बन्ध

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• bandha (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• বন্ধ (Bengali script)
• බන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဗန္ဓ or ၿၼ္ꩪ or ၿၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• พนฺธ or พันธะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ພນ຺ຘ or ພັນຘະ (Lao script)
• ពន្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Noun

बन्ध m

1. Devanagari script form of bandha (“binder”)

Declension

Declension table of "बन्ध" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	बन्धो (bandho)	बन्धा (bandhā)
Accusative (second)	बन्धं (bandhaṃ)	बन्धे (bandhe)
Instrumental (third)	बन्धेन (bandhena)	बन्धेहि (bandhehi) or बन्धेभि (bandhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	बन्धस्स (bandhassa) or बन्धाय (bandhāya) or बन्धत्थं (bandhatthaṃ)	बन्धानं (bandhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	बन्धस्मा (bandhasmā) or बन्धम्हा (bandhamhā) or बन्धा (bandhā)	बन्धेहि (bandhehi) or बन्धेभि (bandhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	बन्धस्स (bandhassa)	बन्धानं (bandhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	बन्धस्मिं (bandhasmiṃ) or बन्धम्हि (bandhamhi) or बन्धे (bandhe)	बन्धेसु (bandhesu)
Vocative (calling)	बन्ध (bandha)	बन्धा (bandhā)

Verb

बन्ध

1. Devanagari script form of bandha, second-person singular imperative active of बन्धति (bandhati, “to bind”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বন্ধ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬦ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
• বন্ধ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰡𑰿𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• ဗန္ဓ (Burmese script)
• બન્ધ (Gujarati script)
• ਬਨ੍ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌨𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦤ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂢𑂹𑂡 (Kaithi script)
• ಬನ್ಧ (Kannada script)
• ពន្ធ (Khmer script)
• ພນ຺ຘ (Lao script)
• ബന്ധ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᠨᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘡𑘿𑘠 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧁𑧠𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐣𑑂𑐢 (Newa script)
• ବନ୍ଧ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢥ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆤𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖡𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
• බන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩯 𑪙𑩮 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚝𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
• ப³ந்த⁴ (Tamil script)
• బన్ధ (Telugu script)
• พนฺธ (Thai script)
• བ་ནྡྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒢𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨝𑩇𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बन्ध् (bandh), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐn.dʱɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐn̪.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

बन्ध • (bandhá) stem, m

1. a binding, fetter, tie, bond
2. a bundle
3. tying, fastening, binding, restraining
4. chains, shackles, bondage
5. a ligature or bandage or suture
6. capture, imprisonment, incarceration, custody
7. concatenation, chaining, uniting, combining

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बन्ध (bandhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बन्धः bandháḥ	बन्धौ / बन्धा¹ bandhaú / bandhā́¹	बन्धाः / बन्धासः¹ bandhā́ḥ / bandhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	बन्ध bándha	बन्धौ / बन्धा¹ bándhau / bándhā¹	बन्धाः / बन्धासः¹ bándhāḥ / bándhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	बन्धम् bandhám	बन्धौ / बन्धा¹ bandhaú / bandhā́¹	बन्धान् bandhā́n
Instrumental	बन्धेन bandhéna	बन्धाभ्याम् bandhā́bhyām	बन्धैः / बन्धेभिः¹ bandhaíḥ / bandhébhiḥ¹
Dative	बन्धाय bandhā́ya	बन्धाभ्याम् bandhā́bhyām	बन्धेभ्यः bandhébhyaḥ
Ablative	बन्धात् bandhā́t	बन्धाभ्याम् bandhā́bhyām	बन्धेभ्यः bandhébhyaḥ
Genitive	बन्धस्य bandhásya	बन्धयोः bandháyoḥ	बन्धानाम् bandhā́nām
Locative	बन्धे bandhé	बन्धयोः bandháyoḥ	बन्धेषु bandhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: bandha
• → Bengali: বন্ধ (bôndhô)
• → Gujarati: બંધ (bandh)
• → Hindi: बंध (bandh)
  • → Bengali: বন্‌ধ (bôndh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 720/3.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bandha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.