Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दाण्ड · dāṅḍ · s.m.
Oppression, injustice; injury — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 503
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
relating to a stick or to punishment
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dāṇḍa" is the vocative of "dāṇḍā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. dāṇḍa mf(ī)n. relating to a stick or to punishment, W.
dāṇḍa m. patr. fr. daṇḍa, (g. śivādi)
dāṇḍa n. the being a staff (g. pṛthv-ādi)
multitude of staff-bearers, vi, 4, 164, Sch.
dāṇḍa mfn. (-ṇḍaḥ-ṇḍī-ṇḍaṃ) 1 Relating to a stick or staff. 2 Relating to punishment, &c. E. daṇḍa a stick, aṇ aff.
dāṇḍā (ā), f. a partic. game with sticks, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 57, Kāś.
Alternative readings
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