दण्डdaṇḍa

दण्ड (daṇḍa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, or club, see Dakasana for the definition, a stalk or stem, the staff of a banner, the handle of a ladle, saucepan, fly-flap, or parasol, the stem of a plough. Its 55 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Proper Noun: Name of a Person, Deity, or Mythical Being, A Stick, Staff, Rod, or Pole (General Physical Object), Specific Implement, Part of an Object, or Structure.

Root: दॄ (dṝ)
Etymology: E. दम् to tame, and ड Unadi aff. or दण्ड to punish, affix अच् ।
Definitions: 55

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Meanings by context

Proper Noun: Name of a Person, Deity, or Mythical Being

17 definitions

Punishment, personified as a son of Dharma and Kriya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Yama

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an attendant of the Sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A man with the patronymic Aupara

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a prince slain by Arjuna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to a Rakshas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

brother of the Magadha king Dandadhara

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a follower of Surya

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a Pandava warrior

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an epithet of Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the elder sons of Ikshvaku

— The Purana Index

a Bhairava in Lalita's army

— The Purana Index

a son of Apa

— The Purana Index

a son of Kuvalashva

— The Purana Index

a son of Kriya

— The Purana Index

A Stick, Staff, Rod, or Pole (General Physical Object)

10 definitions

A stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, or club.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A staff, stick, mace, club, stalk, handle, flagstaff, or pole. 2. A measure of length. 3. Violence, force of arms, military power, or army. 4. Mastery or complete control. 5. A sceptre or punishment.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A stick or staff. 2. Punishment, imprisonment, or execution. 3. Yama, the regent of the dead. 4. An army. 5. A line or column of troops. 6. A measure of length equal to four cubits. 7. A churning stick. 8. A corner or angle. 9. A horse. 10. An attendant of the sun. 11. A stem or branch of a tree. 12. Subduing or subjecting. 13. Pride or arrogance. 14. A measure of time lasting twenty-four minutes. 15. Standing upright or erect. 16. A son of Ikshvaku.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A stick, pole, or column. 2. Punishment. 3. Yama. 4. A period of 24 minutes. 5. Standing erect. 6. Pride. 7. A horse.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A stick or staff. 2. Punishment or castigation. 3. Yama, regent of the dead. 4. An army. 5. A line or column of troops. 6. A long measure of four cubits. 7. A churning stick. 8. A corner or angle. 9. A horse. 10. A companion of the sun. 11. A stem or stick of a tree. 12. Subduing or subjecting. 13. Pride or arrogance. 14. A measure of time equal to twenty-four minutes. 15. Standing upright. 16. A son of Ikshwaku.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A staff. 2. An arm, thigh, or trunk as hard as a staff. 3. A stem. 4. A handle. 5. The staff of a banner. 6. A long measure or a pole of four cubits. 7. The sceptre of justice or a staff as a symbol of royal power. 8. A symbol of energetic power, military power, or force of arms. 9. Violence. 10. An army. 11. Punishment of all kinds, including corporal punishment and fines. 12. An attendant of the sun. 13. A proper name.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A stick, staff, pole, cudgel, mace, or club. 2. A flag-staff or chariot handle. 3. Power, force, or military forces. 4. Assault or violence. 5. Sovereignty, dominion, or authority. 6. Punishment of all kinds.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Stick or staff. 2. Mace. 3. A rod used as a symbol of dominion and punishment.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, mace, club, or club-shaped weapon. 2. A sceptre. 3. A blow with a stick. 4. The staff given to a twice-born man at initiation or investiture with the sacred thread. 5. The penis. 6. The trunk of an elephant. 7. An arm or leg. 8. A stalk or stem of a tree. 9. The handle of anything, such as a ladle, saucepan, fly-flap, or parasol, or the staff or pole of a banner or tent. 10. The beam of a plough. 11. The oar of a boat. 12. The cross-bar or bridge of a lute or other stringed instrument that holds the strings. 13. A churning-stick. 14. A pole as a measure of length, equal to four hastas or ninety-six finger-breadths. 15. A particular measure of time, equal to twenty-four minutes. 16. The stick with which an instrument is played. 17. A particular appearance in the sky similar to a staff or rod. 18. A particular planet. 19. A particular constellation. 20. A long line or column of troops in a military array. 21. An uninterrupted row, series, or line. 22. A staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty. 23. Application of power or physical force. 24. Assault, attack, or violence. 25. Power over, control, or restraint. 26. An army. 27. The rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment. 28. Punishment in general, corporal chastisement, fine, mulct, amercement, imprisonment, capital punishment, or reprimand. 29. Standing upright or erect.

दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 0398-a]
Daṇḍa, as, am, m. n. (fr. rt. 1. dam, but connected

with the preceding; the neut. is rare), a stick, staff, rod,

pole, cudgel, mace, club or club-shaped weapon; a

sceptre; a blow with a stick, &c. the staff given to a

twice-born man at initiation or at investiture with the

sacred thread, (this staff was of different lengths, the

longest belonging to the Brāhmans, see Manu II.

45-47); the penis; the trunk of an elephant; an

arm or leg (generally in comp. with a word signifying

‘arm,’ &c. see dor-daṇḍa, bāhu-daṇḍa); a stalk,

the stem of a tree [cf. ud-d° and khara-d°];

the handle of anything (as of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-

flap, parasol, &c.), the staff or pole of a banner or of

a tent; the beam of a plough; the oar of a boat; the
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cross-bar or bridge of a lute or other stringed instrument

which holds the strings; a churning-stick (said to be

neut. only, cf. daṇḍāhata); a pole as a measure of

length, = 4 Hastas, = 96 finger-breadths; a particular

measure of time, = 60 Vi-kalās, = 360 breaths, = (1/60)

part of the day and night, = 24 minutes [cf. nāḍikā];

the stick with which an instrument is played; a

particular appearance in the sky similar to a staff or

rod; a particular planet, = graha-bheda; a particular

constellation; a form of military array, a long line

or column of troops [cf. daṇḍa-vyūha]; an uninter-

rupted row or series, a line [cf. daṇḍa-pāta and

daṇḍaka]; a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power

and sovereignty; application of power or physical

force (e. g. rājā nityam udyata-daṇḍaḥ syāt, a king

should always hold his sceptre erect, i. e. prepared to

use his power; daṇḍodyama, raising the sceptre,

exertion of power; nyasta-daṇḍa, laying aside the

sceptre, resigning power); assault, attack, violence,

(in this sense daṇḍa is one of the four Upāyas;

sāman, ‘negotiation,’ dāna, ‘bribery,’ and bheda,

‘sowing dissension,’ constituting the other three,

see upāya); power over, control, restraint (e. g.

mano-d°, vāg-d°, kāya-d°, restraint of thoughts,

words, and bodily actions, see Manu XII. 10; cf. tri-

daṇḍin); power or physical force embodied, an

army (e. g. koṣa-daṇḍau, du. treasure and army);

the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punish-

ment; punishment in general; corporal chastisement;

fine, mulct, amercement; imprisonment; capital

punishment, putting to death; reprimand; (Punish-

ment personified is a son of Dharma and Kriyā;

sometimes = Yama or = Śiva); standing upright or

erect; N. of one of the attendants of the sun; N.

of a man; N. of a prince slain by Arjuna (brother of

Daṇḍa-dhara and identified with the Asura Krodha-

hantṛ); N. of a son of Ikṣvāku; (according to

lexicographers daṇḍa also means) pride; a horse, a

corner, an angle (?); (ā), f. Hedysarum Lagopodi-

oides, = nāga-balā; [cf. carma-d°, jāla-d°, &c.]

—Daṇḍa-kandaka, as, m. a species of bulbous

plant, = dharaṇī-kanda. —Daṇḍa-kartṛ, tā, m. a

punisher, chastiser. —Daṇḍa-karman, a, n. ‘appli-

cation of the rod,’ infliction of punishment, chastise-

ment. —Daṇḍa-kala, a kind of metre. —Daṇḍa-

kāka, as, m. a raven; (perhaps for dagdha-kāka,

q. v.) —Daṇḍa-kāṣṭha, am, n. a wooden staff or

pole. —Daṇḍa-kuśa, ās, m. pl. a various reading for

the next. —Daṇḍa-kūla, ās, m. pl., N. of a people.

—Daṇḍa-ketu, us, m., N. of a man. —Daṇḍa-

gaurī, f., N. of an Apsaras. —Daṇḍa-grahaṇa,

am, n. assumption of the (pilgrim's) staff, becoming

a mendicant or ascetic. —Daṇḍa-grāha, as, m. a

staff-bearer, (probably) N. of a man. —Daṇḍa-ghna,

as, ī, am, striking with a stick, one who commits

an assault. —Daṇḍa-cakra, as, m. ‘the discus of

punishment,’ N. of a mythical weapon; a division of

an army; [cf. daṇḍānīka.] —Daṇḍa-cchadana,

am, n. a room in which utensils of various kinds are

kept. —Daṇḍa-jita, as, ā, am, subdued by punish-

ment. —Daṇḍa-ḍhakkā, f. a sort of kettle-drum,

upon which the hours are struck. —Daṇḍa-tāmrī,

f. = tāmrī, p. 370, col. 1. —Daṇḍa-tva, am, n. the

state of a staff, stick, &c. —Daṇḍa-dāsa, as, m.

