# दण्ड (daṇḍa) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/danda दण्ड (daṇḍa) is a Sanskrit word meaning a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, or club, a stalk or stem, the staff of a banner, the handle of a ladle, saucepan, fly-flap, or parasol, the stem of a plough, a mast. 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 । — E. dam to tame, and ḍa Unadi aff. or daṇḍa to punish, affix ac - **SLP1:** `daRqa` **IAST:** daṇḍa **Devanagari:** दण्ड - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da_%28Hindu_punishment%29 - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/danda/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** दाण्डा (dāṇḍā), दाण्ड (dāṇḍa), दण्डा (daṇḍā) ## 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)* > Punishment (son of Dharma and Kriyā, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) i, 7, 27; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) l ) [ ID=89571.44 ] - Yama *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > Yama, L. [ ID=89571.46 ] - Shiva *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > Śiva, Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 10361 [ ID=89571.48 ] - an attendant of the Sun *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of an attendant of the Sun, iii, 198 [ ID=89571.50 ] - A man with the patronymic Aupara *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( g. शिवा (śivā) दि (di) and शौनका (śaunakā) दि (di) ) N. of a man with the patr. Aupara, Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā (Title) iii, 8, 7; Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title) vi, 2, 9, 4 [ ID=89571.52 ] - a prince slain by Arjuna *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a prince slain by Arjuna (brother of - धर (-dhara), identified with the Asura Krodha-hantṛ), Mahābhārata (Title) i f., viii [ ID=89571.54 ] - belonging to a Rakshas *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Rakṣas, Rāmāyaṇa (Title) vii, 5, 39 [ ID=89571.56 ] - brother of the Magadha king Dandadhara *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 233-1 ] Daṇḍa 1, brother of the Magadha king Daṇḍadhāra. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.) I, 2, 544.—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2681 (incarnation of the Asura Krodhahantṛ).—§ 232 (Svayaṃ- varap.): I, 186, 6992 (the same(?), son of Vidaṇḍa, present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—§ 280 (Bhīmasena): II, 30, 1091 ( °ñ ca Daṇḍadhārañ ca, vanquished by Bhīmasena on his digvijaya).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 18, †701 (his brother Daṇḍadhāra slain by Arjuna), †704 (slain by Arjuna). [ ID=3104 ] - a follower of Surya *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > [Printed book page 233-2 ] Daṇḍa 2, a follower of Sūrya (the Sun). § 310 b (Sūrya): III, 3, 198 ( Māṭharāruṇa-D°ādyāḥ ). [ ID=3105 ] - a Pandava warrior *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > Daṇḍa 3, a Pāṇḍava warrior. § 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 56 νν, 2740 (slain by Karṇa). [ ID=3106 ] - Shiva *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > Daṇḍa 4 = Śiva (1000 names 1 ). [ ID=3107 ] - an epithet of Vishnu *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > Daṇḍa 5 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=3108 ] - one of the elder sons of Ikshvaku *The Purana Index* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 2-064 ] Daṇḍa(ka) (I) — one of the elder sons of Ikṣvāku. Bhā. IX. 6. 4. Br. III. 63. 9; Vā. 88. 9; Vi. IV. 2. 12. [ ID=5770 ] - a Bhairava in Lalita's army *The Purana Index* > Daṇḍa (III) — a Bhairava in Lalitā's army. Br. IV. 17. 4. [ ID=5772 ] - a son of Apa *The Purana Index* > Daṇḍa (IV) — a son of Āpa. M. 5. 22. [ ID=5773 ] - a son of Kuvalashva *The Purana Index* > [Printed book page 2-065 ] Daṇḍa (V) — a son of Kuvalāśva. M. 12. 32. [ ID=5774 ] - a son of Kriya *The Purana Index* > Daṇḍa (VI) — a son of Kriyā. Vā. 10. 