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daṇḍassa

daṇḍa

masc dat sg of daṇḍa (noun); masc gen sg of daṇḍa (noun); nt dat sg of daṇḍa (noun); nt gen sg of daṇḍa (noun); …

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

Etymology. From Indo-European *dhen-g- 'to strike, hit' (cognate with Sanskrit daṇḍa, Avestan dańg-, and distantly with English ding, dent). The concrete image of a stick for striking underwrites all extended meanings: punishment as 'striking', violence as 'the use of force', and the staff as an object of impact or control.

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

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