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daṇḍaदण्डdaṇḍá m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with dā́ru and √ dṝ) (n. [cf. ikṣu-] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, [RV.] &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, [ŚBr.] &c.; ‘penis [with vaitasá]’, [xi, 5, 1, 1]; ‘trunk’, see śuṇḍā-; ‘arm’ or ‘leg’, see dor-, bāhu-; ‘tusk’, see daṃṣṭrā-)
= °ḍakāsana, [BṛNārP. xxxi, 115] (n.)
a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf. ikṣu-, ud-, khara-), [MBh. ii, 2390]
the staff of a banner, [2079]; [iv], [xiv]
the handle (of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-flap, parasol &c.), [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
the steam of a plough, [L.]
‘a mast’, see mahādaṇḍa-dhara
the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvii]
the stick with which a lute is played, [L.]
a churning-stick (cf. °ḍāhata), [L.]
a pole as a measure of length (= 4 Hastas), [VarBṛS. xxiv, 9]; [MārkP. il]
N. of a measure of time (= 60 Vi-kalās), [BrahmaP. ii]; [VarP.]; [BhavP.]
N. of a staff-like appearance in the sky (‘N. of a planet’, [L.]; cf. -bhāsa), [VarBṛS.]
N. of a constellation, [xx, 2]; [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.]
a form of military array (cf. -vyuha), [L.]
a line (cf. -pāta)
a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty (cf. nyasta-), application of power, violence, [Mn. vii f.]; [MBh.]
power over (gen. or in comp.), control, restraint (cf. vāg-, mano-, kāya- [karma-, [MārkP. xli, 22]]; tri-daṇḍin), [Subh.]
embodied power, army (kośa-,du. ‘treasure and army’, [Mn. ix, 294]; [MBh.]; [Kir. ii, 12]), [Mn. vii]; [Ragh. xvii, 62]
the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment, punishment (corporal, verbal, and fiscal; chastisement and imprisonment, reprimand, fine), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvii, 1] [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. guptá & gūḍha-)
pride, [L.]
daṇḍá m. a horse, [L.]
Punishment (son of Dharma and Kriyā, [VP. i, 7, 27]; [MārkP. l])
Yama, [L.]
Śiva, [MBh. xii, 10361]
N. of an attendant of the Sun, [iii, 198]
(g. śivādi and śaunakādi) N. of a man with the patr. Aupara, [MaitrS. iii, 8, 7]; [TS. vi, 2, 9, 4]
of a prince slain by Arjuna (brother of -dhara, identified with the Asura Krodha-hantṛ), [MBh. i f.], [viii]
of a Rakṣas, [R. vii, 5, 39]
See °oḍaka
daṇḍakāदण्डकाf. id., [R.]; [Ragh. xiii] (colophon), [VarBṛS.]; [Mcar. iv, 40/41]
daṇḍakaदण्डकm. (g. ṛśyādi) (n. g. ardharcādi) ifc. ‘a staff’, see tri-
a handle (of a parasol), [L.]
the beam (of a plough), [L.]
the staff of a banner, [MBh. vii], [ix]
([Pāṇ. v, 3, 87], [Kāś.]) N. of a plant, [Suśr. v, 7, 1]
a row, line, [ŚāṅkhŚr.], Sch.
a class of metres the stanzas of which may extend from 4 × 27 to 4 × 999 syllables, [Chandaḥs. vii, 33]-[36]; [HanRāmUp. 15]
a kind of spasm, [Car. vi, 28]; [Bhpr. vii, 36, 171] and [227]
(°ḍākhya) [171/172]
N. of wk. relating to, [VS.]
m. N. of a son of Ikṣvāku (whose country was laid waste by the curse of Bhārgava, whose daughter he had violated; his kingdom in consequence became the °kāraṇya), [MBh. xii] (allusion only), [Hariv. 637]; [BhP. ix, 6, 4]; [Kām.] (v.l. dāṇḍakya)
°ṇḍa, [R. vii, 79, 15]; [VP. iv, 2, 4]; [VāyuP. ii, 26, 9]; [PadmaP. i]
N. of a silly man, [Bharaṭ. xxv]
of an Asura, [Vīrac. xvi]
m. pl. the inhabitants of °kāraṇya, [MBh. ii], [xiii]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [VarBṛS.]
