बन्धु

{ bandhuḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : मित्र, गुलदुपहरिया, बंधु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

बन्धु  f.  m. connection, relation, association, [RV.] &c. &c. ( ifc. with f( ऊ). = belonging to, coming under the head of i.e. ‘being only in name’; cf. क्षत्र-, द्विज-ब्° &c.; ‘resembling’ [Bālar. v, 56/57], ‘frequented by’ ib. iii, 20, ‘favourable for’ ib. iv, 87; cf. [Pāṇ. 6-1, 14])
केन बन्धुना   respect, reference ( ‘in what respect?’), [ŚBr.]
   kinship, kindred, [Mn. ii, 136]
   a kinsman ( esp. on the mother's side), relative, kindred, [RV.] &c. &c. (in law, a cognate kinsman in a remote degree, one subsequent in right of inheritance to the स-गोत्र; three kinds are enumerated, personal, paternal and maternal)
रिपु   a friend ( opp. to ), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
   a husband, [Ragh.]
   a brother, [L.]
बन्धूक    Pentapetes Phoenicea, [L.] (= )
    N. of a metre, [Col.]
   (in astrol.) of the fourth mansion, [Var.]
   of a ऋषि with the patr. गौपायन or लौपायन (author of [RV. v, 24 and x, 5660]), [RAnukr.]
   of मन्मथ, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

बन्धुः [bandhuḥ]   [बध्नाति मनः स्नेहादिना बन्ध्-उ]
   A relation, kinsman, relative in general; यत्र द्रुमा अपि मृगा अपि बन्धवो मे [U.3.8;] मातृबन्धुनिवासिनम् [R.12.12;] [Ś.6.23;] [Bg.6.9;] [Ms.2.136.]
   Any one connected or associated with another, a brother; प्रवासबन्धुः a brothertraveller; धर्मबन्धुः a spiritual brother; अनुमतगमना शकुन्तला तरुभिरियं वनवासबन्धुभिः [Ś.4.1.]
   (In law) A cognate kinsman, one's own kindred or kinsmen generally; (three kinds are enumerated: आत्म˚ personal, पितृ˚ paternal, and मातृ˚ maternal; see these three words).
   A friend (in general); as in बन्धुकृत्य below; oft. at the end of comp.; मकरन्दगन्धबन्धो [Māl.1.38] 'a friend of, (i. e.) charged with fragrance'; &c.; 9.13.
   A husband; वैदेहिबन्धोर्हृदयं विदद्रे [R.14.33.]
   A father.
   A mother.
   A brother.
   The tree called बन्धुजीव q. v.
   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); स्वयमेव ब्रह्मबन्धुनोद्भिन्नो दुर्गप्रयोगः [M.4;] cf. क्षत्रबन्धु.
   Connection, relationship, association in general; समुद्र एवास्य बन्धुः [Bṛi. Up.1.1.2;] [B. R.3.89.]
   A controller, governor; (नमः) गुणत्रयाभासनिमित्तबन्धवे [Bhāg.6.4.23.]
   (In astrol.) N. of the 3rd mansion. -Comp.
-काम a.  a. affectionate towards kinsmen.
   कृत्यम् the duty of a kinsman; त्वयि तु परिसमाप्तं बन्धुकृत्यं प्रजानाम् [Ś.5.8.]
   the business of a friend, a friendly or kind act or service; कच्चित् सौम्य व्यवसितमिदं बन्धुकृत्यं त्वया मे [Me.116.]
   जनः a relative, kinsman.
   kindred, kinsmen taken collectively.
-जीवः, -जीवकः  N. N. of a tree; दृश्यन्ते बन्धुजीवाश्च श्यामाश्च गिरिसानुषु [Rām.4.3.62;] बन्धुजीवमधुरा- धरपल्लवमुल्लसितस्मितशोभम् [Gīt.2;] [R.11.24.]
-दग्धः   an abandoned wretch (हतक).
-दत्तम्   a kind of Strīdhana or woman's property, the property given to a girl by her relatives at the time of marriage; बन्धुदत्तं तथा शुल्कमन्वा- धेयकमेव च [Y.2.144;] बान्धवा भ्रातरो बन्धुदत्तप्रदेन कन्यादशायां यत् पितृभ्यां दत्तं तदुच्यते Dāy. B.
-दायादः   kinsman and heir; [Ms.9.158.] -a. entitled to inheritance by relationship.
-प्रिय a.  a. dear to friends or relations.-प्रीतिः f.
   love of a relative; बन्धुप्रीत्या [Me.51] (v. l.).
   love for a friend.
   भावः friendship.
   relationship.
-वर्गः   kinsmen, kindred.
-हीन a.  a. destitute of relatives or friends.

Shabda-Sagara

बन्धु  m.  ( -न्धुः)
   1. A kinsman, a relation, but especially a distant or cog- nate kinsman, and subsequent in right of inheritance to the gen- tile or Sagotra; the Bandhu, is of three kinds; the kinsman of the person himself, of his father or his mother, as his father's brother's son, and his mother's sister's or brother's son; and the same reckoning upwards, as his father's father's sister's son, &c. 2. A friend.
   3. A brother.
   4. A flower, (Pentapetes phœnicea.)
    E. बन्ध् to bind or connect, (in affection.) उ aff.

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बन्ध् उ