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 (plural bandha-bandha)

1. (dialect, Java) alternative spelling of banda

Further reading

• “bandha”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

bandha

1. romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.da/
• Rhymes: -da
• Homophone: bhāṇḍa
• Hyphenation: ban‧dha

Noun

bandha

1. band, chain, tie

Alternative forms

• baddha

Derived terms

• abandha
• binaddhākĕn
• binandha
• kabaddha
• kabandha
• mabaddha
• mabandha

• mūrdhabandha
• pratibandha
• pāśabandha
• silih baddha
• silih bandha
• subandha
• sūryabandha
• tāmrabandha

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: banda
• → Balinese: ᬩᬦ᭄ᬥ (banda)

Further reading

• "bandha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 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)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha).

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”)