The Sanskrit term Daṇḍaleśa can be transliterated into English as Dandalesa or Dandalesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daṇḍaleśa (दण्डलेश).—a small fine; Manusmṛti 8.51.

Derivable forms: daṇḍaleśam (दण्डलेशम्).

Daṇḍaleśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daṇḍa and leśa (लेश).

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

Daṇḍaleśa (दण्डलेश).—n.

(-śaṃ) A small fine. E. daṇḍa, and leśa a little.

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

Daṇḍaleśa (दण्डलेश).—[masculine] a small fine.

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

Daṇḍaleśa (दण्डलेश):—[=daṇḍa-leśa] [from daṇḍa] n. a small fine, [Manu-smṛti viii, 51.]

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

Daṇḍaleśa (दण्डलेश):—[daṇḍa-leśa] (śaṃ) 1. n. Small fine.

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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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Partial matches: Lesha, Danda, Tanta.

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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

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