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दंड (daMDa)

 
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daMqa {% (I) m.n. %} 1. A stick, a staff, a cudgel, a mace, परस्य दंडं नोद्यच्छेत् M.iv.164
2. the sceptre of a king
3. the staff given to a twice-born man at the time of investiture with the sacred thread
4. the staff carried by a Sannyāsin
5. the trunk of an elephant
6. a stalk, the stem of a tree, the handle of anything, ब्रह्मांडच्छत्रदंडः … भुवनांभोरुहो नालदंडः D.K., राज्यं स्वहस्तधृतदंडमिवातपत्रम् Sak.v., K.S.vii.89
7. the oar of a boat
8. a churning stick
9. a measure of length equal to four hands, a rod of that length used for the purpose of taking measurements
10. the penis
11. a form of military array
12. an army, तस्य दंडवतो दंडः स्वदेहान्न व्यशिष्यत R.xvii.62, Kir.ii.12
13. control, restraint, वाग्दंडोऽथ मनोदंडः कायदंडस्तथैव च । यस्यैते निहिता बुद्धौ त्रिदंडीति स उच्यते M.xii.10
14. punishment, corporal chastisement (as राजदंड, धर्मदंड), R.i.6, M.vii.103
15. imprisonment
16. the last of the four ways of dealing with an enemy, viz., violence, war, punishment
See उपायचतुष्टय, Sis.ii.54, M.vii.109
17. pride
18. the body.
daMqa {% (II) m. %} 1. An epithet of Yama
2. of Vishṇu
3. of Śiva
4. an attendant on the sun
5. a horse.