Pāli Dictionary

bandhana

bandhrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

bandh1bind; tie

Synonyms

saṃyojana, saññojana, gantha, guṇa, vinibaddha, vaṇṭa

Antonyms

abandhana

general

  • a bond; a tie; a rope; a fetter; a ligature; something used for binding

  • bondage; confinement; imprisonment; restriction of freedom

  • a stalk; a stem; the connecting part of a plant

  • a join; a mend; composition; the act of piecing or binding together

  • (as adjective) binding; fettering; imprisoning

  • Thig 13.5

    na hiraññasuvaṇṇena, parikkhīyanti āsavā, amittā vadhakā kāmā, sapattā sallabandhanā.

doctrine

  • attachment; connection; bondage of defilements; a fetter that binds the mind to existence

bandha

approximate

bandhrootasuffix

via inflected form bandhāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

bandh1bind; tie

Synonyms

saṃyoga, dāma, pakāra

general

  • bond; fetter; rope; tie

  • AN 11.9

    so doṇiyā baddho na, yavasaṃ yavasan'ti jhāyati. bhadro hi, sandha, ass'ājānīyo yathā iṇaṃ yathā bandhaṃ yathā jāniṃ yathā kaliṃ evaṃ patodassa ajjhoharaṇaṃ samanupassati.

  • capture; imprisonment; incarceration; bondage

  • Dhp 399

    akkosaṃ vadhabandhañ'ca, aduṭṭho yo titikkhati, khantībalaṃ bal'ānīkaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

  • SN 42.11

    yesaṃ me manussānaṃ vadhena vā bandhena vā jāniyā vā garahāya vā uppajjeyyuṃ soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass'upāyāsā, atthi me tesu chandarāgo.

  • framework; construction; arrangement; series; connected sequence

ethics

  • responsibility (for an action); obligation

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