35. [ ID=5775 ] ### 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)* > (H1) [Printed book page 466,2] दण्ड (daṇḍa) m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with दारु (dāru) and √ दॄ (dṝ) ) ( n. [ cf. इक्षु - (ikṣu-) ] g. अर्धर्चा (ardharcā) दि (di) ) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, RV. &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, ŚBr. &c. ‘penis [with वैतस (vaitasa) ]’, xi, 5, 1, 1; ‘trunk’, see शुण्डा - (śuṇḍā-); ‘arm’ or ‘leg’, see दोर् - (dor-), बाहु - (bāhu-); ‘tusk’, see दंष्ट्रा - (daṃṣṭrā-) ) [ ID=89571 ] - 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* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 115-a2 ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) daṇḍá, m. ( n. ) staff, stick; mace, club Page115a-3 ( to which the elephantʼs trunk and human arms and thighs are often compared ); stalk; handle; flagstaff ( on a carriage ); pole ( as a measure of length = 4 cubits ); red = symbol of violence, force of arms, military power, army; mastery of, complete control over ( g., —° ); sceptre ( as symbol of judicial power ), punishment ( corporal chastisement, admonition, fine ): gupta -, secret fine = blackmail; vaitasá -, reed-like staff = membrum virile. [ ID=9005 ] - 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* > दण्ड (ḍa) (daṇḍa) mn. ( - ण्ड (ḍa) ः (-ṇḍaḥ)- ण्ड (ḍa) ं (-ṇḍaḥ-ṇḍaṃ) ) A stick, a staff. m. ( - ण्ड (ḍa) ः (-ṇḍaḥ) ) 1 Punishment, castigation, amercement, imprisonment or putting to death. 2 A name of YAMA, regent of the dead. 3 An army. 4 A form of array, a line or column of troops. 5 A long measure, a pole of four cubits. 6 A churning stick. 7 A corner, an angle. 8 A horse. 2 A companion or attendant of the sun. 10 A stem or stick of a tree. 11 Subduing, subjecting. 12 Pride, arrogance. 13 A measure of time, a Daṇḍa, (1/60)th part of the day and night, or twenty-four minutes. 14 Standing upright or erect, being like a staff. 15 A son of IKṢVĀKU. E. दम (dama) to tame, and ड (ḍa) Uṇādi aff. or दण्ड (ḍa) (daṇḍa) to punish, affix अच् (ac). [ ID=18373 ] - 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* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) ( ण्डः - ण्डं ) ((ṇḍaḥ-ṇḍaṃ)) 1. m. n. A stick. m. Yama; punishment; time, 24 minutes; a pole; column of troops; standing erect; pride; a horse. [ ID=17848 ] - 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* > दण्ड (ḍa) (daṇḍa) mn. ( - ण्ड (ḍa) ः (-ṇḍaḥ)- ण्ड (ḍa) ं (-ṇḍaḥ-ṇḍaṃ) ) A stick, a staff. m. ( - ण्ड (ḍa) ः (-ṇḍaḥ) ) 1. Punishment, castigation, amercement, imprisonment or putting to death. 2. A name of Yama, regent of the dead. 3. An army. 4. A form of array, a line or column of troops. 5. A long measure, a pole of four cubits. 6. A churning stick. 7. A corner, an angle. 8. A horse. 9. A companion or attendant of the sun. 10. A stem or stick of a tree. 11. Subduing, subjecting. 12. Pride, arrogance. 13. A measure of time, a Danda, (1/60)th part of the day and night, or twentyfour minutes. 14. Standing upright or erect, being like a staff. 15. A son of IKSHWAKU. E. दम् (dam) to tame, and ड (ḍa) Unadi aff. or दण्ड (ḍa) (daṇḍa) to punish, affix अच् । (ac.) [ ID=18358 ] - 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* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 0384-a ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) daṇḍa (a form of dantra, i. e. dam + tra ), m. and n. 1. A staff, Man. 8, 280. 2. Often compounded with pre- ceding words signifying arm, thigh, trunk, e. g. bāhu-, An arm as hard as a staff, Daśak. in Chr. 201, 11. 3. A stem, MBh. 2, 2390. 4. A handle, MBh. 2, 38. 4. The staff of a banner, MBh. 2, 2079. 5. m. A long measure, a pole of four cubits, Mārk. P. 49, 39. 6. A staff as symbol of royal power, the sceptre of justice, etc., MBh. 12, Page0384-b+ 45 4482 sqq. 7. Symbol of energetic power, Man. 7, 102 ( nityam udyatadaṇḍa, Ever with raised staff, i. e. ever ready to use violence); military power, Man. 7, 101; force of arms, 7, 107. 8. Violence, Man. 8, 72. 9. An army, Man. 9, 294. 10. Punishment of all kind, corporal and amercement, Man. 7, 22; 8, 274; personified, Mārk. P. 50, 26. 11. The name of an attendant of the sun, MBh. 3, 198. 12. A proper name, MBh. 1, 2681. — Comp. Ud-, adj. with raised staff, Hit. ii. d. 28; stem, Ragh. 16, 46; arm, Prab. 81, 13. Khara-, n. A lotus, Bhāg. P. 4, 6, 29. Tri-, n. 1. the three staves of a religious mendicant joined together, MBh. 12, 12007. 2. three kinds of self-command (in thought, word, and deed), Man. 12, 11. Dhana-, m. an amercement, Man. 8, 129. Dhik-, m. a harsh reproof, Man. 8, 129. Ma- nas-, m. control over the mind. Mahā-, m. heavy punishment, Chr. 61, 40. Rā- janirdhūta-, i. e. rājan-nis- ( vb. dhū ), adj. punished by the king, Man. 8, 318. Vāgdaṇḍa, i. e. vāc-, m. 1. repri- mand, Man. 8, 129. 2. restraint, or control of speech. Vāṇa-, m. a weaver's loom. Vīṇā-, the neck of a lute. [ ID=6258 ] - 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* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 217 ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) m. ( n. ) stick (+ वैतस (vaitasa) cane), staff ( esp. of the twice-born), pole, cudgel, mace, club; flag-staff handle, on a chariot; (the rod as symbol of) power, force, (concr. forces = army); assault, violence; sovereignty, dominion of ( gen. or —°), authority; punishment of all kinds. [ ID=13183 ] - 1. Stick or staff. 