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bandhananti
bandhana
nt, nominative singular (bandhananti = bandhanaṃ + iti, a quotative or presentative construction)
- tie; rope; bond; fetter; lit. binding
- attachment; connection; lit. binding
- bondage; confinement; imprisonment; tying up; lit. binding
- tying up; kidnapping; lit. binding
- with a mending; having a repair; lit. with binding
- stalk; lit. binding
- name of an arahant monk; lit. binding
- binding (to); tying (to); imprisoning (in)
Built from
- bandh — root · bind, tie
The root conveys the concrete image of tying or fastening; Sanskrit bandh- and English bind, band reflect the same PIE root *bhendh-.
- -ana — ending · action noun
This suffix forms neuter nominals expressing the action or result of the verb: bandhana = 'binding, bond, fetter'.
- iti — prefix · thus, quotative particle
The particle iti introduces direct speech or presents a concept; here it marks bandhanaṃ as cited or emphasized (lit. 'bond thus').
Analysis. bandhanaṃ + iti: the noun bandhana in accusative case followed by iti (quotative particle 'thus, as it were'), a construction used to present or cite a word or concept.
Etymology. From √bandh 'to bind, tie'. The root bandhati (to bind) is cognate with Sanskrit bandh-, and distantly with English band and bind, all from PIE *bhendh- 'to bind'. The suffix -ana marks the action noun (binding, that which binds).