दण्डक

Sanskrit

Etymology

From दण्ड (daṇḍa) +‎ -क (-ka).

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. 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”)