2. Mace. 3. A rod used as a symbol of dominion and punishment. *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 167-a ] daṇḍá, m. stick; staff (of Brahman), 59 23; mace, 97 8; rod as symbol of dominion and punishment. [ cf. δένδρον, ‘tree.’] [ ID=1871 ] - 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. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > 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 Page0398-b+ 81 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. Page0398-c+ 81 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 Page0399-a+ 81 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 ] - 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* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 1-337 ] Daṇḍa, ‘staff.’ ( a ) This word is often mentioned in the ordinary sense; for example, when used for driving cattle 1 ( go-ajanāsaḥ ), or as a weapon. 2 A staff was given to a man on consecration for driving away demons, according to the Satapatha Brāhmaṇa. 3 The staff also played a part in the initiation ( upanayana ) of a youth on attaining manhood. 4 In a modified sense the word is used to denote the handle of a ladle or similar implement. 5 Page1-338+ 49 ( b ) The ‘staff’ as the symbol of temporal power, implying punishment, is applied by the king ( rāja-preṣito daṇḍaḥ ). 1 The king, in modern phraseology, was the source of criminal law; and he clearly retained this branch of law in his own hands even in later times. 2 The punishment of the non-guilty ( a-daṇḍya ) is given as one of the characteristics of the non- Brahminical Vrātyas in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa. 3 See also Dharma. [ Footnote: 1) Rv. vii. 33, 6.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. v. 5, 4. Cf. Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 35; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, i. 5, 4, 6, etc.] [ Footnote: 3) iii. 2, 1, 32.] [ Footnote: 4) Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, i. 19; 22; Sāṅkhāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, ii. 1, 6, 11, etc.] [ Footnote: 5) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 5; Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa, vii. 4, 1, 36. Of a musical instrument, Sāṅkhāyana Āraṇ- yaka, viii. 9; Śrauta Sūtra, xvii. 3, 1 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 1) Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra, iii. 15. Cf. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 4, 4, 7, where the king, being himself ‘exempt from punishment’ ( a-daṇḍya ), inflicts judicial punishment ( daṇḍa-vadha ).] [ Footnote: 2) Foy, Die königliche Gewalt, 21 et seq. ] [ Footnote: 3) xvii. 1, 9; Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 33.] [ ID=1248 ] ### Specific Implement, Part of an Object, or Structure (8 definitions) - a stalk or stem *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf. इक्षु - (ikṣu-), उद् - (ud-), खर - (khara-) ), Mahābhārata (Title) ii, 2390 [ ID=89571.04 ] - the staff of a banner *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the staff of a banner, 2079; iv, xiv [ ID=89571.06 ] - the handle of a ladle, saucepan, fly-flap, or parasol *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the handle (of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-flap, parasol &c.), AitBr.; ŚBr. &c. [ ID=89571.08 ] - the stem of a plough *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the steam of a plough, L. [ ID=89571.10 ] - a mast *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ‘a mast’, see महादण्ड - धर (mahādaṇḍa-dhara) [ ID=89571.12 ] - the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings, Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) xvii [ ID=89571.14 ] - the stick with which a lute is played *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the stick with which a lute is played, L. [ ID=89571.16 ] - a churning-stick *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a churning-stick ( cf. ° डा (°ḍā) हत (hata) ), L. [ ID=89571.18 ] ### Power, Authority, Control, Force, or Army (4 definitions) - a form of military array *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a form of military array ( cf. - व्युह (-vyuha) ), L. [ ID=89571.28 ] - 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)* > a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty ( cf. न्यस्त - (nyasta-) ), application of power, violence, Manu-smṛti (Title) vii f.; MBh. [ ID=89571.32 ] - power over, control, or restraint *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > power over ( gen. or in comp. ), control, restraint ( cf. वाग् - (vāg-), मनो - (mano-), काय - (kāya-) [ कर्म - (karma-), Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) xli, 22 ]; त्रि - दण्डिन् (tri-daṇḍin) ), Subh. [ ID=89571.34 ] - embodied power, army *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > embodied power, army ( कोश - (kośa-), du. ‘treasure and army’, Manu-smṛti (Title) ix, 294; MBh.; Kirātārjunīya (Title) ii, 12 ), Manu-smṛti (Title) vii; Raghuvaṃśa (Title) xvii, 62 [ ID=89571.36 ] ### Miscellaneous: References, Etymology, or Uncategorized (3 definitions) - See Dakasana for the definition. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > = ° डका (°ḍakā) सन (sana), Bṛhan-nāradīya-purāṇa, 38 adhyāya (subtitle) xxxi, 115 ( n. ) [ ID=89571.02 ] - See oḍaka *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > See ° ओडक (°oḍaka) [ ID=89571.58 ] - the instrument of restraining *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > [Printed book page 1184-a ] Daṇḍa; add — probably for original dantra, ‘the instrument of restraining.’ [ ID=55035 ] ### Verb Root: To Punish (3 definitions) - To punish or fine. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 396 ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) r. 10th cl. ( दण्ड (daṇḍa) यति (daṇḍayati) ) 1 To punish, especially by fine. 2 To fine, to amerce. [ ID=18372 ] - To punish *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 351-a ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) ( त, क ) दण्ड (daṇḍa) यति ((ta, ka) daṇḍayati) 10. a. To punish. [ ID=17847 ] - 1. To punish, especially by fine. 2. To fine or amerce. *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) [Printed book page 329-b ] दण्ड (daṇḍa) r. 10th cl. ( दण्ड (daṇḍa) यति - ते (daṇḍayati-te) ) 1. To punish, especially by fine. 2. To fine, to amerce. चुरा० उभ० सक० सेट् । (curā0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ.) [ ID=18357 ] ### 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 pole as a measure of length (= 4 Hastas), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) xxiv, 9; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) il [ ID=89571.20 ] - a measure of time equal to sixty vikalas *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a measure of time (= 60 Vi-kalās), Brahma-purāṇa (Title) ii; VarP.; BhavP. [ ID=89571.22 ] ### Abstract Concept or Figurative Meaning (2 definitions) - a line *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a line ( cf. - पात (-pāta) ) [ ID=89571.30 ] - pride *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > [Printed book page 466,3] pride, L. [ ID=89571.40 ] ### Celestial Body or Phenomenon (2 definitions) - a staff-like appearance in the sky *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a staff-like appearance in the sky (‘ N. of a planet’, L.; cf. - भास (-bhāsa) ), VarBṛS. [ ID=89571.24 ] - A constellation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a constellation, xx, 2; VarBṛ.; Laghuj. [ ID=89571.26 ] ### Punishment, Fine, Tax, or Chastisement (2 definitions) - punishment or the rod as a symbol of judicial authority *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment, punishment (corporal, verbal, and fiscal; chastisement and imprisonment, reprimand, fine), Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (Title) xvii, 1 Mn.; MBh. &c. ( cf. गुप्त (gupta) & गूढ - (gūḍha-) ) [ ID=89571.38 ] - 1. The rod of punishment. 2. The duty of a Kshatriya. 3. A royal method of policy or coercion. *The Purana Index* > Daṇḍa (II) — (see also daṇḍanīti): the rod of punish- ment, unknown in Śākadvīpa; 1 in Puṣkaradvīpa; 2 the duty of a Kṣatriya; 3 one of the upāyas of a king; to be used if the first three fail; illegal punishments lead the king to hell; to be used according to time and the considered advice of men learned in ancient lore. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Br. II. 19. 106; Vā. 49. 103.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. II. 19. 120.] [ Footnote: 3) Br. II. 7. 161 and 168; III. 28. 56.] [ Footnote: 4) M. 122. 44; 148. 66 and 76; 222. 2; 225. 1-18. 227. 217.] [ ID=5771 ] ### Specific Flora or Fauna (2 definitions) - a horse *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > दण्ड (daṇḍa) m. a horse, L. [ ID=89571.42 ] - Hedysarum lagopodioides *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1B) [Printed book page 466,3] दण्डा (daṇḍā) ( आ (ā) ), f. Hedysarum lagopodioides, Npr. 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