sandhiṁ

masculine & feminine

1. union, junction Mil.330 (of 2 roads); Bdhgh on SN.ii.270 (between 2 houses).
2. breach, break, hole, chasm DN.ii.83 = AN.v.195; Thag.786; Ja.v.459. āloka˚; a window Vin.ii.172; sandhiṃ chindati to make a break, to break into a house DN.i.52; DN-a.i.159.
3. joint, piece, link Ja.ii.88; Vism.277 (the 5, of kammaṭṭhāna); Mhvs.33, Mhvs.11; Mhvs.34, Mhvs.47; applied to the joints of the body Vism.185 (the 14 mahā˚); Dhs-a.324.
4. connection, combination Vb-a.191 (hetuphala˚ & phalahetu˚ etc.).
5. euphonic junction euphony, “sandhi” Snp-a.76. See pada˚.
6. agreement Mhvs.9, Mhvs.16.

• -cheda 1 housebreaking Ja.i.187 sq.; Ja.ii.388 2 one who has brought rebirths (= paṭisandhi) to an end Dhp.97; Dhp-a.ii.187; Dhp-a.iii.257.
• -chedaka one who can cut a break, an underminer Ja.vi.458.
• -bheda(ka) causing discord Ja.iii.151.
• -mukha opening of a break (made by burglars) into a house Thag.786; Pv-a.4.
• -samala (-sankaṭīva) refuse heap of a house-sewer (cp. K.S. ii.181 203) DN.ii.160; MN.i.334 = SN.ii.270.

fr. saṃ + ; dhā