Dandadhakka, Daṇḍaḍhakkā, Danda-dhakka: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daṇḍaḍhakkā (दण्डढक्का).—a kind of drum.

Daṇḍaḍhakkā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daṇḍa and ḍhakkā (ढक्का).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Daṇḍaḍhakkā (दण्डढक्का).—f.

(-kkā) A kettle drum. E. daṇḍa a stick, and ḍhakkā a drum.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Daṇḍaḍhakkā (दण्डढक्का):—[=daṇḍa-ḍhakkā] [from daṇḍa] f. Name of a drum or gong on which the hours are struck, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Daṇḍaḍhakkā (दण्डढक्का):—[daṇḍa-ḍhakkā] (kkā) 1. f. A sort of drum.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dandadhakka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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