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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दण्डdaṇḍaण्डम् [ṇḍam], ण्डम् [दण्ड्-अच्]
    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.
    37. Compound अजिनम् staff and hide (as outer badges of devotion).
    38. (Figurative) hypocrisy, deceit.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -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 buttermilk.

    • -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

      1. Adjective
      2. carrying a staff, staffbearer.
      3. punishing, chastising; दत्ताभये त्वयि यमादपि दण्डधारे Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.11.
      4. exercising judicial authority.
      5. (रः) a king; श्रमनुदं मनुदण्डधरान्वयम् R.9.3; बलीयानबलं ग्रसते दण्डधराभावे Kau. Atmanepada 1.4.
      6. Name of Yama; यमो निहन्ता... ...दण्डधरश्च कालः
      7. a judge, supreme magistrate.
      8. a mendicant carrying a staff.
      9. a potter.
      10. a general (of an army;) Dk.2.

    • -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. 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.

    • -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.

    • -पातः

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

    • -पातनम् infliction of punishment, chastisement.

    • -पारुष्यम्

      1. assault, violence.
      2. hard or cruel infliction of punishment; अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दण्डपारुष्यनिर्णयम् Ms.8.278. पालः, पालकः a head magistrate.
      3. a door-keeper, porter. Kau. Atmanepada 1.12.
      4. Ns. of two kinds of fishes; Latin D. B. पाशकः, पाशिकः a head police-officer; Pt.2; उच्यता- मस्मद्वचनात्कालपाशिको दण्डपाशिकश्च Mu.1.2-21.
      5. a hangman, an executioner.

    • -पोणम् a strainer furnished with a handle.

    • -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

      1. Masculine
      2. a potter.
      3. an epithet of Yama.

    • -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.

    • -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.

    • -हस्तः

      1. a door-keeper, warder, porter.
      2. an epithet of Yama.
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अदण्डadaṇḍaa.Free or exempt from punishment.

    [न. ब.]

    Free or exempt from punishment.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. दण्डdaṇḍa[dandá] m. (n.) staff, stick; mace, club (to which the elephant's trunk and human arms and thighs are often…

    [dandá] masculine (neuter) staff, stick; mace, club (to which the elephant's trunk and human arms and thighs are often compared); stalk; handle; flagstaff (on a carriage); pole (as a measure of length Equivalent to 4 cubits); rod Equivalent to symbol of violence, force of arms, military power, army; mastery of, complete control over (genitive, --˚); sceptre (as symbol of judicial power), punishment (corporal chastisement, admoni tion, fine): gupta --, secret fine=blackmail; vaitasá --, reedlike staff=membrum virile.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. दण्डdaṇḍam. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with द्/आरु and √दॄ) (n. [cf. इक्षु-] g. अर्धर्चा*दि) a stick, staff, rod…
    1. masculine gender (Equivalent to δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with द्/आरु and √दॄ) (neuter gender [confer, compare इक्षु-] gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club fg-veda etc. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread S3Br. etc.; "penis [with वैतस्/अ]", xi, 5, 1, 1; "trunk" see शुण्डा-; "arm" or "leg" see दोर्-, बाहु-; "tusk" see दंष्ट्रा-)
    2. masculine gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedडका*सन Br2Na1rP. xxxi, 115 (neuter gender)
    3. masculine gender a stalk, stem (of a tree; confer, compare इक्षु-, उद्-, खर-) MBh. ii, 2390
    4. masculine gender the staff of a banner, 2079; iv, xiv
    5. masculine gender the handle (of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-flap, parasol etc.) AitBr. S3Br. etc.
    6. masculine gender the steam of a plough Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender "a mast" see महादण्ड-धर
    8. masculine gender the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings S3a1n3khS3r. xvii
    9. masculine gender the stick with which a lute is played Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a churning-stick (confer, compare that the rest of a word is to be suppliedडा*हत) Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender a pole as a measure of length (Equivalent to 4 Hastas हस्त s) VarBr2S. xxiv, 9 Ma1rkP. il
    12. masculine gender Name of a measure of time (Equivalent to 60 Vi-kala1s वि-कला s) BrahmaP. ii VarP. BhavP.
    13. masculine gender Name of a staff-like appearance in the sky ("Name of a planet" Lexicographers; confer, compare -भास) VarBr2S.
    14. masculine gender Name of a constellation, xx, 2 VarBr2. Laghuj.
    15. masculine gender a form of military array (confer, compare -व्युह) Lexicographers
    16. masculine gender a line (confer, compare -पात)
    17. masculine gender a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty (confer, compare न्यस्त-), application of power, violence Mn. vii feminine MBh.
    18. masculine gender power over (genitive case or in compound), control, restraint (confer, compare वाग्-, मनो-, काय- [कर्म- Ma1rkP. xli, 22]; त्रि-दण्डिन्) Subh.
    19. masculine gender embodied power, army (कोश-, du "treasure and army" Mn. ix, 294 MBh. Kir. ii, 12) Mn. vii Ragh. xvii, 62
    20. masculine gender the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment, punishment (corporal, verbal, and fiscal; chastisement and imprisonment, reprimand, fine) Ta1n2d2yaBr. xvii, 1 Mn. MBh. etc. (confer, compare गुप्त्/अ & गूढ-)
    21. masculine gender pride Lexicographers
    22. masculine gender a horse Lexicographers
    23. masculine gender Punishment (son of Dharma धर्म and Kriya1 क्रिया VP. i, 7, 27 Ma1rkP. l)
    24. masculine gender Yama यम Lexicographers
    25. masculine gender S3iva शिव MBh. xii, 10361
    26. masculine gender Name of an attendant of the Sun iii, 198
    27. masculine gender (gaRa शिवा*दि and शौनका*दि) Name of a man with the patronymic Aupara औपर MaitrS. iii, 8, 7 TS. vi, 2, 9, 4
    28. masculine gender of a prince slain by Arjuna अर्जुन (brother of -धर, identified with the Asura असुर Krodha-hantr2i क्रोध-हन्तृ) MBh. if., viii
    29. masculine gender of a Rakshas रक्षस् R. vii, 5, 39
    30. masculine gender see that the rest of a word is to be suppliedओडक
    31. (in compound)
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  2. अजदण्डीajadaṇḍīf. a plant = ब्रह्मदण्डि .

    feminine a plant Equivalent to ब्रह्मदण्डि .

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  3. अदण्डadaṇḍamfn. exempt from punishment
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective exempt from punishment
    2. neuter gender impunity.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no handle, A1past.
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  4. अदण्डनadaṇḍanan. not punishing, Ya1jn5.

    neuter gender not punishing, Ya1jn5.

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  5. अदण्डनीयadaṇḍanīyamfn. = अ-दण्ड्य्/अ

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to अ-दण्ड्य्/अ

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Dhātupāṭha

Dhātupāṭha — the verbal roots of Sanskrit
  1. दण्डdaṇḍa10Pto punish, beat with a stick

    दण्ड-निपाते

    Class · Parasmaipada · कथादि gaṇa

    to punish, beat with a stick

    Source: DhātupāṭhaRoot
  2. दण्डdaṇḍa10Pto punish, beat with a stick

    दण्ड-निपाते

    Class · Parasmaipada · कथादि gaṇa

    to punish, beat with a stick

    Source: DhātupāṭhaRoot