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English
Etymology
From Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).
Noun
bandha (plural bandhas)
- 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)
- (dialect, Java) alternative spelling of banda
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
bandha
- Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bandha
- band, chain, tie
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "bandha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Noun
bandha m
- tie, bond, fetter
- halter
- a person who binds
- a think that binds
Declension
Declension table of "bandha" (masculine)
Verb
bandha
- second-person singular imperative active of bandhati (“to bind”)