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bandhanāgārikoye
bandhanāgārika
locative singular of bandhanāgārika (adjective or noun in -a declension, feminine -ā)
- imprisoned in a house
- bound in a dwelling
- householder in confinement
Built from
- bandh — root · bind, tie
The root √bandh literally means to bind or tie; here it produces the abstract noun bandh-ana, binding or imprisonment. Cognate with English bind, band, bond.
- ana — ending · action, state
The -ana suffix forms action nouns and abstract nouns from roots, denoting the process or result of the verbal action.
- ā — ending · linking vowel
The feminine linking vowel -ā joins the first element of the compound to the second.
- gār — root · house, dwelling
From the root √gṛ 'to dwell'; gāra means house or home. Cognate with English yard and Sanskrit gṛha (also Greek khṓra).
- ika — ending · adjectival suffix
The suffix -ika forms adjectives and agent nouns, here meaning 'of or in a house', creating gārika 'householder' or 'dwelling in a house'.
- e — ending · locative singular
The locative case ending -e (or -i) indicates the location or condition in which the noun applies, answering 'in what?' or 'in what state?'.
Analysis. bandhan (bandh-ana, binding, imprisonment) + ā (linking vowel) + gārika (from gāra, house, + -ika, forming adjectives); the compound denotes one bound or confined within a house, used metaphorically in the suttas for a householder entrapped by domestic life.
Etymology. Bandh- is the root √bandh 'to bind', cognate with English band, bind, bond and Sanskrit bandh-. Gāra 'house' (gārika 'of or in a house') is cognate with English yard and Sanskrit gṛha (Greek khṓra 'place, region'). The -ika suffix forms adjectives and agent nouns.