daṇḍa (mn)
Meanings
- (arch.) the width of the top of a pillar (measurement for the elements of a building)
- a churning-stick
- a form of military array
- a line
- a pole as a measure of length; = 4 Hastas
- a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty
- a stalk
- a stick
- application of power
- army
- chastisement and imprisonment
- club
- control
- cudgel
- embodied power
- name of a constellation
- name of a measure of time (= 60 Vikalās)
- name of a Rākṣasa: son of Sumālin and Ketumatī
- name of a son of Manu
- name of a staff-like appearance in the sky
- pole
- power over (gen. or in comp.)
- pride
- punishment
- reprimand
- restraint
- rod
- staff
- staff given at investiture with the sacred thread
- stem (of a tree)
- the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings
- the handle
- the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment
- the staff of a banner
- the steam of a plough
- the stick with which a lute is played
- violence
Sememes
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