दण्ड

{ daṇḍḥ, daṇḍa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

   A synonym of Mahāviṣṇu. [M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 149, Stanza 105] .
DAṆḌA I   A king who was the son of Ikṣvāku. It is mentioned in [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 45] , that this King was the rebirth of Krodhahantā, an asura.
1) Birth.
Ikṣvāku had one hundred sons. Of them Vikukṣi, Nimi and Daṇḍa were famous. Daṇḍa became a famous archer when he grew up. In the [Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa] mention is made that this King Daṇḍa took part in the Devāsura battle (Battle between the gods and the demons) and killed several thousand asuras (demons).
2) Administration.
The king Ikṣvāku gave his son Daṇḍa the country between the mountains Himālaya and Vindhya and anointed him the King of that country. Daṇḍa built a capital city known as Madhumatta and began to rule the country. He had an army of Caturaṅga (four parts, elephant, chariot, horse and infantry). The hermit Śamana was the priest of King Daṇḍa. [Uttararāmāyaṇa] .
3) The origin of Daṇḍakāranya (the forest of Daṇḍaka).
Daṇḍa once raped Arā, the daughter of hermit Śukra, who had been doing penance in a forest in the middle of the country of Daṇḍa. Śukra the hermit got angry and destroyed the country of Daṇḍa by a shower of fire. From that day onwards that country was known as Daṇḍakāraṇya. (For further information see under Arā).
DAṆḌA II   
1) General information.
Another Kṣatriya King of ancient India. He was the son of the King Vidaṇḍa. In [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 185] , it is mentioned that Vidaṇḍa and Daṇḍa had attended Draupadī Svayaṁvara (the marriage of Draupadī).
2) Other information.
(1) Bhīmasena defeated the King Daṇḍa. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 307, Stanza 177] .
(2) This King Daṇḍa was the brother of Daṇḍadhara, the king of Magadha. Daṇḍadhara and Daṇḍa were killed by Arjuna in battle. [M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 18, Stanza 16] .
DAṆḌA III   An attendant of the Sun. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 3, Stanza 68] .
DAṆḌA IV   A warrior of the kingdom of Cedi. He fought on the side of the Pāṇḍavas against the Kauravas and was killed by Karṇa. [M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 56, Stanza 49] .
DAṆḌA VII   A giant (Rākṣasa). This giant Daṇḍa was born to the giant Sumāli, by his wife Ketumatī. The nine ministers of Rāvaṇa, named Prahasta, Akampana, Vikaṭa, Kālakāmukha, Dhūmrākṣa, Supārśva, Saṁhrāda, Prākvāṭa and Bhāsakarṇa were brothers of this Daṇḍa. [Uttara Rāmāyaṇa] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : दंडनीति, जुर्माना, दंड, घड़ी, डंडा, डंड, मस्तूल, दंड

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

 noun  त्यो दण्ड जसमा अपराधीबाट केही धन लिइन्छ   Ex. सार्वजनीक स्थानमा धूम्रपान गर्नाका कारण उसले दण्डका रूपमा सय रूपियाँ दिनु पर्‍यो

ONTOLOGY:

मानवकृति (Artifact) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

जरिमाना फाइन

Wordnet:

asm জৰিমনা

bd जुरिमाना

ben জরিমানা

guj દંડ

hin जुर्माना

kan ಅರ್ಥದಂಡ

kok तालांव

mal പിഴ ശിക്ഷ

mar दंड

mni ꯑꯀꯣꯡꯁꯦꯜ

ori ଜୋରିମାନା

pan ਜੁਰਮਾਨਾ

san दण्डः

tel జరిమాన

urd جرمانہ , جرمانا , دنڈ , مالی سزا , فائن

 noun  अपराधीहरूलाई उसको अपराधका कारण दिइने पीडा वा आर्थिक हानि आदि   Ex. हत्याको अपराधमा श्यामले आजीवन कारावासको दण्ड पायो

HYPONYMY:

देश निकाला दण्ड फाँसी राजदण्ड

ONTOLOGY:

कार्य (Action) ➜ अमूर्त (Abstract) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

