kayadanda

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit कायदण्ड (kāyadaṇḍa, “complete control over one's body”).

Noun[edit]

kayadanda (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) complete control over one's bodys
  2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) bodily actions
  3. (historical) corporal punishments in the Indosphere

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