As a deity name
Name 684 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
बंदी · masculine
prisoner, captive
बंदी · masculine
bard, one who praises or extols
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
prisoner, captive (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बन्दिन्; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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