n. = °kāraṇya, [MBh. xiii]; [R.]; [BhP. ix, 11, 19]; [Prasannar. vii, 77] (pl.)
m. N. of a Bhoja (v.l. °kya).
daṇḍanaदण्डनdáṇḍana m. a cane (?), [AV. xii, 2, 54 ii.] beating, chastising, punishing, [Yājñ.] (also a-), [MBh. xii, 431]; [Kām.]; [Kulārṇ. i, 78]
cf. a-dharma-.
daṇḍapaदण्डपdaṇḍa—pa m. N. of a man g. naḍādi.
daṇḍayaदण्डयNom. °yati, to chastise, punish (with acc. of fine, [Mn. ix, 234]; [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 1, 1], Vārtt. 12 and 7, Vārtt. 1; on [ii], [vi], [viii] cf. [i, 4, 51]; [Siddh.] & [Vop. v, 6]), [Mn. viii f.]; [Yājñ. i f.]; [MBh. xii] &c.
daṇḍabhājदण्डभाज्daṇḍa—bhāj mfn. undergoing punishment (through, gen.), [BhP. x, 64, 42]; [Yājñ. ii, 5/6, 35.]
daṇḍabhṛtदण्डभृत्daṇḍa—bhṛt mfn. carrying a staff, [W.]
a potter, [L.]
Yama, [VarYogay. vi, 21].
daṇḍadhṛkदण्डधृक्daṇḍa—dhṛk mfn. ifc. governing, [iv, 21, 12.]
daṇḍaghnaदण्डघ्नdaṇḍa—ghna mfn. striking with a stick, committing an assault, [Mn. viii, 380.]
daṇḍaśrīदण्डश्रीdaṇḍa—śrī for caṇḍ° (N. of a prince), [VāyuP. ii, 37, 350.]
daṇḍatvaदण्डत्वdaṇḍa—tva n. the state of a stick, [Bhāṣāp.]
daṇḍavatदण्डवत्daṇḍa—vat mfn. ([Pāṇ. v, 2, 115], [Kāś.]) carrying a staff, [Hcat. i, 11, 566]
furnished with a handle, [KātyŚr. xxvi]
having a large army, [Ragh. xvii]; [Kām. xiii, 37]
daṇḍa—vat ind. like a stick, [Viṣṇ. xxviii, 5]
(with pra-ṇamya, prostrating the body) in a straight line, [AdhyR. Introd. 5.]
daṇḍabhāsaदण्डभासdaṇḍa—bhāsa m. N. of an appearance in the sky, [Buddh.]; [L.]
daṇḍabhītiदण्डभीतिdaṇḍa—bhīti f. = -bhaya, [Kām. ii, 43] ([Hit.])
daṇḍabhayaदण्डभयdaṇḍa—bhaya n. dread of punishment, [Nal. iv, 10.]
daṇḍadhāraदण्डधारdaṇḍa—dhāra mfn. = °raka, [MBh. iii, 1596] (Yama), [Kām.]; [Rājat. iv]
a king, [L.]
Yama, [L.]
N. of a prince slain by Arjuna (brother of Daṇḍa and identified with the Asura Krodha-vardhana), [MBh. i f.], [viii]
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [i, 2738]
pl. N. of a people, [R. (G) ii, 88, 7.]
daṇḍadharaदण्डधरdaṇḍa—dhara mfn. ‘rod-bearer’, punisher (of. gen.), [ix, 245] [MBh. xii]; [R. vi]; [BhP.]
daṇḍa—dhara m. a king, [ix], [Ragh. ix, 3]; [Rājat. iv]
Yama, 655
a judge, [vii, 1458]
= -mukha, [Daś. viii, 209]
a door-keeper, [Dharmaśarm. ii, 76]
a mendicant, [W.]
a potter, [W.]
daṇḍaśuraदण्डशुरdaṇḍa—śura m. N. of a man, [Mṛcch.]
daṇḍabāhuदण्डबाहुdaṇḍa—bāhu m. N. of an attendant of Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2575.]
daṇḍadāsaदण्डदासdaṇḍa—dāsa m. a slave or one enslaved for (non-payment of a) fine, [Mn. viii, 415.]
daṇḍagaurīदण्डगौरीdaṇḍa—gaurī f. N. of an Apsaras, [MBh. iii, 1784.]
daṇḍajitaदण्डजितdaṇḍa—jita mfn. subdued by punishment.
