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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry दण्ड

  1. दण्डdaṇḍacarrying a staff, staffbearer.
    1. carrying a staff, staffbearer.
    2. punishing, chastising; दत्ताभये त्वयि यमादपि दण्डधारे Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.11.
    3. exercising judicial authority.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -धारणम्

      1. carrying a staff (as by a Brahmachārin).
      2. following the order of a mendicant.
      3. infliction of punishment.

    • -नायकः

      1. a judge, a head police-officer, a magistrate.
      2. the leader of an army, a general.
      3. a king. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुरुषः a policeman, constable.

    • -निधानम् pardoning, indulgence; Mb.12.

    • -निपातनम् punishing, chastising.

    • -नीतिः

      1. Feminine
      2. (रः) a king; श्रमनुदं मनुदण्डधरान्वयम् R.9.3; बलीयानबलं ग्रसते दण्डधराभावे Kau. Atmanepada 1.4.
      3. Name of Yama; यमो निहन्ता... ...दण्डधरश्च कालः
      4. a judge, supreme magistrate.
      5. a mendicant carrying a staff.
      6. a potter.
      7. a general (of an army;) Dk.2.
      8. Compound अजिनम् staff and hide (as outer badges of devotion).
      9. (Figurative) hypocrisy, deceit.

    • -अधिपः a chief magistrate.

    • -अनीकम् a detachment or division of an army; तव हृतवतो दण्डानीकैर्विदर्भपतेः श्रियम् M.5.2.

    • -अप (व) तानकः tetanus, lock-jaw.

    • -अपूपन्यायः see under न्याय.

    • -अर्ह Adjective fit to be chastised, deserving punishment.

    • -अलसिका cholera.

    • -आख्यम् a house with two wings, one facing the north and the other the east; Bṛi. S.53. 39.

    • -आघातः a blow with a stick; पूर्वप्रविष्ठान्क्रोधात्तान्दण्डा- घातैरताडयन् Ks.54.23.

    • -आज्ञा judicial sentence.

    • -आश्रमः the condition of a pilgrim.

    • -आश्रमिन् Masculine a devotee, an ascetic.

    • -आसनम् दण्डकासनम् lying prostrate on the ground, a kind of Āsana; Yoga S.2.46.

    • -आहतम्

      1. buttermilk.
      2. administration of justice, judicature.
      3. the system of civil and military administration, the science of politics, polity; Ms.7.43; Y.1.311; फलान्युपायुङ्क्त स दण्ड- नीतेः R.18.46; जरातुरः संप्रति दण्डनीत्या सर्वं नृपस्यानुकरोमि वृत्तम् Nāg.4.1.
      4. an epithet of Durgā.

    • -नेतृ

      1. Masculine
      2. a king.
      3. Yama; गृध्रा रुषा मम कृषन्त्यधिदण्डनेतुः Bhāg.3.16. 1.
      4. a judge; Ms.12.1; Bhāg.4.22.45.

    • -पः a king.

    • -पांशुलः a porter, door-keeper.

    • -उद्यमः

      1. threatening.
      2. (Plural) application of power; निःसाराल्पफलानि ये त्वविधिना वाञ्छन्ति दण्डोद्यमैः Pt.1.376.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter infliction of punishment, chastisement; देशकालवयःशक्ति संचिन्त्यं दण्डकर्मणि Y.2.275.

    • -कलितम् repetition like a measuring rod, id est, that is doing a matter after it is done in full first and then repeating it like that a second time and so on; आवृत्तिन्यायानां दण्ड- कलितं न्याय्यम् । ŚB. on MS.1.5.83; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवत् Indeclinable in the manner of a measuring rod.

    • -कल्पः Infliction of punishment; शुद्धचित्रश्च दण्डकल्पः Kau. Atmanepada 4.

    • -काकः a raven.

    • -काण्ठम् a wooden club or staff; दण्डकाष्ठमवलम्ब्य स्थितः Ś2.

    • -ग्रहणम् assumption of the staff of an ascetic or pilgrim, becoming a mendicant.

    • -घ्न Adjective striking with a stick, committing an assault; Ms.8.386.

    • -चक्रः a division of an army.

    • -छदनम् a room in which utensils of various kinds are kept.

    • -ढक्का a kind of drum.

    • -दासः one who has become a slave from non-payment of a debt; Ms.8.415.

    • -देवकुलम् a court of justice.

    • -धर, -धार Adjective

    • -पातः

      1. falling of a stick.
      2. infliction of punishment.
      3. dropping one line in a manuscript.

    • -पातनम् infliction of punishment, chastisement.

    • -पाणिः

      1. an epithet of Yama; करोमि चिकित्सां दण्डपाणिरिव जनतायाः Bhāg.5.1.7.
      2. Name of the god Śiva at Benares.
      3. a policeman; इति पश्चात्प्रविष्टास्ते पुरुषा दण्डपाणयः Ks.54.23. पालः, पालकः a head magistrate.
      4. a door-keeper, porter. Kau. Atmanepada 1.12.
      5. Ns. of two kinds of fishes; Latin D. B.

    • -पारुष्यम्

      1. assault, violence.
      2. hard or cruel infliction of punishment; अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दण्डपारुष्यनिर्णयम् Ms.8.278. पाशकः, पाशिकः a head police-officer; Pt.2; उच्यता- मस्मद्वचनात्कालपाशिको दण्डपाशिकश्च Mu.1.2-21.
      3. a hangman, an executioner.

    • -पोणम्

      1. a strainer furnished with a handle.
      2. a potter.
      3. an epithet of Yama.

