setu | सेतु | setu

se/tu | से/तु | mfn. (fr. √ 1. si | सि |) binding, who or what binds or fetters, RV.
se/tu | से/तु | m. a bond, fetter, ib.
a ridge of earth, mound, bank, causeway, dike, dam, bridge, any raised piece of ground separating fields (serving as a boundary or as a passage during inundations), RV. &c. &c.
Rāma's bridge (see setubanḍa | सेतुबन्ड |), BhP.
a landmark, boundary, limit (also fig. = ‘barrier, bounds’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
a help to the understanding of a text, an explanatory commentary (also N. of various commentaries), Cat.
an established institution, fixed rule, MW.
the Praṇava or sacred syllable Om (which is said to be mantrāṛāṃ setuḥ | मन्त्राऋआं सेतुः |), KālP.
Crataeva Roxburghii or Tapia Crataeva (= varaṛa | वरऋअ |, varuṛa | वरुऋअ |), L.
N. of a son of Druhyu and brother of Babhru, Hariv.
of a son of Babhru, Pur.
of a place, MW.

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