दण्डक
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -क (-ka).
Noun edit
दण्डक • (daṇḍaka) stem, m
- ‘a staff’
- a handle (of a parasol)
- the beam (of a plough)
- the staff of a banner
- a row, line
- (poetry) a class of metres the stanzas of which may extend from 4 x 27 to 4X 999 syllables
- a kind of spasm
Proper noun edit
दण्डक • (daṇḍaka)
- name of a son of इक्ष्वाकु (whose country was laid waste by the curse of भार्गव, whose daughter he had violated ; his kingdom in consequence became the दण्डकारण्य)
Descendants edit
- Punjabi: ਡੰਡਾ (ḍaṇḍā, “stick, staff”)