# सम्बन्ध (sambandha)

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सम्बन्ध (sambandha) is a Sanskrit word meaning connection, union, or association, relationship by marriage, fellowship, or friendship, a relation, relative, kinsman, friend, or ally, a collection, volume, or book, a particular kind of calamity, prosperity and success. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Connection, Relation, Association (General & Philosophical), Fitness, Propriety, Suitableness (Noun & Adjective), A Relative, Kinsman, Friend.

- **Root:** बन्ध् (bandh)
- **Etymology:** E. सम् with, and बन्ध a binding — E. sam with, and bandha a binding
- **SLP1:** `sambanDa`  **IAST:** sambandha  **Devanagari:** सम्बन्ध
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambandha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sambandha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** संबंध (saṃbaṃdha), संबन्ध (saṃbandha)

## Meanings by context

### Connection, Relation, Association (General & Philosophical) (6 definitions)
- 1. Connection, union, or association. 2. Relationship by marriage, fellowship, or friendship.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1177,3] सम् - बन्ध (sam-bandha) m. ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ) binding or joining together, close connection or union or association, conjunction, inherence, connection with or relation to ( instr. with or without सह (saha), or comp.; in phil. relation or connexion is said to be of three kinds, viz. समवा (samavā) य (ya), संय (ya) ोग (saṃyoga), and स्व - रूप (sva-rūpa), q.v. ), ŚrS.; Śaṃk.; Sarvad.; personal connection (by marriage), relationship, fellowship, friendship, intimacy with ( instr. with and without सह (saha) loc., or comp. ), PārGṛ.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=236761 ]
- 1. Able or capable. 2. Fit or proper. 3. Connected or inherent. 4. Prosperity or success. 5. Fitness or propriety. 6. Connection or relationship by birth or marriage. 7. The application of authority. 8. Mental association of objects. 9. The possessive case in grammar.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सम् (sam) बन्ध (bandha) (sambandha) [Printed book page 904 ] सम् (sam) बन्ध (bandha) (sambandha) mfn. ( - न्धः (-ndhaḥ)- न्धा - न्धं (-ndhaḥ-ndhā-ndhaṃ) ) 1 Able, capable. 2 Fit, right, proper. 3 Adjunct, annexed or connected, inherent, &c. m. ( - न्धः (-ndhaḥ) ) 1 Prosperity, success. 2 Fitness, propriety. 3 Connexion, natural or essential connexion, as of a property with a substance, subject matter with a work, proper meaning with a word, &c. 4 Connexion by birth or marriage, relationship. 5 The application of authority, as of the Upaniṣads to prove a theological assertion, &c. 6 Mental association of objects, conceiving them in connexion with each other. 7 (In grammar,) The possessive case. E. सम् (sam) with, and बन्ध (bandha) a binding. [ ID=40942 ]
- 1. Connection or relation, mental association, quoting a textual proof, suitableness, fitness, success, or the possessive case. 2. Connected, fit, able, or inherent.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सम्बन्ध (sambandha) [Printed book page 824-a ] सम्बन्ध (sambandha) ( न्धं ) ((ndhaṃ)) 1. m. Connexion, relation; mental association; quoting a textual proof; suitableness; fitness; success; possessive case. a. Connected; fit, able; inherent. [ ID=40664 ]
- 1. Able or capable. 2. Fit, right, or proper. 3. Connected or inherent. 4. Prosperity or success. 5. Fitness or propriety. 6. Natural connection, relationship, or relevance. 7. Connection by birth or marriage. 8. The application of authority. 9. Mental association of objects. 10. The possessive case in grammar.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सम् (sam) बन्ध (bandha) (sambandha) [Printed book page 769-b ] सम् (sam) बन्ध (bandha) (sambandha) mfn. ( - न्धः (-ndhaḥ)- न्धा - न्धं (-ndhaḥ-ndhā-ndhaṃ) ) 1. Able, capable. 2. Fit, right, proper. 3. Adjunct, annexed or connected, inherent, &c. m. ( - न्धः (-ndhaḥ) ) 1. Prosperity, success. 2. Fitness, propriety. 3. Connection, natural or essential connection, as of a property with a substance, subject matter with a work, proper meaning with a word, &c. 4. Connection by birth or marriage, relationship. 5. The application of authority, as of the Upanishads to prove a theological assertion, &c. 6. Mental association of objects, conceiving them in connection with each other. 7. (In grammar,) The possessive case. E. सम् (sam) with, and बन्ध (bandha) a binding. [ ID=43008 ]
- Connection or relationship.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > सम्बन्ध (sambandha) [Printed book page 268-b ] sambandha, m. con-nection; and so, as in Eng., relationship. [ √bandh + sam. ] [ ID=4466 ]
- 1. Binding together, union, connection, or association. 2. Connection by marriage or kinship. 3. A relative or kinsman. 4. Restraint. 5. The possessive case in grammar. 6. The application of authority to prove a theological doctrine. 7. Fitness or propriety. 8. Prosperity or success.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > सम्बन्ध (sambandha) [Printed book page 1088-c ] Sam-bandha, as, m. binding together, joining together, union, association, connection (sometimes at the end of comps. in the sense ‘connected,’ &c., cf. su-s° ); connection by marriage [cf. strī-s° ]; relationship, relation, (in phil. said to be of three kinds, 1. samavāya, ‘intimate relation,’ as between a whole and its parts; 2. saṃyoga, ‘con- junction,’ as between a pot and the ground; 3. svarūpa, ‘the nature of a thing,’ as between an object and the knowledge of it, which last is also called viṣayatā-sambandha ), inherence; a rela- tion, kinsman, relative, ( ku-sambandha, as, m. a wicked relation); binding, restraining, restraint; (in grammar) the possessive case (but see kāraka ); the application of authority to prove a theological doc- trine; fitness, propriety; prosperity, success; ( as, ā, am ), able, capable; fit, right, proper. —Sambandha- tattva, am, n. and sambandha-viveka, as, m., N. of two works. [ ID=51113 ]

### Fitness, Propriety, Suitableness (Noun & Adjective) (2 definitions)
- fitness, propriety  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fitness, propriety, L. [ ID=236766 ]
- fit, proper  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fit, right, proper, L. [ ID=236769 ]

### A Relative, Kinsman, Friend (1 definition)
- A relation, relative, kinsman, friend, or ally.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a relation, relative, kinsman, fellow, friend, ally, Āpast.; MBh.; BhP. [ ID=236762 ]

### A Type of Calamity (1 definition)
- a particular kind of calamity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. kind of calamity, VarBṛS. [ ID=236764 ]

### Able, Capable (Adjective) (1 definition)
- able, capable  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > सम् - बन्ध (sam-bandha) mfn. able, capable, L. [ ID=236768 ]

### Application of Authority / Textual Proof (1 definition)
- the application of authority to prove a theological doctrine  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the application of authority to prove a theological doctrine, W. [ ID=236767 ]

### Collection, Volume, Book (1 definition)
- a collection, volume, or book  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a collection, volume, book, Śukas. [ ID=236763 ]

### Linguistic Note / Alternative Form (1 definition)
- At the end of compounds, often an incorrect reading for sambaddha.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ( ifc. ) often w.r. for सम् - बद्ध (sam-baddha) ( q.v. ) [ ID=236770 ]

### Prosperity, Success (1 definition)
- prosperity and success  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > prosperity, success, L. [ ID=236765 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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