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daṇḍanti

daṇḍa

masc

1. stick; truncheon; nightstick; club
2. walking stick; staff
3. violence (towards); lit. stick
4. punishment; fine; penalty
5. (of a vīṇā) neck; lit. stick
6. Jain word for kamma; lit. stick
7. with a stick; having a handle

Analysis. daṇḍaṃ + iti

Etymology. Sanskrit daṇḍa

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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