Dandavidhi, Daṇḍavidhi, Danda-vidhi: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDaṇḍavidhi (दण्डविधि).—
1) rule of punishment; see दण्डोद्यमः (daṇḍodyamaḥ)
2) criminal law.
Derivable forms: daṇḍavidhiḥ (दण्डविधिः).
Daṇḍavidhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms daṇḍa and vidhi (विधि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍavidhi (दण्डविधि).—f.
(-dhiḥ) Criminal law, mode of punishment. E. daṇḍa, and vidhi rule.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍavidhi (दण्डविधि).—[masculine] mode of punishment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍavidhi (दण्डविधि):—[=daṇḍa-vidhi] [from daṇḍa] m. a mode of punishment, [Manu-smṛti viii, 221]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDaṇḍavidhi (दण्डविधि):—[daṇḍa-vidhi] (dhiḥ) 2. f. Criminal law.
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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