baMDaH [ baMD-DaY ] 1 A tie, bond (in general) ( ASAbaMDa &c.). 2 A hair-band, fillet; V. 4. 10 ; Ś. 1. 30. 3 A chain, fetter. 4 Fettering, confining, imprisoning, confinement, imprisonment; Ms. 8. 310. 5 Catching, capturing, catching hold of; gajabaMDa R. 16. 2. 6 ( a ) Forming, constructing, arranging; sargabaMDo mahAkA vyaM S. D. 6. ( b ) Building, erecting. 7 Feeling, conceiving, cherishing; he rAjAnastyajata sukavipremabaMDe viroDaM Vikr. 18. 107 ; R. 6. 81. 8 Connection, union, intercourse. 9 Joining or folding together, combining: R. 14. 13 ; aMjalibaMDa &c. 10 A bandage, ligature. 11 Agreement, harmony. 12 Manifestation, display, exhibition; R. 18. 52. 13 Bondage, confinement to this world ( opp. mukti which is ‘complete emancipation from the trammels of the world’); baMDaM mokzaM ca yA vetti budDiH sA pArTa sAttvikI Bg. 18. 30 ; baMDAnmuktyE Ka lu maKamuKAnkurvate karmapASAn Bv. 4. 21 ; R. 13. 58 ; 18. 7. 14 Result, consequence. 15 A position, posture in general; AsanabaMDaDIraH R. 2. 6 ; Ku. 3. 45 , 59. 16 A particular position in sexual intercourse, or a particular mode of sexual enjoyment (these are said in Ratimañjarī to be 16, but other writers increase the number to 84). 17 A border, frame-work. 18 Arrangement of a stanza in a particular shape; e. g. KaqgabaMDa, padmabaMDa, murajabaMDa (vide K. P. 9. ad loc. ). 19 A sinew, tendon. 20 The body. 21 A deposit, pledge. 22 ( pb ) An embankment, throwing a bridge across (a river). 23 A disease in which the eyelids cannot be wholly closed. Comp. — karaRaM fettering, imprisoning. — taMtraM a complete army containing the four necessary elements, i. e. elephants, horses, chariots and footmen. — pAruzyaM forced or unnatural construction of words. — staMBaH a post to which an animal ( e. g. an elephant) is tied.