दण्डक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দণ্ডক (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬡ᭄ᬟᬓ (Balinese script)
- দণ্ডক (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ဒဏ္ဍက (Burmese script)
- દણ્ડક (Gujarati script)
- ਦਣ੍ਡਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦟ꧀ꦝꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ದಣ್ಡಕ (Kannada script)
- ទណ្ឌក (Khmer script)
- ທຓ຺ຑກ (Lao script)
- ദണ്ഡക (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᢏᡷᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᢏᢎᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑦼𑧠𑦺𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଦଣ୍ଡକ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢠ꣄ꢞꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖎 (Siddham script)
- දණ්ඩක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚊 (Takri script)
- த³ண்ட³க (Tamil script)
- దణ్డక (Telugu script)
- ทณฺฑก (Thai script)
- ད་ཎྜ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From दण्ड (daṇḍa) + -क (-ka).
Noun
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
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
- Punjabi: ਡੰਡਾ (ḍaṇḍā, “stick, staff”)