دنڈ

दण्ड danḍ, s.m. Stick, staff, rod; mace; stem, handle; a pole or measure (of four cubits); a measure of time (twenty-four minutes);—assault, attack, violence;correction, corporal chastisement, punishment; amercement, fine, penalty;—danḍāśram (˚ḍa+āś˚), s.m. The order of the staff, condition of a pilgrim:—danḍ-pārushya, s.m. 'Stick - assault,' actual violence, assault and battery:—danḍ-pāl, s.m. A small kind of fish, Cyprinus barbiger (?):—danḍ-tāmrī, s.f. A copper or metallic cup of prescribed capacity and perforated by a small hole at the bottom (when placed in a vessel of water it answers the purpose of a clepsydra, and the water gradually filling it marks the time that has elapsed):—danḍ-ḍhakkā, s.f. A kind of kettle-drum, on which the hours are struck:—danḍ-kārak, adj. & s.m. Awarding or inflicting punishment;—one who administers correction or punishment; an avenger:—danḍ-nīti, s.f. The rule of inflicting punishment, the system of civil and military administration taught by Ćāṇakya and others:—danḍa-vat, danḍ-vat, s.f. lit. 'Like a stick'; falling or lying prostrate, prostration, a mode of salutation among Hindūs, obeisance, bow (the complete prostration is now rarely practised, except before an idol, or a person of high caste or position):—danḍvat karnā, To fall or lie prostrate, to do obeisance:—danḍ-yogya, adj. Worthy or deserving of punishment, guilty.