ابندو a-bindu S̱. (अ and विन्दु Point, drop) adj. Without point or dot.

ازاربند izār-band P s. m. The string with which drawers are tied. ازاربندي رشته izār-band-ī rish- ta, Connexion through a wife; petticoat interest.

بازوبند bāzū-band P s. m. An ornament worn on the arm, a bracelet.

بالابند bālā-band P s. m. A part of dress, a kind of turband: a coat of a particular kind. S. H. بالابهولا bālā-bholā, adj. Innocent, artless as a child. s. m. An artless child. S. H. بالاپن bālā-pan, s. m. Childhood, infancy.

بغلبند bag̠ẖal-band P s. m. A kind of robe tied under the armpits.

بله بند bila-band H s. m. Settlement, regulation.

بند band P (Sans. बंध) s. m. f. A fastening, a knot, a bond, imprisonment, arrest, captivity, a bandage, belt, roll, string, joint, knuckle; a sort of poetical composition or ode. adj. Fast- ened, bound; shut, stopped. (In compos.) Bound, armed, or part. act. (of بستن) Binding, binder. بندخانه band-ḵẖāna, s. m. A prison. بندباندهنا band bāndhnā, To restrain an inunda- tion with dykes. بندبندپکڙنا band band pakaṛ- nā, To seize (as rheumatism, &c.) all oneʼs joints. بندبيٿهنا band baiṭhnā, To succeed in an affair. بندپکڙنا band pakaṛnā, To object to the argu-

بندا bandā S (वंदा) s. m. Mistletoe, a kind of epidendron. (Epidendrum tesselatum). See باندا.

بندا bandā P. (for بنده q. v.) s. m. A slave.

بندا bundā विंदु S̱. s. m. A point, a dot.

بندال bindāl H s. f. A medicinal herb.

بندر bandar P s. m. A city, an emporium, a port, harbour, a trading town to which numbers of foreign merchants resort.

بندر bandar वानर S̱. s. m. A monkey.

بندرا bandrā S̱. s. m. See s. بندا bandā.

بندري bandarī H s. f. 1. A sort of chintz from Machhlībandar. 2. A sword from Rājbandarī. 3. Name of a grass.