Dandapranayana, Daṇḍapraṇayana: 4 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexDaṇḍapraṇayana (दण्डप्रणयन).—The code of punishments including fines, mutilation, penance, death, impalement, etc.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 105. 26.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍapraṇayana (दण्डप्रणयन).—n.
(-naṃ) Inflicting punishment. E. daṇḍa, and praṇayana leading.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍapraṇayana (दण्डप्रणयन):—[=daṇḍa-praṇayana] [from daṇḍa] n. ‘infliction of punishment’ Name of a [chapter] of [Purāṇa-sarvasva]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍapraṇayana (दण्डप्रणयन):—[daṇḍa-praṇayana] (naṃ) 1. n. Punishing.
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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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 7a - Crime and Punishment (daṇḍa) < [Chapter 6 - Polity in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 5.16 - Laws Relating to the Use of Abusive Words and Defamation < [Chapter 5 - Vyavahārādhyāya and the Modern Indian Laws]