sambandha सम्बन्ध – binding together, joining together, union, association, connection (sometimes at the end of comps.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Sam-bandha, as, m. binding together, joining together, union, association, connection (sometimes at the end of comps. in the sense ‘connected,’ &c., cf. su-s˚); connection by marriage [cf. strī-s˚]; relationship, relation, (in phil. said to be of three kinds, 1. samavāya, ‘intimate relation,’ as between a whole and its parts; 2. saṃyoga, ‘con- junction,’ as between a pot and the ground; 3. svarūpa, ‘the nature of a thing,’ as between an object and the knowledge of it, which last is also called viṣayatā-sambandha), inherence; a rela- tion, kinsman, relative, (ku-sambandha, as, m. a wicked relation); binding, restraining, restraint; (in grammar) the possessive case (but see kāraka); the application of authority to prove a theological doc- trine; fitness, propriety; prosperity, success; (as, ā, am), able, capable; fit, right, proper.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

sambandha m. Verbindung, Zusammenhang, Beziehung, Relation (ph.), Verwandtschaft o. Freundschaft mit (Instr. mit u. ohne saha, Loc. o. —˚); auch concr. Verwandter, Freund, Bundesgenosse.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

sambandha sambandha m. (bandh) ligature; union; connexité, affinité; parenté. En compos. capable, propre à; inhérent à. sambandhayāmi (c. de bandh) lier. sambandhin a. attaché à, adhérent, inhérent; connexe, corrélatif; doué de, propre à; allié, parent.