सजाय यातना जरिवाना डाँड

Wordnet:

asm শাস্তি

bd साजा

ben দণ্ড

guj દંડ

hin दंड

kan ದಂಡ

kas سَزَا

kok ख्यास्त

mal ശിക്ഷ

mar शिक्षा

mni ꯆꯩꯔꯥꯛ

ori ଦଣ୍ଡ

pan ਸਜਾ

tam தண்டனை

tel దండన

urd سزا , تعذیر , خمیازہ

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दण्ड  n.  m. (= δένδρο-ν -v, hence cognate with दा॑रु and √ दॄ) ( n. [ cf. इक्षु-] g. अर्धर्चा-दि) a stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club, [RV.] &c. (staff given at investiture with the sacred thread, [ŚBr.] &c.; ‘penis [with वैतस॑]’, xi, 5, 1, 1; ‘trunk’ See शुण्डा-; ‘arm’ or ‘leg’ See दोर्-, बाहु-; ‘tusk’ See दंष्ट्रा-)
°डकासन   = , [BṛNārP. xxxi, 115] (n.)
इक्षु   a stalk, stem (of a tree; cf.-, उद्-, खर-), [MBh. ii, 2390]
   the staff of a banner, 2079; iv, xiv
   the handle (of a ladle, sauce-pan, fly-flap, parasol &c.), [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
   the steam of a plough, [L.]
महादण्ड-धर   ‘a mast’ See

ROOTS:

महादण्ड धर

   the cross-bar of a lute which holds the strings, [ŚāṅkhŚr. xvii]
   the stick with which a lute is played, [L.]
°डाहत   a churning-stick ( cf.), [L.]
   a pole as a measure of length (= 4 हस्तs), [VarBṛS. xxiv, 9]; [MārkP. il]
    N. of a measure of time (= 60 वि-कलाs), [BrahmaP. ii]; [VarP.]; [BhavP.]
-भास    N. of a staff-like appearance in the sky (‘ N. of a planet’ [L.]; cf.), [VarBṛS.]

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भास

    N. of a constellation, xx, 2 [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.]
-व्युह   a form of military array ( cf.), [L.]

ROOTS:

व्युह

-पात   a line ( cf.)

ROOTS:

पात

न्यस्त   a staff or sceptre as a symbol of power and sovereignty ( cf.-), application of power, violence, [Mn. vii f.]; [MBh.]
वाग्   power over ( gen. or in comp.), control, restraint ( cf.-, मनो-, काय- [ कर्म-, [MārkP. xli, 22]]; त्रि-दण्डिन्), [Subh.]
कोश   embodied power, army (-, du. ‘treasure and army’ [Mn. ix, 294]; [MBh.]; [Kir. ii, 12]), [Mn. vii]; [Ragh. xvii, 62]
गुप्त   the rod as a symbol of judicial authority and punishment, punishment (corporal, verbal, and fiscal; chastisement and imprisonment, reprimand, fine), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvii, 1] [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ( cf. & गूढ-)
   pride, [L.]
दण्ड  m.  m. a horse, [L.]
   Punishment (son of धर्म and क्रिया, [VP. i, 7, 27]; [MārkP. l])
    यम, [L.]
    शिव, [MBh. xii, 10361]
    N. of an attendant of the Sun, iii, 198
शिवादि   ( g. and शौनका-दि) N. of a man with the patr. औपर, [MaitrS. iii, 8, 7]; [TS. vi, 2, 9, 4]
-धर   of a prince slain by अर्जुन (brother of , identified with the असुर क्रोध-हन्तृ), [MBh. if., viii]

ROOTS:

धर

   of a रक्षस्, [R. vii, 5, 39]
°ओडक   See

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दण्डः [daṇḍḥ] ण्डम् [ṇḍam]   ण्डम् [दण्ड्-अच्]
   A stick, staff, rod, mace, club, cudgel; पततु शिरस्यकाण्डयमदण्ड इवैष भूजः [Māl.5.31;] काष्ठदण्डः.
   The sceptre of a king, the rod as a symbol of authority and punishment; आत्तदण्डः [Ś.5.8.]
   The staff given to a twice-born man at the time of investiture with the sacred thread; cf [Ms.2.45-48.]
   The staff of a संन्यासिन् or ascetic.
   The trunk of an elephant.
   The stem or stalk as of a lotus, tree &c.; [U.1.31;] [Māl.9.14;] the handle as of an umbrella; ब्रह्माण्डच्छत्रदण्डः &c. Dk.1 (opening verse); राज्यं स्वहस्तधृतदण्डमिवातपत्रम् [Ś.5.6;] [Ku.7.89;] so कमल- दण्ड &c.
   The oar of a boat.
   An arm or leg (at the end of comp.)
   The staff or pole of a banner, a tent &c.
   The beam of a plough.
   The cross-bar of a lute or a stringed instrument.
   The stick with which an instrument is played.
   A churning-stick.
   Fine; [Ms.8.341;9.229;] [Y.2.237.]
   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.A.1.4] ; सुविज्ञातप्रणीतो हि दण्डः प्रजां धर्मार्थकामै- र्योजयति [Kau.A.1.4]
   Imprisonment.
   Attack, assault, violence, punishment, the last of the four expedients; see उपाय; सामादीनामुपायानां चतुर्णामपि पण्डिताः । साम- दण्डौ प्रशंसन्ति नित्यं राष्ट्राभिवृद्धये ॥ [Ms.7.19;] cf. [Śi.2.54.]
   An army; तस्य दण्डवतो दण्डः स्वदेहान्न व्यशिष्यत [R.17.] 62; [Ms.7.65;9.294;] [Ki.2.15.]
   A form of military array; [Mb.12.59.4.]
   Subjection, control, restraint; वाग्दण्डोऽथ मनोदण्डः कायदण्डस्तथैव च । यस्यैते निहिता बुद्धौ त्रिदण्डीति स उच्यते ॥ [Ms.12.1.]
   A measure of length equal to 4 Hastas; [Bṛi. S.24.9.]
   The penis.
   Pride; या चापि न्यस्तदण्डानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक [Mb. 7.78.25.]
   The body.
   An epithet of Yama.
  N. N. of Viṣṇu.
  N. N. of Śiva.
   An attendant on the sun.
   A horse (said to be m. only in this and the preceding four senses).
   A particular appearance in the sky (similar to a stick).
   An uninterrupted row or series, a line.
   Standing upright or erect.
   A corner, an angle.
   The Science of Govt. विनयमूलो दण्डः, दण्डमूलास्तिस्त्रो विद्याः [Kau.A.1.5.]
   Harm, injury; न्यासो दण्डस्य भूतेषु मनोवाक्कायजस्य यः [Bhāg.7.] 15.8.
   Comp. अजिनम् staff and hide (as outer badges of devotion).
   (fig.) 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 a. 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  m. m. a devotee, an ascetic.
-आसनम्, दण्डकासनम्   lying prostrate on the ground, a kind of Āsana; [Yoga S.2.46.]
-आहतम्   buttermilk.
   पातः falling of a stick.
   infliction of punishment.
   dropping one line in a manuscript.
-पातनम्   infliction of punishment, chastisement.
   पारुष्यम् assault, violence.
   hard or cruel infliction of punishment; अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दण्डपारुष्यनिर्णयम् [Ms.8.278.]
   पालः, पालकः a head magistrate.
   a door-keeper, porter. [Kau.A.1.12.]
   Ns. of two kinds of fishes; L. D. B.
   पाशकः, पाशिकः a head police-officer; [Pt.2;] उच्यता- मस्मद्वचनात्कालपाशिको दण्डपाशिकश्च [Mu.1.2-21.]
   a hangman, an executioner.
-पोणम्   a strainer furnished with a handle.
   प्रणामः bowing by prostrating the body at full length (keeping it erect like a stick). cf. साष्टाङ्गनमस्कार.
   falling flat or prostrate on the ground.-बालधिः an elephant.
-भङ्गः   non-execution of a sentence.-भृत् m.
   a potter.
   an epithet of Yama.
   माण (न)वः a staff-bearer
