baMDana a. 1 Binding, fettering. 2 Checking, stopping. 3 (At the end of comp. ) Dependent upon; cf. nibaMDana . — naM [ baMD-BAve lyuw ] 1 The act of binding, fastening, tying; Ku. 4. 8. 2 Binding on or round, throwing round, clasping; vinamraSAKABujabaMDanAni Ku. 3. 39 ; Pt. 5. 21 ; Gawaya BujabaMDanaM Gīt. 10 ; R. 19. 17. 3 A bond, tie ( fig. also); R. 12. 76 ; ASAbaMDanaM &c. 4 Fettering, chaining, confining. 5 A chain, fetter, tether, halter &c. 6 Capturing, catching. 7 Bondage, confinement, imprisonment, captivity; as in baMDanAgAra . 8 A place of confinement, prison, jail; tvAM kArayAmi kamalodarabaMDanasTaM Ś. 6. 19 ; Ms. 9. 288. 9 Forming, building, construction; setubaMDanaM Ku. 4. 6. 10 Connecting, uniting, joining. 11 Hurting, injuring. 12 A stalk, stem, peduncle (of a flower); Ś. 3. 6 ; 6. 17 ; U. 2. 9 ; Ku. 4. 14. 13 A sinew, muscle. 14 A bandage. 15 A bar, barrier. 16 Alloyage, mixing. 17 An embankment, a bridge. 18 A conjunction, connection. — naM-nI 1 A bond, tie. 2 A rope, cord. 3 A string, thread. 4 A chain, fetter. 5 A bondage. Comp. — a ( A ) ( pb ) gAraH -raM, -AlayaH a prison, jail. — graMTiH 1 the knot of a bandage. 2 a noose. 3 a rope for tying cattle. — pAlakaH, -rakzin m. a jailor. — veSman n. a prison. — sTaH a captive, prisoner. — staMBaH a tying-post, a post to which an animal ( e. g. an elephant) is tied. — sTAnaM a stable, stall (for horses &c.).