bandha

== 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 === 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) (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 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 band, chain, tie ==== Alternative forms ==== baddha ==== 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 scripts === === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). === Noun === bandha m tie, bond, fetter halter a person who binds a think that binds ==== Declension ==== === Verb === bandha second-person singular imperative active of bandhati (“to bind”)