoga 1 occurrence

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SS 2 occurrences
SS 1.2–1.3: Knowledge and Bondage 1 occurrence

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  • SS 1.2 Segment 2

    Attested form: bandhaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

SS 3.2–3.3: Bondage and Māyā 1 occurrence

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  • SS 3.2 Segment 2

    Attested form: bandhaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 6.14–6.17: Light and Immortality 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 1 occurrence

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