Bandhana (nt.) [fr. bandh, cp. Vedic bandhana] 1. binding, bond, fetter Vin i.21; D i.226, 245 (pañca kāma- guṇā); iii.176; M ii.44; S i.8, 24 (Māra˚), 35, 40;iv.201 sq. (5 fold) to bind the king of the Devas or Asuras, 291; Sn 532, 948; Th 1, 414; 2, 356 (Māra˚) Dh 345 sq.; J ii.139, 140; iii.59=PvA 4; v.285; Nd2304iii. b (var. bonds, andhu˚, rajju˚ etc. cp. Nd1 433); DA i.121 (with ref. to kāmā). -- 2. binding, tying, band, ligature; tie (also fig.) Vin i.204 (˚suttaka thread for tying) ii.135 (kāya˚ waistband); ii.117 (˚rajju for robes); S iii.155 (vetta˚ ligatures of bamboo; cp. v.51); Sn 44 (gihi˚, cp. Nd2 228: puttā ca dāsī ca); DhA i.4 (ghara˚ tie of the house); KhA 51 (paṭṭa˚). -- 3. holding together, composition, constitution Vin i.96 (sarīra˚), cp. iii.28. -- fig. composition (of literature) J ii.224 (gāthā˚). -- 4. joining together, union, company DhA ii.160 (gaṇa˚ joining in companies). -- 5. handle Vin ii.135. -- 6. piecing together Vini.254 (˚mattena when it, i. e. the stuff, has only been pieced together, see Vin. Texts ii.153 n.). -- 7. strap (?) doubtful reading in aŋsa˚ (q. v.) Vv 3340, where we should prefer to read with v. l. ˚vaṭṭaka. -- 8. doubtful in meaning in cpd. paŋca -- vidha -- bandhana "the fivefold fixing," as one of the torments in Niraya. It is a sort of crucifixion (see for detail pañca 3) Nd2 304iii. c=Nd1 404; J i.174; PvA 221; VbhA 278. In this connection it may mean "set," cp. mūla˚. -- On use of bandhana in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 115. Cp. vini˚.

 -- âgāra "fetter -- house," prison D i.72; M i.75; Vin iii.151; J iii.326; DhA ii.152; VvA 66; PvA 153. -- âgārika prison -- keeper, head -- jailer A ii.207.