Tridandaka, Tridaṇḍaka, Tri-dandaka: 5 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tridaṇḍaka (त्रिदण्डक).—nt., ? Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.120.6 and (°ke bhāṣya-māṇe) 7 (after the death of a monk); the latter seems to [Page258-a+ 71] suggest the figurative use of tridaṇḍa in Manu 12.11, meaning triple self-control, in word, thought, and act; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.80.5.

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

Tridaṇḍaka (त्रिदण्डक).—n. the three staves of a religious mendicant, Mahābhārata 12, 11870.

Tridaṇḍaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tri and daṇḍaka (दण्डक).

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

Tridaṇḍaka (त्रिदण्डक):—[=tri-daṇḍaka] [from tri] n. the 3 staves of a Parivrājaka, [Mahābhārata xii; Upaniṣad]

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Tridandaka 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.

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