In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Daṇḍana (दण्डन) occurs in the Atharvaveda1 among other names of ‘reed’ or ‘cane’.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Dandana in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Schwenckia guineensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Schwenkia americana L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Genera Plantarum (1764)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1846)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Linnaea (1840)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Dandana, for example health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

daṇḍana (दंडन).—n (S) daṇḍanā f S Punishing. 2 Amercing or fining. 3 Mortifying or denying (the lusts of the flesh &c.)

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

daṇḍana (दंडन).—n nā f Punishing. Mortifying, or denying (the lusts of the flesh &c.). Fining or amercing.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daṇḍana (दण्डन).—Punishing, chastising, fining.

Derivable forms: daṇḍanam (दण्डनम्).

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

Daṇḍana (दण्डन).—n.

(-naṃ) Punishing, inflicting punishment. E. daṇḍa to tame, lyuṭ aff.

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

Daṇḍana (दण्डन).—[daṇḍ + ana], n. Chastising, Kām. Nītis. 13, 53.

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

Daṇḍana (दण्डन).—[neuter] beating, punishing.

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

1) Daṇḍana (दण्डन):—[from daṇḍa] m. a cane (?), [Atharva-veda xii, 2, 54 ii.] beating, chastising, punishing, [Yājñavalkya] (also a-), [Mahābhārata xii, 431; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Kulārṇava-tantra i, 78]

2) [v.s. ...] cf. a-dharma-.

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

Daṇḍana (दण्डन):—[daṇḍa-na] (naṃ) 1. n. Punishing.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Daṇḍana (दण्डन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Daṃḍaṇa, Daṃḍāvaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dandana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Dandana in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a tooth; jag; ~[nedara] toothed; jagged..—dandana (दंदाना) is alternatively transliterated as Daṃdānā.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Daṃḍaṇa (दंडण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Daṇḍana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Daṃḍana (ದಂಡನ):—[noun] = ದಂಡನೆ [damdane].

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Daṃdaṇa (ದಂದಣ):—

1) [noun] an onomatopoeic word imitating the fierce burning sound, occurring repeatedly.

2) [noun] a noisy situation.

3) [noun] ದಂದಣ ದತ್ತಣ ಎನ್ನು [damdana dattana ennu] dandaṇa dattaṇa ennu to ask or beg for humbly and imploringly; ದಂದಣಾ ದತ್ತಣಾ ಎನ್ನು [damdana dattana ennu] dandaṇā dattaṇā ennu = ದಂದಣ ದತ್ತಣ ಎನ್ನು [damdana dattana ennu].

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Dāṃdaṇa (ದಾಂದಣ):—[noun] loud, confused shouting; clamour; noise.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Danda, Tanta, Na.

Starts with: Damdanamana, Damdanamaskara, Damdanayakiti, Damdanayakitti, Dandanana, Dandanatha, Dandanathavritti, Dandanavidhi, Dandanayaka, Dandanayakabhataro, Dandanayakapurusha, Dandanayika, Tantanai, Tantanam, Tantanayakam, Tantanayakan.

Ends with: Adandana, Adharmadandana, Samyagdandana, Samyakadandana, Samyakdandana, Udandana.

Full-text: Adharmadandana, Samyagdandana, Dandanavidhi, Dehadanda, Dandala, Adandana, Damdavana, Tantanai, Samyakdandana, Nirkkatatantanam, Damdana, Dandanem, Adharma.

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