1. Connection, relation, or association
2. A kinsman, relative, or kindred
3. A remote cognate kinsman in law
4. A friend
5. A husband
6. A brother
7. A flower
8. A metre
9. The fourth astrological mansion
बन्धु (bandhu) [Printed book page 0673-c] Bandhu, us, m. connection, conjunction, relation-
ship, association; relation, reference, respect (e. g.
kena bandhunā, in what respect ?); one who is
connected with or belongs to (any profession or tribe,
especially if only nominally so connected; cf.
kṣa- tra-b°, dvija-b°, brahma-b°); a kinsman, relation,
relative, connection, kindred in general [cf.
mātṛ-b°];
(in law) a cognate kinsman in a remote degree, one
subsequent in right of inheritance to the Sa-gotra,
(three kinds of these are enumerated, personal, pater-
nal, and maternal: the first are sons of the deceased
father's sister, of his mother's sister, and of his ma-
ternal uncle: the second are the sons of his father's
paternal aunt, of his father's maternal aunt, and of
his father's maternal uncle: the third are the sons
of his mother's paternal aunt, of his mother's ma-
ternal aunt, and of his mother's maternal uncle); a
friend [cf.
a-b°, amṛta-b°, ṛṣi-b°]; a husband;
a brother; N. of a flower (
= bandhūka); N. of a
metre; (in astron.) N. of the fourth mansion; N.
of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Gaupāyana or Lau-
pāyana, author of two hymns in the Ṛg-veda; (ac-
cording to Yāska also) wealth; according to Pāṇini
a feminine word ending in
yā must change
yā to
ī before
bandhu in a comp., e. g.
kārīṣa-gandhyā- bandhu becomes
kārīṣa-gandhī-bandhu; [cf.
Hib. badh, ‘love, friendship.’]
—Bandhu-kāma, as, ā, am, loving relations, affectionate towards relations
and friends.
—Bandhu-kṛtya, am, n. the duty of a
kinsman or of a friend, a friendly office, friendly service.
—Bandhu-kṣit, t, t, t, Ved. dwelling among rela-
tions; (Sāy.) having the quality or condition of kin-
dred; (according to some this word may be the N.
of a person or family.)
—Bandhu-jana, as, m. a
kinsman, relation, friend; kinsfolk, relations.
—Ban- dhu-jīva or
bandhu-jīvaka, as, m. ‘living in associ-
ation or groups,’ Pentapetes Phœnicea, (a plant with a
red flower which opens at midday and withers away
the next morning at sunrise); (
am), n. its flower;
(
kas), m., N. of a Cakra-vartin.
—Bandhujīva- puṣpa, am, n. the flower of Pentapetes Phœnicea.
—Bandhujīvābhi-tāmra (°va-abh°), as, ā, am, deep red like the blossom of Pentapetes Phœnicea.
—Bandhu-tā, f. relations collectively, kindred, kin
(
= bandhūnāṃ samūhaḥ); relationship, affinity,
connection, relation.
—Bandhu-tva, am, n. relation-
ship, brotherhood, affinity.
—Bandhu-dagdha, as, ā, am, ‘destroyed or consumed by relations,’ i. e. an
abandoned wretch
(= hataka).
—Bandhu-datta, as, ā, am, given by relations or by a kinsman; (
as), m.,
N. of a man; (
ā), f., N. of a woman; (
am), n. a
particular kind of female property (given to a girl
by her relations at her marriage).
—Bandhu-dāyāda, as, m. a kinsman and heir.
—Bandhu-pati, is, m.
lord of kindred or relations; [cf.
bāndhupata.]
Page0674-a+ 81 —Bandhu-pāla, as, m. ‘kindred-protector,’ N. of
a man.
—Bandhu-pālita, as, m. ‘kindred-pro-
tected,’ N. of a prince.
—Bandhu-puṣpa-māla, as, ā, am, wearing a chaplet of Bandhu flowers.
—Ban- dhu-pṛch, ṭ, m., Ved. asking relations, inquiring after
kindred, (Sāy.
= bandhūnām praṣṭā); [cf.
pṛṣ- ṭa-bandhu.]
—Bandhu-prabha, as, m., N. of a
Vidyā-dhara.
—Bandhu-prīti, is, f. affection for a
friend, love of relatives or friends.
—Bandhu-bhāva, as, m. friendship.
—Bandhu-bhāṣita, am, n. the
talk or speech of kindred.
—Bandhu-mat, ān, atī, at, having relations, surrounded by relations; (
ān),
m., N. of a man; of a king; (
atī), f., N. of two
women; N. of a town.
—Bandhu-vañcaka, as, m.
‘deceiver of relatives,’ N. of a Vidūṣaka.
—Bandhu- vat, ān, atī, at, having relations or kindred.
—Ban- dhu-varga, as, m. the whole body of relations, circle
of kinsmen, kindred.
—Bandhu-hīna, as, ā, am, destitute of kindred, relationless, friendless.
—Ban- dhū-kṛ, cl. 8. P.
-karoti, -kartum, to make a friend
of.
—Bandhū-kṛta, as, ā, am, made a friend.
—Bandhv-eṣa, as, m., Ved. inquiring after kin-
dred, (Sāy.
= bandhūnām anveṣaṇam.)
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