bandha

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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

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • 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

Javanese

Romanization

bandha

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ.

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bandha

  1. band, chain, tie

Alternative forms

Derived terms

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 forms

Noun

bandha m

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

Declension

Verb

bandha

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