दण्डक

Sanskrit

Noun

दण्डक • (daṇḍaka) stem, m

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).