   an ascetic bearing a staff; [Rām.2.32.18.]
   a chief or leader.
-माथः   a principal road, highway.
-मुखः   a leader, general of an army.
   यात्रा a solemn procession (particularly bridal).
   warlike expedition, conquest (of a region).
   यामः an epithet of Yama.
   of Agastya.
   a day.-लेशम् a small fine; [Ms.8.51.]
-वधः   capital punishment.
-वाचिक a.  a. actual or verbal (assault); [Ms.8.6;] cf. वाक्-पारुष्यम्.
-वादिन् a.  a. reprimanding, censuring, threatening with punishment; (also -m.).-वारित a. forbidden by threat of punishment.
-वासिकः   a door-keeper, warder.
-वासिन्  m. m.
   a door-keeper.
   a magistrate.
-वाहिन्  m. m. a police-officer.
-विकल्पः   discretion given to an officer in awarding punishment or fine; [Ms.9.228.]
   उद्यमः threatening.
   (pl.) application of power; निःसाराल्पफलानि ये त्वविधिना वाञ्छन्ति दण्डोद्यमैः [Pt.1.376.]
-कर्मन्  n. n. infliction of punishment, chastisement; देशकालवयःशक्ति संचिन्त्यं दण्डकर्मणि [Y.2.275.] -कलितम् repetition like a measuring rod, i. e. 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;] ˚वत् ind. in the manner of a measuring rod.
-कल्पः   Infliction of punishment; शुद्धचित्रश्च दण्डकल्पः [Kau.A.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 a.  a. 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   a.
   विधिः rule of punishment; see दण्डोद्यमः
   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,
   हस्तः a door-keeper, warder, porter.
   carrying a staff, staffbearer.
   punishing, chastising; दत्ताभये त्वयि यमादपि दण्डधारे [U.2.11.]
   exercising judicial authority.
   (रः) a king; श्रमनुदं मनुदण्डधरान्वयम् [R.9.3;] बलीयानबलं ग्रसते दण्डधराभावे [Kau.A.1.4.]
  N. N. of Yama; यमो निहन्ता... ...दण्डधरश्च कालः
   a judge, supreme magistrate.
   a mendicant carrying a staff.
   a general (of an army;) [Dk.2.]
   धारणम् carrying a staff (as by a Brahmachārin).
   following the order of a mendicant.
   नायकः a judge, a head police-officer, a magistrate.
   the leader of an army, a general.
   a king. ˚पुरुषः a policeman, constable.
-निधानम्   pardoning, indulgence; [Mb.12.]
-निपातनम्   punishing, chastising.
-नीतिः  f. f.
   administration of justice, judicature.
   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.]
   an epithet of Durgā.
   a king.
   Yama; गृध्रा रुषा मम कृषन्त्यधिदण्डनेतुः [Bhāg.3.16.] 1.
   a judge; [Ms.12.1;] [Bhāg.4.22.45.]
-पांशुलः   a porter, door-keeper.
   पाणिः an epithet of Yama; करोमि चिकित्सां दण्डपाणिरिव जनतायाः [Bhāg.5.1.7.]
  N. N. of the god Śiva at Benares.
   a policeman; इति पश्चात्प्रविष्टास्ते पुरुषा दण्डपाणयः [Ks.54.23.]

Shabda-Sagara

दण्ड   r. 10th cl. ( दण्डयति-ते)
   1. To punish, especially by fine.
   2. To fine, to amerce. चुरा० उभ० सक० सेट् .
दण्ड  mn.  ( -ण्डः-ण्डं) A stick, a staff.
  m.  ( -ण्डः)
   1. Punishment, castiga- tion, amercement, imprisonment or putting to death.
   2. A name of Yama, regent of the dead.
   3. An army.
   4. A form of array, a line or column of troops.
   5. A long measure, a pole of four cubits.
   6. A churning stick.
   7. A corner, an angle.
   8. A horse.
   9. A companion or attendant of the sun.
   10. A stem or stick of a tree.
   11. Subduing, subjecting.
   12. Pride, arrogance.
   13. A measure of time, a Danda, (1/60)th part of the day and night, or twenty- four minutes.
   14. Standing upright or erect, being like a staff. 15. A son of IKSHWAKU.
    E. दम् to tame, and ड Unadi aff. or दण्ड to punish, affix अच् .

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दम् ड दण्ड अच् .