Danḍa

By Jit Majumdar

1. stick; staff; pole; stem; sceptre
2. punishment
3. punishment personified as the son of Dharma and Kriyā; a son of Ikşvāku; the son of King Vidanda and brother of King Dandadhara of Magadha (M. Bh.); a Cedi warrior who fought for the Pāndavas in the Bharata War; a rākşasa who was the son of Sumāli and Ketumatī (U. Rām.); an attendant of the Sun God; another name for Yama.

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