‘a slave from a fine not paid,’ i. e. one who has be-

come a slave from non-payment of a debt. —Daṇḍa-

deva-kula, am, n. ‘temple of punishment,’ a court

of justice. —Daṇḍa-dhara, as, ā, am, a staff-

bearer, having or carrying a staff or sceptre, hav-

ing oars (as a ship); exercising judicial power,

chastising, punishing, having authority to punish;

(as), m. a king; a magistrate, judge, the supreme

judge; a N. of Yama; a mendicant carrying a staff;

a potter. —Daṇḍadharādhipa (°ra-adh°), as, m.

‘the prince of sceptre-bearers,’ a plenipotentiary, a

king. —Daṇḍa-dhāra, as, ā, am, bearing the

sceptre, exercising judicial power; (as), m. a king;

a judge; an epithet of Yama; N. of a prince slain

by Arjuna (brother of Daṇḍa and identified with the

Asura Krodha-vardhana, enumerated among the sons

of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra in Mahā-bh. I. 2738); (ās), m.
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pl., N. of a barbarous people. —Daṇḍa-dhāraṇa,

am, n. the carrying a staff (as by the Brahma-cārin);

following the order of a mendicant; chastising,

punishment. —Daṇḍa-dhārin, ī, iṇī, i, carrying

the rod, chastening, punishing. —Daṇḍa-dhṛṣ,

k, k, k, carrying the staff or rod, exercising authority.

—Daṇḍa-nāyaka, as, m. ‘one who applies the

rod,’ a judge, magistrate, a head police-officer; a

leader of a column, leader of an army, general, com-

mander-in-chief; N. of one of the attendants of the

sun. —Daṇḍanāyaka-puruṣa, as, m. a policeman,

police-officer, constable, beadle. —Daṇḍa-nipātana,

am, n. applying the rod, chastising, punishing; [cf.

daṇḍa-pātana.] —Daṇḍa-nīti, is, f. application of

the rod, administration of justice, judicature, the

doctrine of the right administration of justice; the

rule of inflicting punishment, the system of civil and

military administration taught by Cāṇakya and others,

polity, ethics, system of morals; an epithet of

Durgā. —Daṇḍanīti-mat, ān, atī, at, familiar with

the administration of justice. —Daṇḍa-netṛ, tā, m.

‘one who applies the rod,’ a punisher, an inflicter of

punishment, a judge; adhi-daṇḍanetṛ, the supreme

chastiser, i. e. Yama. —Daṇḍanetṛ-tva, am, n.

the office of a judge, administration of justice.

—Daṇḍa-pa, as, m., N. of a man. —Daṇḍa-

pakṣaka, as, m. a particular gesture or motion of

the hands. —Daṇḍa-pāṃśula (?), as, m. a porter, a

warder or door-keeper. —Daṇḍa-pāṇi, is, is, i,

staff-handed, bearing a staff or rod; (is), m. an

epithet of Yama; N. of a leader of two of the

troops of the god Śiva in Kāśī (identified with

the Yakṣa Hari-keśa); N. of the father of Go-pā,

the wife of Śākya-muni; N. of a prince, grand-

father of Kṣemaka; [cf. khaṇḍa-pāṇi.] —Daṇḍa-

pāṇi-vara-pradāna, am, n., N. of the forty-

fourth chapter of the Jñāna-khaṇḍa or second part

of the Skanda-Purāṇa. —Daṇḍa-pāta, as, m. ‘the

falling of the stick’ [cf. dāṇḍa-pātā]; dropping one

line in a manuscript. —Daṇḍa-pātana, am, n. ap-

plying the rod, punishing, punishment; [cf. daṇḍa-

nipātana.] —Daṇḍa-pātin, ī, inī, i, ‘letting fall the

stick or rod,’ punishing, chastising, fining, mulcting.

