Bandhuka (adj.) [fr. bandhu] 1. the plant Pentapetes phoenicea J iv.279 (˚puppha, evidently only a contraction of bandhu -- jīvaka, cp. C. bandhujīvaka<-> puppha; although Sk. bandhūka is given as syn. of bandhujīva at Halāyudha 2, 53). -- 2. in bandhukaroga M ii.121 prob. to be read paṇḍuka˚, as v. l. BB; see paṇḍuroga.