daṇḍa

m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with d/āru and dṝ) (n. [ cf. ikṣu- ] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club RV. &c (staff given at investiture with the sacred...

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[mw] m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with d/āru and dṝ) (n. [ cf. ikṣu- ] g. ardharcādi) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club RV. &c (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread S3Br. &c; penis [ with vaitas/a ], xi, 5, 1, 1; trunk, see śuṇḍā-; arm or... m. = ḍakāsana Br2Na1rP. xxxi, 115 (n.) 466,2 89571.02 m. a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf. ikṣu-, ud-, khara-) MBh. ii, 2390 466,2 89571.04 m. the staff of a...

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√dāṇ दाण्

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi · dāne

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 1,374
Texts: 118

DCS: singularly; unlike anything else | Monier-Williams: See ˚oqaka

Occurrences

Appears in 139 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Aitareyabrahmana Amarakosa Amaraughasasana Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambagrhyasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Asvalayanagrhyasutra Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Bodhicaryavatara Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Drahyayanasrautasutra Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gherandasamhita Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Goraksasataka Grhastharatnakara Gudharthadipika Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Janmamaranavicara Kamasutra Kasikavrtti Kathakagrhyasutra Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasmrti Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kavyalamkara Khadiragrhyasutra Kiratarjuniya Krsiparasara Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Mahacinatantra Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Naradasmrti Narmamala Natyasastra Pancarthabhasya Parasaradharmasamhita Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasaratnasamuccayabodhini Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasarnava Rasatarangini Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rgvedakhilani Saktavijnana Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarikabhasya Samvitsiddhi Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Skandapurana Sukasaptati Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Syainikasastra Tantraloka Tantrasara Tikanikayatra Trikandasesa Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaisesikasutra Vaisesikasutravrtti Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Varahapurana Vasisthadharmasutra Vimsatikavrtti Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda

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Mahābhārata 390 · 28.4%Arthaśāstra 109 · 7.9%Rāmāyaṇa 71 · 5.2%Kātyāyanasmṛti 65 · 4.7%Nāradasmṛti 59 · 4.3%

Concordance Sample

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: daṇḍa

kṛṣṇājinopavītākṣān bibhrad daṇḍakamaṇḍalū

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: daṇḍa

tyaktaṃ na daṇḍapātrābhyām anyat kiṃcid anāpadi

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: daṇḍā

maunānīhānilāyāmā daṇḍā vāgdehacetasām