bandha

From Sanskrit बन्ध (bandhá, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

bandha (plural bandhas)

1. any of the various "body locks" in Hatha Yoga, treated under the heading of mudra

• Bahdan

From Javanese bandha (ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]
• Hyphenation: ban‧dha

bandha (first-person possessive bandhaku, second-person possessive bandhamu, third-person possessive bandhanya)

1. (dialect, Java) alternative spelling of banda

• “bandha” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bandha

1. Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ.

Borrowed from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

• IPA^(key): /ban.da/
• Rhymes: -da
• Homophone: bhāṇḍa
• Hyphenation: ban‧dha

bandha

1. band, chain, tie

• baddha

• > Javanese: ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: banda
• → Balinese: ᬩᬦ᭄ᬥ (banda)

• "bandha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

bandha m

1. tie, bond, fetter
   1. halter
2. a person who binds
3. a think that binds

bandha

1. second-person singular imperative active of bandhati (“to bind”)