Ekadandin, Ekadaṇḍin, Eka-dandin: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEkadaṇḍin (एकदण्डिन्).—m.
1) Name of a class of Sannyāsins or beggars (otherwise called haṃsa). They are divided into four orders :-कुटीचको बहूदको हंसश्चैव तृतीयकः । चतुर्थः परहंसश्च यो यः पश्चात्स उत्तमः (kuṭīcako bahūdako haṃsaścaiva tṛtīyakaḥ | caturthaḥ parahaṃsaśca yo yaḥ paścātsa uttamaḥ) || Hārita.
2) Name of a Vedantic school.
Ekadaṇḍin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and daṇḍin (दण्डिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ekadaṇḍin (एकदण्डिन्):—[=eka-daṇḍin] [from eka] m. ‘bearing one staff’, Name of a class of monks [commentator or commentary] on [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa; Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a Vedāntic school
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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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Full-text: Ajivin, Ekadandisamnyasavidhi, Dvidandin, Tridandin.
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