bandha

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Noun

bandha (plural bandhas)

1. any of the various "body locks" in Hatha Yoga, treated under the heading of mudra

Anagrams

• Bahdan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese bandha (ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]
• Hyphenation: ban‧dha

Noun

bandha (first-person possessive bandhaku, second-person possessive bandhamu, third-person possessive bandhanya)

1. (dialect, Java) alternative spelling of banda

Further reading

• “bandha” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

bandha

1. Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• बन्ध (Devanagari script)
• বন্ধ (Bengali script)
• බන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဗန္ဓ or ၿၼ္ꩪ or ၿၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• พนฺธ or พันธะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ພນ຺ຘ or ພັນຘະ (Lao script)
• ពន្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Noun

bandha m

1. tie, bond, fetter
   1. halter
2. a person who binds
3. a think that binds

Declension

Declension table of "bandha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bandho	bandhā
Accusative (second)	bandhaṃ	bandhe
Instrumental (third)	bandhena	bandhehi or bandhebhi
Dative (fourth)	bandhassa or bandhāya or bandhatthaṃ	bandhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bandhasmā or bandhamhā or bandhā	bandhehi or bandhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bandhassa	bandhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bandhasmiṃ or bandhamhi or bandhe	bandhesu
Vocative (calling)	bandha	bandhā

Verb

bandha

1. second-person singular imperative active of bandhati (“to bind”)