Vadhadanda, Vadhadaṇḍa, Vadha-danda: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVadhadaṇḍa (वधदण्ड).—
1) corporeal punishment (as whipping &c.).
2) capital punishment; वधदण्डमतः परम् (vadhadaṇḍamataḥ param) Manusmṛti 8.129.
Derivable forms: vadhadaṇḍaḥ (वधदण्डः).
Vadhadaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vadha and daṇḍa (दण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVadhadaṇḍa (वधदण्ड).—[masculine] corporal punishment.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVadhadaṇḍa (वधदण्ड):—[=vadha-daṇḍa] [from vadha > vadh] m. capital or corporal punishment, [Manu-smṛti viii, 129.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryvadhadaṇḍa (ဝဓဒဏ္ဍ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vadha+daṇḍa]
[ဝဓ+ဒဏ္ဍ]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)vadhadaṇḍa—
(Burmese text): သေဒဏ်၊ သတ်ခြင်းတည်းဟူသော ဒဏ်။
(Auto-Translation): Death penalty, a punishment called execution.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vadha, Danda, Tanta.
Full-text: Dandavadha, Vatatantam, Arha.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.129 < [Section XXII - Considerations regarding Punishments]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
1.2. Social Evolution: Kulakaras (Law-givers) < [Chapter 7 - Social Conditions]
Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
53. Prakirnaka prakarana (miscellaneous matters) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]