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दंडिन् (daMDin)

 
Apte 1890
English
दंडिन् a. [दंड-अस्त्यर्थे इनि] Bearing or having a staff.
m. 1 A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Saṃnyāsin.
2 A door-keeper, porter.
3 An oarsman.
4 A Jaina ascetic.
5 An epithet of Yama.
6 A king.
7 A religious mendicant (Bhikṣu).
8 An epithet of Śiva.
9 N. of a poet, author of the Kāvyādarśa and Daśakumāracarita
जाते जगति वाल्नीके कविरित्यभिधाऽभवत् । कवी इति ततो व्यासे कवयस्त्वयि दंडिनि ॥ Udb.
Comp.
मुंडः an epithet of Śiva.
दंडिन् Author of the Daśakumāracarita and Kāvyādarśa. He flourished in the latter half of the sixth century, and was a contemporary of Bāṇa, according to Mādhavācārya.
L R Vaidya
English
daMqin {% m. %} 1. A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Sannyāsin
2. a door-keeper
3. an epithet of Yama
4. a king
5. name of a poet, author of Kāvyādarsa and Daśakumāracharita, e.g. जाते जगति वाल्मीके कविरित्यभिधाऽभवत् । कवी इति ततो व्यासे कवयस्त्वयि दंडिनि ॥