bandhu
Bandhu，[Vedic bandhu，see bandhati & cp．bandhava] 1．a relation，relative，kinsman; pl．bandhū J．IV，301; PvA．86 （=ñātī） & bandhavo Nd2 455 （where Nd1 11 in id．p．reads bandhū）．-- Ādicca° kinsman of the Sun，an Ep．of the Buddha Vin．II，296; A．II，17; Sn．54，915，1128，cp．Nd2 152b; Vv 2413; 7810，cp．VvA．116．‹-› Four kinds of relations enumd at Nd1 11．viz．ñāti°，gotta°，manta° （where Nd2 455 reads mitta°），sippa°．-- 2．Ep．of Brahmā，as ancestor of the brahmins DA．I，254：see below °pāda．-- 3．（°-） connected with，related to，dealing with [cp．Vedic amṛta-bandhu RV X．725] S．I，123 （pamatta°）; 128; Sn．241，315，430，911; J．IV，525; Miln．65 （kamma°）; SnA 192 （veda°．）．-- f．bandhunī J．VI，47 （said of the town of Mithilā （rāja°）; expld by C．as “rāja-ñātakeh’eva puṇṇā＂）． --pāda the foot of Brahma，from which the Śūdras are said to have originated （cp．Sk．pādaja），in cpd．Bandhupād’apacca “offering from the foot of our kinsman，＂ applied as contemptuous epithet to the Samaṇas by a Brahmin D．I，90; M．I，334; S．IV，117．（Page 482）