masculine · bandhu 1 · bandhu 2
kinsman
kinsman; relative; relation
Bandhu [Vedic bandhu, see bandhati and cf. bandhava] 1. a relation, relative, kinsman; plural bandhū Ja IV 301; Pv-a 86 (= ñātī) and bandhavo Nidd II §455 (where Nidd I 11 in the same passage reads bandhū). — ādicca° kinsman of the sun, an epithet of the Buddha Vin II 296; A II 17; Snp 54, 915, 1128, cf. Nidd II §152 b; Vv 24 13 ; 78 10 , cf. Vv-a 116. Four kinds of relations enumerated at Nidd I 11. viz. ñāti°, gotta°, manta° (where Nidd II §455 reads mitta°), sippa°. 2. Epithet of Brahmā, as ancestor of the brahmins Sv I 254: see below °pāda. 3. (—°) connected with, related to, dealing with [cf. Vedic amrta-bandhu R̥V X 725] S I 123 (pamatta°); 128; Snp 241, 315, 430, 911; Ja IV 525; Miln 65 (kamma°); Pj II 192 (veda°). — feminine bandhunī Ja VI 47 (said of the town of Mithilā (rāja°); explained by commentary as "rāja-ñātakeh'eva puṇṇā"). -pāda the foot of Brahma, from which the śūdras are said to have originated (cf. Sanskrit pādaja), in compound bandhupādāpacca "offering from the foot of our kinsman," applied as contemptuous epithet to the samaṇas by a brahman D I 90; M I 334; S IV 117.
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(adj, adj, in comps, from bandhati) bound to; connected with; concerned with; associated with; related to [lit.] with bonds Construction: √bandh + u
(masc, masc, from bandhati) relative; relation kinsman, relative, relation [lit.] bond Construction: √bandh + u
(masc, masc, in comps, from bandhati) God; Creator [lit.] bond Construction: √bandh + u