baMDuH [ baDnAti manaH snehAdinA baMD-u ] 1 A relation, kinsman, relative in general; yatra drumA api mfgA api baMDavo me U. 3. 8 : mAtfbaDunivAsinaM R. 12. 12 ; Ś. 6. 22 ; Bg. 6. 9. 2 Any one connected or associated with another, a brother; pravAsabaMDuH a brothertraveller; DarmabaMDuH a spiritual brother; Ś. 4. 9. 3 (In law) A cognate kinsman, one's own kindred or kinsmen generally; (three kinds are enumerated; Atma° personal, pitf° paternal, and mAtf° maternal; see these three words). 4 A friend (in general); as in baMDukftya below; oft. at the end of comp. ; makaradaMgaMDabaMDo Māl. 1. 38 ‘a friend of, ( i. e. ) charged with fragrance’ &c.; 9. 13. 5 A husband; vEdehibaMDArhfdayaM vidadre R. 14. 33. 6 A father. 7 A mother. 8 A brother. 9 The tree called baMDujIva q. v. 10 One who belongs to or is connected with any tribe or profession only nominally; i. e. one who belongs to it, but does not do the duties pertaining thereto (often used by way of contempt); svayameva brahmabaMDunodBinno durgaprayogaH M. 4 ; cf. kzatrabaMDu . 11 Connection, relationship, association in general. Comp. — kAma a. affectionate towards kinsmen. — kftyaM 1 the duty of a kinsman; tvayi tu parisamAptaM baMDukftyaM prajAnAM Ś. 5. 8. 2 the business of a friend, a friendly or kind act or service; kaccitsOmya vyavasitamidaM baMDukftyaM tvayA me Me. 114. — janaH 1 a relative, kinsman. 2 kindred, kinsmen taken collectively. — jIvaH, jIvakaH N. of a tree; baMDujIvamaDurADarapallavamullasitasmitaSoBaM Gīt. 2 ; R. 11. 24. — dagDaH an ( pb ) abandoned wretch ( hataka ). — dattaM a kind of Strīdhana or woman's property, the property given to a girl by her relatives at the time of marriage; Y. 2. 144. — prItiH f. 1 love of a relative; baMDuprItvA Me. 49. 2 love for a friend. — BAvaH 1 friendship. 2 relationship. — vargaH kinsmen, kindred. — hIna a. destitute of relatives or friends.