दण्डक

{ daṇḍakḥ, daṇḍaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

DAṆḌAKA   See Daṇḍa VI.

हिन्दी (hindi) WordNet

   See : दंडकवृत्त, दण्डक वन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दण्डक  n.  a m. ( g. ऋश्या-दि) ( n. g. अर्धर्चा-दि) ifc. ‘a staff’ See त्रि-
   a handle (of a parasol), [L.]
   the beam (of a plough), [L.]
   the staff of a banner, [MBh. vii, ix]
   ( [Pāṇ. 5-3, 87]; [Kāś.]) N. of a plant, [Suśr. v, 7, 1]
   a row, line, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] Sch.
   a class of metres the stanzas of which may extend from 4 x 27 to 4X 999 syllables, [Chandaḥs. vii, 33-36]; [HanRāmUp. 15]
   a kind of spasm, [Car. vi, 28]; [Bhpr. vii, 36, 171 and 227]
°डाख्य   () 171/172
    N. of wk. relating to, [VS.]
दण्डक  m.  m. N. 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 °का-रण्य), [MBh.] xii (allusion only), [Hariv. 637]; [BhP. ix, 6, 4]; [Kām.] ( v.l. दाण्डक्य)
°ण्ड   , [R. vii.79, 15]; [VP. iv 2, 4]; [VāyuP. ii, 26, 9]; [PadmaP. i]
    N. of a silly man, [Bharaṭ. xxv]
   of an असुर, [Vīrac. xvi]
दण्डक  m.  m. pl. the inhabitants of °का-रण्य, [MBh. ii, xiii]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [VarBṛS.]
दण्डक  n.  n. = °का-रण्य, [MBh. xiii]; [R.]; [BhP. ix, 11, 19]; [Prasannar. vii, 77] ( pl.)
दण्डक  m.  b m. N. of a भोज ( v.l. °क्य).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दण्डकः [daṇḍakḥ]   1 A stick, staff &c. (such as a handle of a parasol, the beam of a plough, the staff of a banner).
   A line, row.
  N. N. of a metre; see App. I.-कः,
-का, -कम्  N. N. of a celebrated district in the Deccan situated between the rivers Narmadā and Godāvarī (it was a vast region said to be tenantless in the time of Rāma); प्राप्तानि दुःखान्यपि दण्डकेषु [R.14.25;] किं नाम दण्डकेयम् [U.2;] क्वायोध्यायाः पुनरुपगमो दण्डकायां वने वः [U.2.13,14,15.] -Comp.
-अरण्यम्   the Daṇḍaka forest in the Deccan; [Mb.3;] also दण्डकावनम्.

Shabda-Sagara

दण्डक  mn.  ( -कः-कं) A sort of metre, the stanza of which exceeds twenty-seven syllables, and may extend to
   200.
  f.  ( -का) The penin- sula of India, from between the Narmada and Godaveri rivers to the south, the whole of which, in the days of RAMA, was a large forest.
    E. दण्ड a staff, &c. and स्वार्थे क aff.

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दण्ड स्वार्थे क