As a deity name
Name 568 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
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
‘cutting (his foes) to pieces with an axe’, Śiva
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Dictionary citations
khaṇḍa—paraśu m. ‘cutting (his foes) to pieces with an axe’, Śiva
Viṣṇu, Viṣṇ.
khaṇḍaparaśu m. (-śuḥ) A name of ŚIVA. E. khaṇḍa a part, and paraśu a hatchet; cutting his foes to pieces.
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