—Daṇḍa-pāruṣya, am, n. ‘stick-assault, actual

violence, assault and battery (as a title of jurispru-

dence); cruel or harsh infliction of punishment, (one

of the seven vices of kings and rulers.) —Daṇḍa-

pāla or daṇḍa-pālaka, as, m. ‘superintendent of

punishment or of the administration of justice,’ a

head magistrate or judge; a door-keeper, a porter;

a kind of fish (= ardha-śaphara, śakula; com-

monly dāṇḍikā). —Daṇḍapāla-tā, f. the adminis-

tration of justice. —Daṇḍa-pāśaka or daṇḍa-pā-

śika, as, m. ‘holding the fetters or noose of punish-

ment,’ a head police-officer, policeman; a hangman,

an executioner. —Daṇḍa-pāsika (?) = paurika,

q. v. —Daṇḍa-piṅgalaka, ās, m., N. of a people

to the north of Madhya-deśa. —Daṇḍa-poṇa, am,

n. (poṇa = pavana), a strainer or filtering machine

with a handle. —Daṇḍa-praṇayana, am, n. ‘in-

fliction of punishment,’ N. of a chapter of the

Purāṇa-sarva-sva by Halāyudha. —Daṇḍa-praṇāma,

as, m. a stiff bow, bowing without bending the

body like a stick. —Daṇḍa-badha, as, m. ‘death

by punishment,’ capital punishment. —Daṇḍa-bā-

ladhi, is, m. an elephant (‘having a tail like a

stick’). —Daṇḍa-bāhu, us, us, u, ‘stick-armed,’

carrying a stick or staff; (us), m., N. of one of the

attendants of Skanda. —Daṇḍa-bhaṅga, as, m.

‘omission of punishment,’ non-execution of a sen-

tence, reprieve, escape. —Daṇḍa-bhaya, am, n. fear

of the rod. —Daṇḍa-bhīti, is, f. dread of punish-

ment. —Daṇḍa-bhṛt, t, t, t, carrying a staff or

stick; (t), m. a potter. —Daṇḍa-māṇava or daṇḍa-

mānava, as, m. ‘a staff-man,’ a staff-bearer, an

ascetic, one who bears a staff; a chief or leader.

—Daṇḍa-mātaṅga, Tabernæmontana Coronaria

(= piṇḍa-tagara). —Daṇḍa-mukha, as, m. the

leader of an army, a general, a commander-in-chief;

[cf. daṇḍa-nāyaka.] —Daṇḍa-yātrā, f. a solemn

or festive procession, moving in state or with
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attendants, especially a bridal procession; warlike

expedition, subjection or conquest of a region or

quarter (= dig-vijaya). —Daṇḍa-yāma, as, m. a

day; an epithet of Yama; of Agastya; (also written

daṇḍā-yāma.) —Daṇḍa-yoga, as, m. infliction of

punishment. —Daṇḍa-leśa, am, n. a small fine.

— 1. daṇḍa-vat, ān, atī, at, having a stick, carrying

a staff; furnished with a handle; having a large

army. —2. daṇḍa-vat, ind. like a stick, erect or up-

right as a stick; prostrate, falling or lying prostrate;

daṇḍa-vat praṇamya, bowing like a stick; [cf.

daṇḍa-praṇāma.] —Daṇḍa-vādin, ī, inī, i, utter-

ing a reprimand, rebuking, censuring, threatening

with punishment or castigation; (ī), m. a door-

keeper, warder; [cf. daṇḍa-vāsin.] —Daṇḍa-

vārkṣa, am, n. a particular posture, a mode of

sitting. —Daṇḍa-vāsika, as, m. a door-keeper.

—Daṇḍa-vāsin, ī, m. a door-keeper, warder,

chamberlain; the magistrate or head of a village.

—Daṇḍa-vāhin, ī, m. a police-officer. —Daṇḍa-

vikalpa, as, m. ‘alternative of punishment,’ discre-

tionary punishment or fine. —Daṇḍa-vidhi, is, m.

criminal law; rule or mode of punishment. —Daṇḍa-

viśeṣa, as, m. kind or degree of punishment.

—Daṇḍa-viṣkambha, as, m. a post or a stake to

which is fastened the string that works the churning-

stick. —Daṇḍa-vīrya, as, m., N. of a prince.

