As a deity name
Name 378 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
बन्दी · bandī · s.m.
Prisoner, captive, slave — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 171
बन्दी · bandī · s.f.
A kind of ornament worn on the head — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 171
बंदी · masculine
prisoner, captive
बंदी · masculine
bard, one who praises or extols
Cited formation "बन्दी" is बन्दना + -ई: बन्दना means "= bandhnā, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "बन्दी" is बन्दा + -ई: बन्दा means "Mistletoe, Epidendron teselloides ( = bāṅdā, q.v.)", and the suffix -ई forms feminine of nouns/adjectives in inherent -अ or -आ (replaces the final vowel). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §2 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बन्दिन् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰandʰás Proto-Iranian *bandáh Classical Persian بند Classical Persian بندیbor. ▲ Sanskrit बन्दिन् (bandin)influ. Hindi बंदी Borrowed from Classical Persian بندی (bandī, “bound, chained, imprisoned”); influenced …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. bandin m. (also written vandin, q.v., and m.c. ˚di) a praiser, bard, herald (who sings the praises of a prince in his presence or accompanies an army to chant martial songs; these bards are regarded as the descendants of a Kṣatriya by a Śūdra female), Mn.; MBh. &c.
2. bandin m. (also written vandin) a prisoner, captive, slave, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a male or female prisoner
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bandī" is the nominative of "bandin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bandī" is the nominative dual of "bandi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bandī f. (cf. Pers. بنده) a male or female prisoner, Kālid.; Bhaṭṭ.
prey, booty, spoil, BhP.
1. bandin m. (also written vandin, q.v., and m.c. ˚di) a praiser, bard, herald (who sings the praises of a prince in his presence or accompanies an army to chant martial songs; these bards are regarded as the descendants of a Kṣatriya by a Śūdra female), Mn.; MBh. &c.
2. bandin m. (also written vandin) a prisoner, captive, slave, BhP.
1. bandi (?) m. a Buddhist pupil, MWB. 263 (cf. n. 1)
2. bandi in comp. for ˚din.
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