    • -प्रणामः

      1. bowing by prostrating the body at full length (keeping it erect like a stick). Compare साष्टाङ्गनमस्कार.
      2. falling flat or prostrate on the ground.

    • -बालधिः an elephant.

    • -भङ्गः non-execution of a sentence.

    • -भृत् Masculine

    • -माण

      1. (न)वः a staff-bearer
      2. an ascetic bearing a staff; Rām.2.32.18.
      3. a chief or leader.

    • -माथः a principal road, highway.

    • -मुखः a leader, general of an army.

    • -यात्रा

      1. a solemn procession (particularly bridal).
      2. warlike expedition, conquest (of a region).

    • -यामः

      1. an epithet of Yama.
      2. of Agastya.
      3. a day.

    • -लेशम् a small fine; Ms.8.51.

    • -वधः capital punishment.

    • -वाचिक Adjective actual or verbal (assault); Ms.8.6; Compare वाक्-पारुष्यम्.

    • -वादिन् Adjective reprimanding, censuring, threatening with punishment; (also -Masculine).

    • -वारित Adjective forbidden by threat of punishment.

    • -वासिकः a door-keeper, warder.

    • -वासिन्

      1. Masculine
      2. a door-keeper.
      3. a magistrate.

    • -वाहिन् Masculine a police-officer.

    • -विकल्पः discretion given to an officer in awarding punishment or fine; Ms.9.228.

    • -हस्तः

      1. a door-keeper, warder, porter.
      2. an epithet of Yama.

    • दण्डः daṇḍḥ

      1. ण्डम् ṇḍam, ण्डम् दण्ड्-अच्
      2. A stick, staff, rod, mace, club, cudgel; पततु शिरस्यकाण्डयमदण्ड इवैष भूजः Māl.5.31; काष्ठदण्डः.
      3. The sceptre of a king, the rod as a symbol of authority and punishment; आत्तदण्डः Ś.5.8.
      4. The staff given to a twice-born man at the time of investiture with the sacred thread; cf Ms.2.45-48.
      5. The staff of a संन्यासिन् or ascetic.
      6. The trunk of an elephant.
      7. The stem or stalk as of a lotus, tree etc.; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.31; Māl.9.14; the handle as of an umbrella; ब्रह्माण्डच्छत्रदण्डः etc. Dk.1 (opening verse); राज्यं स्वहस्तधृतदण्डमिवातपत्रम् Ś.5.6; Ku.7.89; so कमल- दण्ड etc.
      8. The oar of a boat.
      9. An arm or leg (at the end of comp.)
      10. The staff or pole of a banner, a tent etc.
      11. The beam of a plough.
      12. The cross-bar of a lute or a stringed instrument.
      13. The stick with which an instrument is played.
      14. A churning-stick.
      15. Fine; Ms.8.341;9.229; Y.2.237.
      16. Chastisement, corporal punishment, punishment in general; यथापराधदण्डानाम् R.1.6; एवं राजापथ्यकारिषु ती- क्ष्णदण्डो राजा Mu.1; दण्डं दण्ड्येषु पातयेत् Ms.8.126; कृतदण्ड स्वयं राज्ञा लेभे शूद्रः सतां गतिम् R.15.23. यथार्हदण्डो (राजा) पूज्यः Kau. Atmanepada 1.4; सुविज्ञातप्रणीतो हि दण्डः प्रजां धर्मार्थकामै- र्योजयति Kau. Atmanepada 1.4
      17. Imprisonment.
      18. Attack, assault, violence, punishment, the last of the four expedients; see उपाय; सामादीनामुपायानां चतुर्णामपि पण्डिताः । साम- दण्डौ प्रशंसन्ति नित्यं राष्ट्राभिवृद्धये ॥ Ms.7.19; Compare Śi.2.54.
      19. An army; तस्य दण्डवतो दण्डः स्वदेहान्न व्यशिष्यत R.17. 62; Ms.7.65;9.294; Ki.2.15.
      20. A form of military array; Mb.12.59.4.
      21. Subjection, control, restraint; वाग्दण्डोऽथ मनोदण्डः कायदण्डस्तथैव च । यस्यैते निहिता बुद्धौ त्रिदण्डीति स उच्यते ॥ Ms.12.1.
      22. A measure of length equal to 4 Hastas; Bṛi. S.24.9.
      23. The penis.
      24. Pride; या चापि न्यस्तदण्डानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक Mb. 7.78.25.
      25. The body.
      26. An epithet of Yama.
      27. Name of Viṣṇu.
      28. Name of Śiva.
      29. An attendant on the sun.
      30. A horse (said to be Masculine only in this and the preceding four senses).
      31. A particular appearance in the sky (similar to a stick).
      32. An uninterrupted row or series, a line.
      33. Standing upright or erect.
      34. A corner, an angle.
      35. The Science of Govt. विनयमूलो दण्डः, दण्डमूलास्तिस्त्रो विद्याः Kau. Atmanepada 1.5.
      36. Harm, injury; न्यासो दण्डस्य भूतेषु मनोवाक्कायजस्य यः Bhāg.7. 15.8.

    • -विधिः

      1. rule of punishment; see दण्डोद्यमः
      2. criminal law.

    • -विष्कम्भः the post to which the string of a churning-stick is fastened.

    • -व्यूहः a particular form of arranging troops, arranging them in long lines or columns; Ms.7.187.

    • -शास्त्रम् the science of inflicting punishment, criminal law.

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Headwords under द

Part 1 of 8 द – दरितAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल