Dandadhara, Damdadhara, Danda-dhara, Danda-kata-adhara, Daṇḍadhara, Daṇḍadhāra, Daṇḍadharā, Daṇḍādhāra: 17 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—A Kṣatriya King of Magadha. The following information about this King is available from the Mahābhārata.
Daṇḍadhara was born as the rebirth of a giant known as Krodhavardhana. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 46).
Bhīmasena, during his conquest of the countries, overcame King Daṇḍadhara and his brother Daṇḍa. (Mahābhārata Sabhā Parva, Chapter 30, Stanza 17).
In the battle between the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas, Daṇḍadhara fought from the back of an elephant against the Pāṇḍavas. When Daṇḍadhara began to exterminate the army of the Pāṇḍavas, Śrī Kṛṣṇa persuaded Arjuna to fight against Daṇḍadhara, who was killed in the fight. (Mahābhārata Karṇa Parva, Chapter 8, Stanzas 1 to 13).
2) Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Bhīmasena killed this Daṇḍadhara in the battle of Kurukṣetra. (Mahābhārata Karṇa Parva, Chapter 84, Stanza 5).
3) Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—A king who helped the Pāṇḍavas. Very often the name Maṇimān also occurs along with the name of Daṇḍadhara. They might have been brothers or sons of the same father by separate mothers. In the Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 186, Stanza 7, mention is made that these two had been present at the marriage of Draupadī. Droṇācārya killed both of them in the battle of Bhārata. (Mahābhārata Karṇa Parva, Chapter 6, Stanza 13).
4) Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—A warrior born and bred in the country of Pāñcāla. He kept the rear of the army of Yudhiṣṭhira in the battle of Bhārata against the Kauravas. He died by an arrow of Karṇa. (Mahābhārata Karṇa Parva, Chapter 49, Stanza 27).
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर) refers to “holding a staff”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.43 (“Description of Śiva’s wonderful sport”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Immediately the army of Śiva came there consisting of wonderful arrays of Bhūtas, Pretas and Gaṇas. [...] Some were awful with overgrown moustaches and beards. Some were lame. Some were blind. Some held staffs [e.g., daṇḍadhara] and nooses and some great iron clubs in their hands. Some rode on peculiar vehicles. Some played on horns. Some played on Ḍamarus. Some played on Gomukhas. Some had no faces. Some had distorted and deformed faces. Some had many faces. Some had no hands. Others had deformed hands. Some of them had many hands. [...]”.
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—Manu, the wielder of daṇḍa; also kings.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 57. 58; 85. 8.
Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.108.11) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Daṇḍadhāra) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर) or Daṇḍadharāgama refers to one of upāgamas (supplementary scriptures) of the Prodgītāgama which is one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgama: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The purpose of revealing upāgamas (e.g., Daṇḍadhara Āgama) is to explain more elaborately than that of mūlāgamas (e.g., Prodgīta-āgama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in mūlāgamas.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Daṇḍadharā (दण्डधरा) refers to “she who holds a staff” and is used to describe Caṇḍā—one of the nine attendants of Goddess Tvaritā, according to the Agnipurāṇa, the Tantrarāja verse 14.15-16 and the Kulakaulinīmata verse 3.82-88.—Accordingly, “1) Huṃravā (She who makes the sound Huṃ) has the form of a lightning flash and, auspicious, holds a thunderbolt weapon (vajrāyudha). 2) Khecarī (the Skyfaring Goddess) has the form of fire and is adorned with a javelin as a weapon. 3) Caṇḍā (the Fierce One) holds a staff [i.e., daṇḍadharā]. She is black (kṛṣṇa) and points (threateningly) at (both) gods and demons. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर) or Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार).—a.
1) carrying a staff, staffbearer.
2) punishing, chastising; दत्ताभये त्वयि यमादपि दण्डधारे (dattābhaye tvayi yamādapi daṇḍadhāre) Uttararāmacarita 2.11.
3) exercising judicial authority. (-raḥ) 1 a king; श्रमनुदं मनुदण्डधरान्वयम् (śramanudaṃ manudaṇḍadharānvayam) R.9.3; बलीयानबलं ग्रसते दण्डधराभावे (balīyānabalaṃ grasate daṇḍadharābhāve) Kau. A.1.4.
2) Name of Yama; यमो निहन्ता (yamo nihantā)... ...दण्डधरश्च कालः (daṇḍadharaśca kālaḥ)
3) a judge, supreme magistrate.
4) a mendicant carrying a staff.
5) a potter.
6) a general (of an army;) Daśakumāracarita 2.
Daṇḍadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daṇḍa and dhara (धर).
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Having a stick or staff. 2. Having authority to punish. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A name of Yama. 2. A king. 3. A potter. 4. A mendicant carrying a staff. E. daṇḍa punishment, a stick, &c. and dhara who holds or possesses; also daṇḍadhāra m. (-raḥ) daṇḍadhārin, &c. daṇḍaṃ laguḍaṃ vā dharati dhara-ac .
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—I. adj. 1. having a mast, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 97, 17. 2. holding a rod as symbol of justice, chastising, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 245; Mahābhārata 12, 694. Ii. m. 1. a king, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 9, 3. 2. a judge, [Daśakumāracarita] 111, 12. 3. epithet of Yama, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 655.
Daṇḍadhara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daṇḍa and dhara (धर).
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर).—[adjective] bearing the scepter or power; [masculine] king, general, judge.
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Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective] (ka police officer).*
1) Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर):—[=daṇḍa-dhara] [from daṇḍa] mfn. ‘rod-bearer’, punisher (of. [genitive case]), ix, 245 [Mahābhārata xii; Rāmāyaṇa vi; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a king, ix, [Raghuvaṃśa ix, 3; Rājataraṅgiṇī iv]
3) [v.s. ...] Yama, 655
4) [v.s. ...] a judge, [vii, 1458]
5) [v.s. ...] = -mukha, [Daśakumāra-carita viii, 209]
6) [v.s. ...] a door-keeper, [Dharmaśarmābhyudaya ii, 76]
7) [v.s. ...] a mendicant, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] a potter, [Horace H. Wilson]
9) Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार):—[=daṇḍa-dhāra] [from daṇḍa] mfn. = raka, [Mahābhārata iii, 1596] (Yama), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Rājataraṅgiṇī iv]
10) [v.s. ...] a king, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] Yama, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince slain by Arjuna (brother of Daṇḍa and identified with the Asura Krodha-vardhana), [Mahābhārata i f., viii]
13) [v.s. ...] of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra, [i, 2738]
14) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a people, [Rāmāyaṇa (G) ii, 88, 7.]
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर):—[daṇḍa-dhara] (raḥ) 1. m. A name of Yama; a king; a potter; a mendicant. a. Having a rod, staff or ceptre.
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर):—(daṇḍa + dhara) [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 22.]
1) adj. a) einen Stock oder Stöcke tragend, von einem Schiffe wohl Ruder führend: mahādaṇḍadharā nāvaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 97, 17.] — b) den Stock tragend, schwingend so v. a. die richterliche Gewalt ausübend, züchtigend, strafend: īśo daṇḍasya varuṇo rājñāṃ daṇḍadharo hi saḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 245.] nāhaṃ daṇḍadharastava [Mahābhārata 12, 694.] tasya daṇḍadharaste ham [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 16, 65.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 21, 21. 6, 3, 7.] tīkṣṇa [Harivaṃśa 15604.] —
2) m. a) König [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] manudaṇḍadharānvaya [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 3.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 15, 10.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 105.] — b) Richter, die oberste Gerichtsperson [Daśakumāracarita 111, 12.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 1458.] — c) Beiname Yama's [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 54.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 184.] [UJJVAL. a. a. O.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 655.]
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Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार):—(da + dhāra)
1) adj. den Stock tragend, die richterliche Gewalt ausübend: daṇḍadhāre tvayi kṣmāpa kṣitimetāṃ praśāsati [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 108.] dhārasya yamasya [Mahābhārata 3, 1598.] —
2) m. a) König [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 256.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 268.] — b) Beiname Yama's diess. — c) Nomen proprium eines von Arjuna erschlagenen Fürsten (eines Bruders des Daṇḍa), der mit dem Asura Krodhavardhana identificirt wird, [Mahābhārata 1, 2682. 6987. 2, 1091. 5, 84. 5764. 8, 689. 695. 4262.] unter den Söhnen Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s [1, 2738.] — d) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes (nach dem Schol. mlecchāḥ) [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 88, 7.]
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Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार):—
1) mahīpati [KĀM. NĪTIS. 1, 1.]
Daṇḍadhara (दण्डधर):——
1) Adj. den Stock tragend , — schwingend , so v.a. die richterliche Gewalt ausübend , züchtigend , strafend ; mit Gen. tīkṣṇa strenge strafend. —
2) m. — a) Fürst , König [Rājataraṃgiṇī 7,1458.] — b) Richter , die oberste Gerichtsperson. — c) Anführer einer Heeresabtheilung [Daśakumāra 90,20.] — d) Beiname Yama's.
