Pāli Dictionary

upanibandhati

upaprefixniprefixbandharoottisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

bandh1bind; tie

Synonyms

nibandhati

general

  • to tie onto, fasten to, bind close to; to attach (oneself to)

  • SN 35.247

    daḷhāya rajjuyā bandhitvā daḷhe khīle vā thambhe vā upanibandheyya. atha kho te, bhikkhave, chappāṇakā nānāvisayā nānāgocarā sakaṃ sakaṃ gocaravisayaṃ āviñcheyyuṃ.

  • MN 125

    seyyathā'pi, aggivessana, hatthidamako mahantaṃ thambhaṃ pathaviyaṃ nikhaṇitvā āraññakassa nāgassa gīvāyaṃ upanibandhati āraññakānañ'c'eva sīlānaṃ abhinimmadanāya āraññakānañ'c'eva sarasaṅkappānaṃ abhinimmadanāya

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

upanibandhāiti
  1. upanibandhāupanibandha

    close connection; dependence; (in compounds, adj.) connected with, dependent on

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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