दण्डक

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Sanskrit

Noun

दण्डक (daṇḍaka) stemm

  1. ‘a staff’.
  2. a handle (of a parasol).
  3. the beam (of a plough).
  4. the staff of a banner.
  5. a row, line.
  6. (poetry) a class of metres the stanzas of which may extend from 4 x 27 to 4X 999 syllables.
  7. a kind of spasm.

Proper noun

दण्डक (daṇḍaka)

  1. 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 दण्डककारण्य).