As a deity name
Name 859 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दण्ड · danḍ · s.m.
Stick, staff, rod; mace; stem, handle; a pole or measure (of four cubits) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 528
दंड · masculine
punishment, penalty, fine, chastisement; stick, staff, rod, pole; danda
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दण्ड — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दण्ड (daṇḍá). Doublet of डंडा (ḍaṇḍā) and डाँड़ (ḍā̃ṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
daṇḍa m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with dāru and √ dṝ) (n. [cf. ikṣu-] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, RV. &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, ŚBr. &c.; ‘penis [with vaitasa]’, xi, 5, 1, 1; ‘trunk’, see śuṇḍā-; ‘arm’ or ‘leg’, see dor-, bāhu-; ‘tusk’, see daṃṣṭrā-)
= ˚ḍakāsana, BṛNārP. xxxi, 115 (n.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
( [cf. ikṣu-] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, &c.; ‘penis [with vaitasa]’, ‘trunk’, see śuṇḍā-; ‘arm…
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M1 · same meaning "daṇḍa" is the vocative of "daṇḍā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
daṇḍa m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with dāru and √ dṝ) (n. [cf. ikṣu-] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, RV. &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, ŚBr. &c.; ‘penis [with vaitasa]’, xi, 5, 1, 1; ‘trunk’, see śuṇḍā-; ‘arm’ or ‘leg’, see dor-, bāhu-; ‘tusk’, see daṃṣṭrā-)
= ˚ḍakāsana, BṛNārP. xxxi, 115 (n.)
a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf. ikṣu-, ud-, khara-), MBh. ii, 2390
the staff of a banner, 2079; iv, xiv
the handle (of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-flap, parasol &c.), AitBr.; ŚBr. &c.
daṇḍā (ā), f. Hedysarum lagopodioides, Npr.
Alternative readings
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