See also abhisandhiḥ, abhisaṃdhi, abhisaṃdhiḥ.
1 Cheating, deceit.
2 Purpose, object.
3 Special agreement.
4 Making peace or alliance.
5 Joint junction.
E. abhi, and sandhi agreement, &c.
(with the implied sense of deliberateness); e. g. Śaṅkara (on
the passage of the Chh. Up. quoted s. v. abhisandhā) …sa
dahyate'tha hanyate rājapuruṣaiḥ svakṛtenānṛtābhisaṃdhidoṣeṇa….
yadātmābhisandhyanabhisaṃdhikṛte mokṣabandhane (liberation or bondage
caused by a--righteous--or by a false declaration)
…tatsatyaṃ sa ātmā &c.; or Sāhityad.: abhivalamabhisaṃdhi-
śchalena yaḥ. 2 Intent, purpose, aim, interest in an object;
e. g. Śaṅkara (on the Ved. Sūtra: adṛṣṭāniyamāt): …aha-
midaṃ phalaṃ prāpnavānīdaṃ pariharāṇi . itthaṃ prayate . itthaṃ karavā-
ṇītyevaṃvidhā abhisaṃdhyādayaḥ pratyātmaṃ pravartamānā adṛṣṭasyātmanāṃ
ca svasvāmibhāvaṃ niyaṃsyantīti . netyāha .. (Sūtra:) abhisaṃ-
dhyādiṣvapi caivam; or Ved. Sūtra: na ca kārye pratipattyabhi-
saṃndhiḥ (Anūpanar. Śirom.: prajāpateḥ sabhāṃ veśma prapadye . iti
pratipattyabhisaṃdhiḥ prāptisaṃkalpaḥ); or Gautama: abhisaṃdhimā-
trātputriketyekeṣām ‘some say that a putrikā (q. v.) may be
appointed merely by intention’ (another category being the
putrikā appointed by an express declaration; comp. Kul-
lūka: abhisaṃdhimātrakṛtā . vāgvyavahāreṇa na kṛtā); or Śāntip.
Mahābh.: yaḥ karotyanabhisaṃdhipūrvakaṃ (unintentional) tacca nirṇu-
dati yatpurā kṛtam . nāpriyaṃ tadubhayaṃ kutaḥ priyaṃ tasya tajjana-
yatīha kurvataḥ; or Mitākṣ.: nanu kāmakṛte prāyaścittābhāvā-
tkathaṃ vyavahāryatvaṃ tadabhāvaścānabhisadhikṛte'parādhe prāyaścitta-
miti vasiṣṭhavacanāt. Comp. also the inst. s. v. abhisaṃhita.
3 Implied sense, bearing (of a sentence &c.); used thus
frequently by commentators, e. g. Mītākṣ. (on Yājnav. 2.
27. or 61. or 96.) or the Dattakamīm. (p. 17. 27. 29. on pas-
sages in law-books): ayamabhisandhiḥ ‘such is the sense of
the passage’. 4 Belief, opinion (with the implied sense of
erroneousness); e. g. Bhaṭṭik.: dadaṃśa tāmrāmburuhābhisaṃdhistṛ-
ṣṇāturaḥ pāṇitale'pi dhṛṣṇuḥ ‘the impudent bee parched
with thirst bit her in the palm of her hand, believing it to
be a red lotus’ (Jayam.: raktapadmametadityabhisaṃdhirabhiprāyo
yasya bhṛṅgasya sa). [5 Joint junction. 6 Making peace or
alliance. 7 Cheating, deceiving (Wilson).] E. dhā with sam
and abhi, kṛt aff. ki.
f. (-ndhiḥ)
1. Cheating, deceit.
2. Purpose, object.
3. Special
agreement.
4. Making peace or alliance.
5. Joint junction.
E. abhi,
and sandhi agreement, &c.