daṇḍakākaदण्डकाकdaṇḍa—kāka for dagdha-k°, [W.]
daṇḍakūlaदण्डकूलdaṇḍa—kuśa or daṇḍa—kūla, m. pl. N. of a people, [R. iv, 40, 25.]
daṇḍakalaदण्डकलdaṇḍa—kala n. N. of a metre.
daṇḍaketuदण्डकेतुdaṇḍa—ketu m. N. of a man, [MBh. vii]; [BṛNārP. xxxvii.]
daṇḍakuśaदण्डकुशdaṇḍa—kuśa or daṇḍa—kūla, m. pl. N. of a people, [R. iv, 40, 25.]
daṇḍaleśaदण्डलेशdaṇḍa—leśa n. a small fine, [Mn. viii, 51.]
daṇḍamāthaदण्डमाथdaṇḍa—mātha [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 37], [Kāś.]
daṇḍamukhaदण्डमुखdaṇḍa—mukha m. ‘leader of a column or army’, a captain, general, [Buddh.]; [L.]
daṇḍanītiदण्डनीतिdaṇḍa—nīti f. application of the rod, administration of justice, judicature (as a science), [Mn. vii, 43]; [Yājñ. i, 310]; [MBh.] &c.
N. of wk. [Ragh. i, 26], Sch.
Durgā, [DevīP.]
daṇḍanīyaदण्डनीयmfn. to be punished, [Yājñ.]; [Bālar. v.]
daṇḍanetṛदण्डनेतृdaṇḍa—netṛ m. ‘rod-applier’, see adhi-
daṇḍapāṇiदण्डपाणिdaṇḍá—pāṇi (°ḍá-), mfn. (g. āhitāgny-ādi) staff-handed, [ŚBr. xi]; [Kathās. liv]
daṇḍá—pāṇi m. a policeman, [Hāsy.]
Yama, [ṢaḍvBr. v, 4]; [BhP. i], [v]
N. of the leader of 2 of Śiva's troops, [KāśīKh. xxxii]
of the father of Buddha's wife Go-pā, [Lalit. xii]; [Suvarṇapr. xviii]
of a Kāśi king, [PadmaP.]
of a physician, [Bhpr. vii, 8, 137]
of a prince (grandfather of Kṣemaka), [BhP. ix, 22, 42]; [VāyuP. ii, 37, 270 ff.]; [MatsyaP. l, 87]; [BrahmāṇḍaP.]
(khaṇḍ°, [VP. iv, 21, 4.])
daṇḍapālaदण्डपालdaṇḍa—pāla m. superintendent of punishment or judicature See pṛthivī-
a door-keeper, [W.]
N. of a fish, [L.]
daṇḍapātaदण्डपातdaṇḍa—pāta m. = -nipātana, [v, 22, 17]
a kind of fever, [Bhpr. vii, 8, 81]
dropping a line (in a manuscript)
daṇḍapoṇaदण्डपोणdaṇḍa—poṇa (i.e. pavana), a strainer with a handle, [Buddh.]; [L.]
daṇḍasenaदण्डसेनdaṇḍa—sena m. N. of a son of Viṣvak-sena, [Hariv. 1070]
of another prince (= -dhāra), [MBh. i, 544.]
daṇḍavadhaदण्डवधdaṇḍa—vadhá m. ‘death by punishment’, capital punishment, [ŚBr. v, 4, 4, 7.]
daṇḍavidhiदण्डविधिdaṇḍa—vidhi m. a mode of punishment, [Mn. viii, 221]
daṇḍayāmaदण्डयामdaṇḍa—yāma m. a day, [L.]
Yama, [L.]
= dakṣiṇāśā-rati, [L.]
daṇḍayogaदण्डयोगdaṇḍa—yoga m. = -niy°, [Kām. ii, 43] ([Hit.])
daṇḍabhaṅgaदण्डभङ्गdaṇḍa—bhaṅga m. omission of punishment, [BhP. vi, 3, 2.]
daṇḍadhārinदण्डधारिन्daṇḍa—dhārin mfn. = °raka, [BhP. vi, 3, 5.]
daṇḍaḍhakkāदण्डढक्काdaṇḍa—ḍhakkā f. N. of a drum or gong on which the hours are struck, [L.]
daṇḍaśatruदण्डशत्रुdaṇḍa—śatru m. N. of two princes, [Hariv. i, 38, 3.]