—Daṇḍa-vṛkṣaka, as, m. the plant Tithymalus

Antiquorum (= snuhī). —Daṇḍa-vyūha, as, m.

drawing up or arraying an army in long lines or

columns. —Daṇḍa-vrata-dhara, as, ā, am, exer-

cising judicial power, decreeing punishment, punish-

ing. —Daṇḍa-śarman, ā, m., N. of a prince; (also

read datta-śarman.) —Daṇḍa-śāstra, am, n. the

criminal law. —Daṇḍa-saṅkhyā, f., N. of a chapter

of the Purāṇa-sarva-sva. —Daṇḍa-sena, as, m., N.

of a prince, son of Viṣvak-sena. —Daṇḍa-hasta,

as, m. ‘staff-handed,’ ‘a staff-bearer;’ epithet of

the god of death; a door-keeper, warder; (as, ā

or ī), m. f. the plant Tabernæmontana Coronaria;

(am), n. the flower of this plant. —Daṇḍākhya

(°ḍa-ākh°), as, ā, am, called after a staff; having

the name Daṇḍa; (am), n., N. of a place of pilgrim-

age; a hall with two wings, one of which faces

towards the north, the other towards the east.

—Daṇḍāghāta (°ḍa-āgh°), as, m. a blow with a

stick or staff. —Daṇḍājina (°ḍa-aj°), am, n. ‘staff

and skin’ (as mere outer signs of devotion); hypo-

crisy, deceit, fraud, cheating, roguery; [cf. dāṇḍā-

jinika.] —Daṇḍājñā (°ḍa-āj°), f. judicial sentence.

—Daṇḍā-daṇḍi, ind. ‘stick against stick’ in fight-

ing, single-stick, cudgelling, fighting with sticks and

staves. —Daṇḍādhipa, as, or daṇḍādhipati (°ḍa-

adh°), is, m. a superior judge, supreme magistrate.

—Daṇḍānīka (°ḍa-an°), am, n. a division of an

army, a detachment; [cf. daṇḍa-cakra.] —Daṇḍā-

patānaka (°ḍa-ap°), as, m. tetanus, lock-jaw,

spasm. —Daṇḍāmitrā (°ḍa-am°), f., N. of a place;

[cf. dattāmitra or dattāmitrā.] —Daṇḍā-yāma

= daṇḍa-yāma. —Daṇḍārta (°ḍa-ār°), N. of a

sacred bathing-place. —Daṇḍārha (°ḍa-ar°), as, ā,

am, deserving punishment. —Daṇḍālasikā (°ḍa-

al°), f. the cholera. —Daṇḍāśrama (°ḍa-āś°), as, m.

the order of the staff, condition of a pilgrim. —Daṇḍā-

śramin (°ḍa-āś°), ī, m. assuming the pilgrim's staff,

a devotee. —Daṇḍāsana (°ḍa-as° or -ās°), am, n. a

sort of arrow. —Daṇḍāstra (°ḍa-as°), am, n. the

stick-weapon or ‘the weapon of punishment,’ N. of

a fabulous weapon. —Daṇḍāhata (°ḍa-āh°), am,

n. ‘struck with the churning-stick,’ buttermilk.

—Daṇḍotpala (°ḍa-ut°), am, n. a species of plant

(commonly Ḍānipolā and Ḍānakuni) with yellow,

red, and white flowers; (according to some, the one

with white flowers is called Daṇḍotpalā.) [ID=21799]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

1. A staff or stick used for driving cattle, as a weapon, or in religious ceremonies and initiation. 2. The handle of a ladle or similar implement. 3. The symbol of temporal power and punishment.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Specific Implement, Part of an Object, or Structure

8 definitions

a stalk or stem

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the staff of a banner

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the handle of a ladle, saucepan, fly-flap, or parasol

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the stem of a plough

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a mast

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the stick with which a lute is played

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a churning-stick

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Power, Authority, Control, Force, or Army

4 definitions

a form of military array

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty. 2. The application of power or violence.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

power over, control, or restraint

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

embodied power, army

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Miscellaneous: References, Etymology, or Uncategorized

3 definitions

See Dakasana for the definition.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See oḍaka

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the instrument of restraining

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Verb Root: To Punish

3 definitions

To punish or fine.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To punish

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To punish, especially by fine. 2. To fine or amerce.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Unit of Measure (Length or Time)

2 definitions

a pole as a measure of length equal to four Hastas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a measure of time equal to sixty vikalas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Abstract Concept or Figurative Meaning

2 definitions

a line

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

pride

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Celestial Body or Phenomenon

2 definitions

a staff-like appearance in the sky

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A constellation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Punishment, Fine, Tax, or Chastisement

2 definitions

punishment or the rod as a symbol of judicial authority

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The rod of punishment. 2. The duty of a Kshatriya. 3. A royal method of policy or coercion.

— The Purana Index

Specific Flora or Fauna

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a horse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hedysarum lagopodioides

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.