the main stem of bamboo, jowar, and some other plants as amaranth; the stalk.

the potherb Amaranthus gangetics (= A. tricolour) of Amaranthaceae family, used as a vegetable.

(dial.) a staff of the tree flame of the forest (Butea frondosa) given to a brāhmaṇa boy at the time of his initiation in to religious learning.

the religious ceremony observed in connection with this occasion.

ದಂಡಿಗೆ – 1 & 2.

a long, thin staff held by a brāhmaṇa student or an ascetic.

an army of soldiers.

a group of people or animals; a crowd; a swarm.

the quarters assigned for a troop or troops; cantonment. ದಂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋದರಮಾವನೇ? daṇḍinalli sōdaramāvanē? (prov.) one should not have sentimental attachments with another in business; trade knows neither friends nor kindred.

to strike or smash violently.

to find the product of two or more numbers by multiplication; to multiply.

a long-handled, wooden ladle.

= ತಂಟೆ.

a cane, staff, stick.

a short, heavy club with one end weighted or thicker and heavier than the other, used as a weapon; a bludgeon.

= ತಂಡಿ.

to jump over from one side to another.

to cross over (a river, etc.).

to go away, to leave; to depart.

to overstep; to transgress.

to cease to live; to die.

a leaping or jumping forward.

a passing or crossing over.

the fact or an instance of spreading widely (as creepers etc.).

a place to pass through.

an abridging, shortening; abridgement.

an evil happening, disease contracted etc. supposedly caused by stepping on or walking over an inauspicious thing.

a club (of different shapes) used to strike a ball or any other object in various games; a bat.

to strike or smash violently.

to find the product of two or more numbers by multiplication; to multiply.

= ತಂಡ.

a man appointed for menial work or is subject to slavery.

a man (as a devotee) who has completely surrendered to another (deity).

= ತಾಂಡ.

a group of persons.

a community formed and populated by members of a particular religious group.

the region or district where such a settlement is.

a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng; a crowd.

a team - a) a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest; b) a number of persons associated in some joint action; a faction.

a club, heavy staff used as a weapon.

a churning stick.

a stick used to strike a percussion instrument.

the crossbar of a balance.

the wooden blade used to row a boat; an oar.

a length of four cubit.

a staff of the tree Butea frondosa held by a Brāhmaṇa boy while being initiated into religious learning.

a rod or staff, usu. ornamented, held as a symbol of authority; a sceptre.

the stalk of a plant.

a long, slender piece of wood (as the one used to uphold a banner).

a particular type of array in which soldiers are placed one behind the other in a row.

the coarse, unrefined sugar; jaggery.

the male organ through which semen and urine are ejected; the penis.

punishment - a) a punishing or being punished; b) a penalty imposed on an offender for a crime or wrongdoing.

an attack, assault, punishment of a wrong doer, enemy, etc., as one of the four expedients used in achieving a goal in politics.

an army of soldiers.

the quality or fact of being useless; uselessness.

a wrong deed.

a type of physical exercise in which, standing on the toes and the palms, the body is lowered (without allowing the knees to touch the ground), and slightly pushed forward bending the back upward; ದಂಡ ಕೊಡು daṇḍa koḍu to pay a sum of money as a punishment for having done an offence; ದಂಡ ಹಾಕು daṇḍa hāku to impose a sum of money as a punishment for an offence; ದಂಡಂ ದಶಗುಣಂ ಭವೇತ್ daṇḍam daśam guṇam bhavēt (loosely) a maxim to denote that, when other ways fail, one can be tamed, taught by chastising; baculine argument.

= ತಾಂಡಾ.

= ತೀಟೆ.

a kind of ornament for the feet; a hollow anklet.

an ornament for the neck of an ox.