बन्धन

From the root बन्ध् (bandh) +‎ -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ́n.dʱɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐn̪.d̪ʱɐ.n̪ɐ/

बन्धन • (bándhana) stem, n

1. a bond, fetter, tie
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.59.12:

     त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् ।
     उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कम् इ॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान् मृ॒त्योर् मु॑क्षीय॒ मामृता॑त् ॥

     tryàmbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam.
     urvārukám iva bándhanān mṛtyór mukṣīya mā́mṛ́tāt.

     trans=We worship Tryambaka, the sweet augmenter of prosperity.
     As a cucumber is released from its bondage , so may I be released from death; not from immortality.

     }
2. a rope, cord
3. the act of binding, tying

बन्धन • (bándhana) stem

1. binding, tying, fettering

• English: bandana
• Pali: bandhana
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀦 (baṃdhana)
• → Hindi: बंधन (bandhan)
• → Kannada: ಬಂಧನ (bandhana)
• → Tamil: பந்தனம் (pantaṉam)