a. 1 Binding, fettering.

2 Checking, stopping.

3 (At the end of comp.) Dependent upon; cf. ni- baṃdhana. naṃ [baṃdh-bhāve lyuṭ] 1 The act of binding, fastening, tying; Ku. 4. 8.

2 Binding on or round, throwing round, clasping; vinamraśā- khābhujabaṃdhanāni Ku. 3. 39; Pt. 5. 21; ghaṭaya bhujabaṃdhanaṃ Git. 10; R. 19. 17.

3 A bond, tie (fig. also); R. 12. 76; āśābaṃdhanaṃ &c.

4 Fettering, chaining,...