kā́ṇḍa [or kāṇḍá, [TS. vii]], as, am, m. n. (ifc. f(A or I). ) [cf. khaṇḍa, with which in some of its senses is confounded] a single joint of the stalk or stem of a plant, such as a bamboo or reed or cane (i.e. the portion from one knot to another, cf. tri-k°), any part or portion, section, chapter, division of a work or book (cf. tri-k°), any distinct portion or division of an action or of a sacrificial rite (as that belonging to the gods or to the manes), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]
a separate department or subject (e.g. karma-kāṇḍa, the department of the Veda treating of sacrificial rites, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51]), [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [R.]
a stalk, stem, branch, switch, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Mn. i, 46], [48]; [Kauś.]; [Suśr.]
the part of the trunk of a tree whence the branches proceed, [W.]
a cluster, bundle, [W.]
a multitude, heap, quantity (ifc.), [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51], [Kāś.]
an arrow, [MBh. xiii, 265]; [Hit.]
a bone of the arms or legs, long bone (cf. kāṇḍa-bhagna and pucchakāṇḍá), [Suśr.]
a rudder (?), [R. ii, 89, 19]
a kind of square measure, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 23]; [Vop. vii, 55]
a cane, reed, Saccharum Sara (śara), [L.]
water, [L.]
opportunity, occasion (cf. a-kāṇḍa), [L.]
a private place, privacy, [L.]
praise, flattery, [L.]
(ifc. implying depreciation) vile, low, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 126]
= kāṇḍasyāvayavo vikāro vā, g. bilvādi
m. (also) abundance, [Vcar.]