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Daṇḍadhāra (दण्डधार):——
1) Adj. den Stock tragend , so v.a. die richterliche Gewalt ausübend. —
2) m. — a) *Fürst , König , — b) *Beiname , Yama's. — c) Nomen proprium — α) eines von Arjuna erschlagenen Fürsten. — β) eines Sohnes des Dhṛtarāschṭra. — γ) Pl. eines Volkes.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Daṃḍadhara (ದಂಡಧರ):—
1) [noun] a man who walks with the help of a stick.
2) [noun] Yama, the Hindu god of Death and who awards punishment to human beings after their death.
3) [noun] a holder of a sceptre as a symbol of sovereignty.
4) [noun] a man holding a staff, as a guard, doorkeeper, etc.
5) [noun] an officer in the court of law who implements the punishment awarded by the judge.
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Daṃḍadhāra (ದಂಡಧಾರ):—[noun] = ದಂಡಧರ [damdadhara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
1) daṇḍadhara (ဒဏ္ဍဓရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[daṇḍa+dhara+a]
[ဒဏ္ဍ+ဓရ+အ]
2) daṇḍadhāra (ဒဏ္ဍဓာရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[daṇḍa+dhara+ṇe+ṇa．ṇe-kye．(daṃḍadhāra-saṃ)]
[ဒဏ္ဍ+ဓရ+ဏေ+ဏ။ ဏေ-ကျေ။ (ဒံဍဓာရ-သံ)]
3) daṇḍādhāra (ဒဏ္ဍာဓာရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[daṇḍa+kata+ādhāra]
[ဒဏ္ဍ+ကတ+အာဓာရ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) daṇḍadhara—
(Burmese text): (၁) (ညှဉ်းဆဲ-နှိပ်စက်-ကြောင်းဖြစ်သော) တုတ်-လှံတံ-ကို-ဆောင်-စွဲကိုင်-သော၊သူ။ မင်း၏ ကိုယ်ရံတော်တပ်သား။ (၂) (ထောက်မှီ၍ သွားကြောင်းဖြစ် သော) တောင်ဝှေးကို-ဆောင်-စွဲကိုင်-သော၊ သူ (လူအို)။ 'ပု' အချိန်အခါ ယမ-မင်း၊ မာရ်နတ်၊ ရှင်ဘုရင်၊ အိုးထိန်းသည်၊ အိုးလုပ်သား။ 'တိ' တုတ်လက်စွဲသူ၊ စိန္တာမဏိ၊ ထောမ။ ဒဏ္ဍဓရပုရိသ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A person who carries a stick used for squeezing and pressing, your royal guard. (2) A person (old man) who carries a rod used for support. At the time of 'pu', it belongs to the king, the magician, the lord, the pot holder, the pot maker. 'ti' refers to a stick holder, a precious gem, a jewel. Look at the qualities of the illustrious person.
2) daṇḍadhāra—
(Burmese text): လက်နက်ဒဏ်-ဥစ္စာဒဏ်-ကို ဆောင်စေသော၊သူ။ (မင်း)။ 'ပု' မင်း၊ ယမမင်း၊ 'တိ' တုတ်လက်စွဲသူ၊ စိန္တာမဏိ။
(Auto-Translation): The one who carries the weapon pain - the pain of property - is you. (You) 'pu' you, Yama you, 'ti' hand holder, gemstone.
3) daṇḍādhāra—
(Burmese text): (များသော) တုတ်ချောင်းငယ်တို့ဖြင့် ပြုအပ်သော သပိတ်ခြေ၊ တုတ်ချောင်းသပိတ်ခြေ၊ လှံတံ သပိတ်ခြေ။
(Auto-Translation): (Many) small bamboo sticks used for making a tap light foot, bamboo stick tap light, and a cane tap light.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Dan-da, Adhara, Dhara, Ne, A, Tara, Tanta, Na, Danda, Kata, Kitta.
Starts with: Dandadharadhipa, Dandadharadhipati, Dandadharaka, Dandadharana, Dandadharapurisa.
Full-text: Dandadharaka, Dandadharadhipa, Vetradamdadhara, Krodhavardhana, Dandadharapurisa, Sarvadandadhara, Dandadharadhipati, Mahadandadhara, Dandavratadhara, Dandasena, Dama, Prodgitagama, Tanta, Vaivasvata Manu.
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