దండకము

Telugu

Alternative forms

దండకం (daṇḍakaṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दण्डक (daṇḍaka) +‎ -ము (-mu).

Noun

దండకము • (daṇḍakamu) ? (plural దండకములు)

1. Name of a celebrated forest mentioned in Ramayana.
2. (poetry) Blank verse; or a poetical passage formed of one short and two long syllables alternately.

References

"దండకము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 574