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डण्डा ḍanḍā[Prk. डंडओ; S. दण्डकः], s.m. A staff, club, bat, ensign-staff, pole, bar, beam (of a pair of scales);—the upper arm (=ḍanḍ);—a wall enclosing a house;—a collector of market-dues (=ḍanḍiyā):—ḍanḍe bajāte phirnā, To wander about idling:—ḍanḍe bajānā, To play on sticks:—ḍanḍā-ḍolīkarnā, v.t. To lift one up by the arms and legs (representing a ḍolīwith its pole):—ḍanḍā-zanī, s.f. A mode of torture (it consists in fastening a man's arms behind his back with a cord, which is twisted round by means of a stick so as to increase the tension until the pain inflicted becomes intolerable):—ḍanḍā-sā, adj. (f. -ī), Like a stick; cylindrical; (in Bot.) terete:—ḍanḍākhaiṅćnā, To build a wall (round):—ḍanḍe-munḍe-ke bal-se, adv.=ḍanḍ-munḍ-ke bal-se, q.v.s.v. ḍanḍ.