daṇḍa

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[mw] m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with d/āru and dṝ) (n. [ cf. ikṣu- ] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club RV. &c (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread S3Br. &c; penis [ with vaitas/a ], xi, 5, 1, 1; trunk, see śuṇḍā-; arm or... m. = ḍakāsana Br2Na1rP. xxxi, 115 (n.) 466,2 89571.02 m. a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf. ikṣu-, ud-, khara-) MBh. ii, 2390 466,2 89571.04 m. the staff of a...

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m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with d/āru and dṝ) (n. [ cf. ikṣu- ] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club RV. &c (staff given at investiture with the sacred...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

1,374

Texts Appeared In

118

DCS: singularly; unlike anything else | Monier-Williams: See ˚oqaka

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 390 28.4%
2. Arthaśāstra 109 7.9%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 71 5.2%
4. Kātyāyanasmṛti 65 4.7%
5. Nāradasmṛti 59 4.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: daṇḍa

  kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān bibhrad daṇḍakamaṇḍalū

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: daṇḍa

  tyaktaṃ na daṇḍapātrābhyām anyat kiṃcid anāpadi

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: daṇḍā

  maunānīhānilāyāmā daṇḍā vāgdehacetasām