As a deity name
Name 947 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
खंड · masculine
section, chapter; piece, fragment, part; block; scrap, morsel
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi खण्ड — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
khaṇḍa mf(ā)n. broken, having chasms or gaps or breaks, Suśr.; VarBṛS.; Pāṇ. ii, 1, 30, Kāś.
deficient, defective, crippled (cf. ṣaṇḍa), Āp.; ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 18, 18, Sch.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a piece
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "khaṇḍalāya" is the dative of "khaṇḍala" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
khaṇḍala m. n. (g. ardharcādi) a piece, L.
Alternative readings
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