बन्ध
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
बन्ध m
- Devanagari script form of bandha (“binder”)
Declension
Declension table of "बन्ध" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | बन्धो (bandho) | बन्धा (bandhā) |
| Accusative (second) | बन्धं (bandhaṃ) | बन्धे (bandhe) |
| Instrumental (third) | बन्धेन (bandhena) | बन्धेहि (bandhehi) or बन्धेभि (bandhebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | बन्धस्स (bandhassa) or बन्धाय (bandhāya) or बन्धत्थं (bandhatthaṃ) | बन्धानं (bandhānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | बन्धस्मा (bandhasmā) or बन्धम्हा (bandhamhā) or बन्धा (bandhā) | बन्धेहि (bandhehi) or बन्धेभि (bandhebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | बन्धस्स (bandhassa) | बन्धानं (bandhānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | बन्धस्मिं (bandhasmiṃ) or बन्धम्हि (bandhamhi) or बन्धे (bandhe) | बन्धेसु (bandhesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | बन्ध (bandha) | बन्धा (bandhā) |
Verb
बन्ध
- Devanagari script form of bandha, second-person singular imperative active of बन्धति (bandhati, “to bind”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- বন্ধ (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬦ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
- বন্ধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰡𑰿𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- ဗန္ဓ (Burmese script)
- બન્ધ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਨ੍ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦤ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂢𑂹𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ಬನ್ಧ (Kannada script)
- ពន្ធ (Khmer script)
- ພນ຺ຘ (Lao script)
- ബന്ധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᠨᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘡𑘿𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧁𑧠𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐣𑑂𑐢 (Newa script)
- ବନ୍ଧ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢥ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆤𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖡𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
- බන්ධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩯 𑪙𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚝𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
- ப³ந்த⁴ (Tamil script)
- బన్ధ (Telugu script)
- พนฺธ (Thai script)
- བ་ནྡྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒢𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨝𑩇𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From बन्ध् (bandh), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bɐn.dʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bɐn̪.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
बन्ध • (bandhá) stem, m
- a binding, fetter, tie, bond
- a bundle
- tying, fastening, binding, restraining
- chains, shackles, bondage
- a ligature or bandage or suture
- capture, imprisonment, incarceration, custody
- concatenation, chaining, uniting, combining
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बन्धः (bandháḥ) | बन्धौ (bandhaú) बन्धा¹ (bandhā́¹) |
बन्धाः (bandhā́ḥ) बन्धासः¹ (bandhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | बन्धम् (bandhám) | बन्धौ (bandhaú) बन्धा¹ (bandhā́¹) |
बन्धान् (bandhā́n) |
| instrumental | बन्धेन (bandhéna) | बन्धाभ्याम् (bandhā́bhyām) | बन्धैः (bandhaíḥ) बन्धेभिः¹ (bandhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | बन्धाय (bandhā́ya) | बन्धाभ्याम् (bandhā́bhyām) | बन्धेभ्यः (bandhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बन्धात् (bandhā́t) | बन्धाभ्याम् (bandhā́bhyām) | बन्धेभ्यः (bandhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बन्धस्य (bandhásya) | बन्धयोः (bandháyoḥ) | बन्धानाम् (bandhā́nām) |
| locative | बन्धे (bandhé) | बन्धयोः (bandháyoḥ) | बन्धेषु (bandhéṣu) |
| vocative | बन्ध (bándha) | बन्धौ (bándhau) बन्धा¹ (bándhā¹) |
बन्धाः (bándhāḥ) बन्धासः¹ (bándhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: bandha
- → Bengali: বন্ধ (bôndhô)
- → Gujarati: બંધ (bandh)
- → Hindi: बंध (bandh)
- → Bengali: বন্ধ (bôndh)
- → Old Javanese: bandha, baddha
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “बन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720/3.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bandha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.