daṇḍacakraदण्डचक्रdaṇḍa—cakra n. = -sthāna, [Mālav. i, 7/8]; [Daś. viii, 205]
N. of a mythical weapon, [R. i, 29, 5.]
daṇḍagrāhaदण्डग्राहdaṇḍa—grāha m. ‘staff-bearer’ g. revaty-ādi.
daṇḍahastaदण्डहस्तdaṇḍa—hasta mfn. staff-handed, [MBh. vi, 4959] (Yama)
daṇḍa—hasta m. a doorkeeper, [W.]
daṇḍa—hasta n. = -mātaṅga, [L.]
daṇḍa—hasta f(A, I). (ā, [L.]; ī, [Bhpr. v, 2, 29]) id.
daṇḍakāṣṭhaदण्डकाष्ठdaṇḍa—kāṣṭha n. a wooden staff, [MBh. i]; [R. vii]; [Hariv.]; [Mṛcch. i, 41/42]; [Śak. ii, 0/1 vi]; [Mālav. iv, 15/16]
daṇḍakartṛदण्डकर्तृdaṇḍa—kartṛ m. a punisher.
daṇḍamukhyaदण्डमुख्यdaṇḍa—mukhya m. id., [Kām. xvii, 49.]
daṇḍapātinदण्डपातिन्daṇḍa—pātin mfn. punishing (with loc.), [R. i, 7, 13.]
daṇḍasthānaदण्डस्थानdaṇḍa—sthāna n. a division of an army, [Divyāv. xxxvi.]
daṇḍatāmrīदण्डताम्रीdaṇḍa—tāmrī f. = t°, [L.]
daṇḍavādinदण्डवादिन्daṇḍa—vādin mfn. pronouncing judicial reprimand, [W.]
daṇḍa—vādin m. a door-keeper, [L.]
daṇḍavāhinदण्डवाहिन्daṇḍa—vāhin m. a policeman, [Daś. xi, 249.]
daṇḍavāsinदण्डवासिन्daṇḍa—vāsin m. id., [L.]
‘a village-head’
daṇḍavīryaदण्डवीर्यdaṇḍa—vīrya m. N. of a prince, [Śatr. vi, 289.]
daṇḍavyūhaदण्डव्यूहdaṇḍa—vyūha m. arraying an army in columns, [Mn. vii, 187]
daṇḍayātrāदण्डयात्राdaṇḍa—yātrā f. a procession, bridal procession, [L.]
a military expedition, [Hcar. iv], [vi f.]
daṇḍadhāraṇaदण्डधारणdaṇḍa—dhāraṇa n. carrying a staff, [PārGṛ. ii, 5, 11]
applying the rod, punishment, [MBh. i], [iii]; [R. iv.]
daṇḍadhārakaदण्डधारकdaṇḍa—dhāraka mfn. ‘rod-bearer’, administering justice, [MBh. xii, 2510.]
daṇḍaghaṭanāदण्डघटनाdaṇḍa—ghaṭanā f. ‘waving a stick’ and ‘prostrating one's self (before an idol)’, [Siṃhās. Introd. 13.]
daṇḍaśarmanदण्डशर्मन्daṇḍa—śarman m. N. of two princes, [Hariv. i, 38, 3.]
daṇḍakāsanaदण्डकासनn. lying prostrate on the ground, [Sarvad. xv, 301.]
daṇḍakāvanaदण्डकावनdaṇḍakā-vana n. = °kāraṇya, [R. ii, 30]; [VarBṛS. xiv, 16.]
daṇḍakarmanदण्डकर्मन्daṇḍa—karman n. punishment, [Yājñ. ii, 275.]
daṇḍamāṇavaदण्डमाणवdaṇḍa—māṇava m. ([Pāṇ. iv, 3, 130]; [2, 104], Vārtt. 23, [Pat.]) ‘staff-pupil’, a young Brāhman after -pradāna, [R. ii, 32, 18.]
daṇḍamatsyaदण्डमत्स्यdaṇḍa—matsya m. N. of a fish, [Bhpr. v, 10, 118.]
daṇḍanāyakaदण्डनायकdaṇḍa—nāyaka m. ‘rod-applier’, a judge, [Hit. ii, 9, 0/1] and [4/5]
= -mukha, [Jain.]; [VarBṛS. lxxiii, 4]; [Rājat. vii]
N. of an attendant of the Sun, [L.], Sch.
daṇḍanavidhiदण्डनविधिdaṇḍana—vidhi m. the practice of inflicting punishment, [Bālar. v, 63.]
