The Sanskrit term Dandaśūka can be transliterated into English as Dandasuka or Dandashuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—A hell. See the para Naraka under Kāla.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—One of the 28 hells; the cruel and merciless are tormented here by reptiles and others.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 26. 7 and 33.

1b) The name of a serpant born of Krodhavaśā.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 28.

1c) A follower of Vṛtra in his battle with Indra.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 10. [20].

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक) refers to one of the thirty hells (naraka) mentioned in the Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa 8.21 (on the narrative of hells). The hells are destinations where dead beings brought by messengers of Yama (the God of the Pitṛs), and get punished by him according to their karmas and faults.

The Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa or Śrīmad-devī-bhāgavatam (mentioning Dandaśūka), is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, a type of Sanskrit literature containing cultural information on ancient India, religious/spiritual prescriptions and a range of topics concerning the various arts and sciences. The whole text is composed of 18,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 6th century.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक) refers to “one who bites the condemned (sinner)”, and represents a synonym of Sarpa (“snake”), according to the Paryāyaratnamāla: a lexicon of Āyurveda composed in the 9th Century by Madhava.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—a [daṃś-yaṅ-ūka]

1) Biting, venomous. उवाचोपायं नितरां दन्दशूकाः प्रमादिनः । सर्पसत्रे प्रयास्यन्ति तीक्ष्णा विषधराः क्षयम् (uvācopāyaṃ nitarāṃ dandaśūkāḥ pramādinaḥ | sarpasatre prayāsyanti tīkṣṇā viṣadharāḥ kṣayam) || Bm.1.163-4.

2) Mischievous, malignant; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.35.64.

-kaḥ 1 A serpent, snake; Bhāgavata 5.26.33.

2) A reptile in general.

3) A demon, Rākṣasa; इषु- मति रघुसिंहे दन्दशूकाञ्जिघांसौ (iṣu- mati raghusiṃhe dandaśūkāñjighāṃsau) Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.26.

Derivable forms: dandaśūkaḥ (दन्दशूकः).

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

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Mischievous, malignant, venomous. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A snake or serpent. 2. A Rakshasa, a demon or goblin. E. daśa to bite, affix ūka, the radical reiterated, and nuk inserted.

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

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—[dandaś + ūka] (Frequent. of daṃś), + ūka, I. adj. 1. Mordacious, Mahābhārata 1, 1199. 2. Mischievous, Mahābhārata 5, 1254. Ii. m. 1. A snake, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 197. 2. A kind of snake, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 6, 27. 3. The name of a hell, 5, 26, 7.

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

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक).—[adjective] mordacious, mischievous; [masculine] a snake.

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

1) Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक):—[from dandaśa] mfn., [iii, 2, 166] mordacious, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] malignant, [v, 1245; Caraka iii, 8]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a snake, [Yājñavalkya iii, 197; Mahābhārata xiv; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv-vii]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of a hell infested by serpents, [v, 26]

5) [v.s. ...] of a Rākṣasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dandaśūka (दन्दशूक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A snake or serpent; a goblin. a. Mischievous.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dandashuka 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Daṃdaśūka (ದಂದಶೂಕ):—[noun] any of various limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, with lidless eyes, a tapering tail, comprising venomous and non-venomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas; a snake.

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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.

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Partial matches: Shuka, Danda, Tanta.

Full-text: Tantacukam, Krodhavasha, Naraka.

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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)

Chapter 23 - On the description of the remaining hells < [Book 8]

Chapter 21 - On the narrative of hells < [Book 8]

Chapter 22 - On the narrative of the sins leading to hells < [Book 8]

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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 6 - Progeny of Dakṣa’s Daughters < [Book 6 - Sixth Skandha]

Chapter 26 - Description of Hells (Naraka) < [Book 5 - Fifth Skandha]

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)

Section II - The Process of Rebirth < [Chapter VI]

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