Vayadanda, Vaya-danda, Vāyadaṇḍa: 5 definitions

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Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड).—a weaver's loom.

Derivable forms: vāyadaṇḍaḥ (वायदण्डः).

Vāyadaṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāya and daṇḍa (दण्ड).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड) or Vāpadaṇḍa.—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) A weaver’s loom. E. vāpa or vāya weaving, daṇḍa a stick.

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Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड) or Vāpadaṇḍa.—m.

(-ṇḍaḥ) A weaver’s loom. E. vāya or vāpa weaving, daṇḍa a stick.

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

Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड):—[=vāya-daṇḍa] [from vāya] m. a weaver’s loom, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड):—[vāya-daṇḍa] (ṇḍaḥ) 1. m. A weaver’s loom.

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

Vāyadaṇḍa (वायदण्ड):—m. Webstuhl [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 28] [?(nach Śabdakalpadruma eine von BHARATA] erwähnte v. l. für vāpadaṇḍa, wie der Text lesen soll). — Vgl. tantu .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch
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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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