daṇḍanidhānaदण्डनिधानdaṇḍa—nidhāna n. ‘laying aside the rod’, pardoning, indulgence, [MBh. xii, 6559] and [9964.]
daṇḍaniyogaदण्डनियोगdaṇḍa—niyoga m. infliction of punishment, [Gaut. xii, 51.]
daṇḍapāśakaदण्डपाशकdaṇḍa—pāśaka m. ‘holding a noose to catch offenders’, a policeman, [Pañcat. ii, 4, 3/4]; [Mudr. i, 20/21]
daṇḍapāśikaदण्डपाशिकdaṇḍa—pāśika m. a police-officer, constable, [Nalac.]
daṇḍapālakaदण्डपालकdaṇḍa—pā°laka m. superintendent of punishment or judicature See pṛthivī-
a door-keeper, [W.]
N. of a fish, [L.]
daṇḍapātanaदण्डपातनdaṇḍa—pātana n. = -nip°, [Kām. viii, 76.]
daṇḍasaṃkhyāदण्डसंख्याdaṇḍa—saṃkhyā f. N. of a ch. of [PSarv.]
daṇḍatāḍanaदण्डताडनdaṇḍa—tāḍana n. punishing with a stick, Ap
daṇḍavācikaदण्डवाचिकdaṇḍa—vācika mfn. actual or verbal (assault), [Mn. viii, 6.]
daṇḍavāladhiदण्डवालधिdaṇḍa—vāladhi m. ‘stick-tailed’, an elephant, [L.]
daṇḍavāritaदण्डवारितdaṇḍa—vārita mfn. forbidden by threat of punishment, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 24], Vārtt. 5, [Pat.]
daṇḍavāsikaदण्डवासिकdaṇḍa—vāsika m. a door-keeper, [Buddh.]; [L.]
daṇḍaviṣayaदण्डविषयdaṇḍa—viṣaya m. the region of Daṇḍaka, [R. vii, 81, 18.]
daṇḍacchadanaदण्डच्छदनdaṇḍa—cchadana n. a room for utensils, [Buddh.]; [L.]
daṇḍagrahaṇaदण्डग्रहणdaṇḍa—grahaṇa n. ‘taking the staff’, becoming an ascetic, [W.]
daṇḍakāraṇyaदण्डकारण्यn. the Daṇḍaka forest in the Deccan, [MBh. iii, 8183]; [Hariv. 638]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Hit.]
daṇḍakandakaदण्डकन्दकdaṇḍa—kandaka m. N. of a bulb, [L.]
daṇḍakapālinदण्डकपालिन्daṇḍa—kapālin mfn. carrying a staff and a skull, [Hcat. ii, 1, 704.]
daṇḍamātaṅgaदण्डमातङ्गdaṇḍa—mātaṅga Tabernaemontana coronaria, [Npr.]
daṇḍanītimatदण्डनीतिमत्daṇḍa—nīti—mat mfn. familiar with judicature, [MBh. xii, 2699.]
daṇḍanetṛtvaदण्डनेतृत्वdaṇḍa—netṛ—tva n. judicature, [Mn. xii, 100] ([BhP. iv, 22, 45]).
daṇḍapāṃsulaदण्डपांसुलdaṇḍa—pāṃsula m. a door-keeper, [L.] =
daṇḍapāruṣyaदण्डपारुष्यdaṇḍa—pāruṣya n. actual violence, harsh punishment, [Gaut.]; [Mn. viii, 278] and [301]; [Pañcat.]
daṇḍapakṣakaदण्डपक्षकdaṇḍa—pakṣaka m. N. of a position of the hands, [Hastar.]
daṇḍapraṇāmaदण्डप्रणामdaṇḍa—praṇāma m. a prostration of the body at full length (like a stick), [Daś. ii, 29.]
daṇḍapradānaदण्डप्रदानdaṇḍa—pradāna n. donation of a staff (at investiture with the thread), [ŚāṅkhGṛ. ii, 11, 4.]
daṇḍaprajitaदण्डप्रजितdaṇḍá—prajita (°ḍá-), mfn. driven with a stick, [ŚBr. xii, 4, 1, 10.]