Yamadanda, Yama-danda, Yamadamda, Yamadaṇḍa: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchYamadaṇḍa (यमदण्ड):—m. Yama's Keule [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 56, 19.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 1, 56, 28.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 281.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungYamadaṇḍa (यमदण्ड):—m. Yama’s Keule.
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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Partial matches: Yama, Danda, Tanta.
Starts with: Yamadandalokeshvara.
Full-text: Khetaka, Praharanem, Yamadand, Asilata, Akanda, Yamadandalokeshvara.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.377 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
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Verse 2.9.37-038 < [Chapter 9 - The Lord’s Twenty-One Hour Ecstasy and Descriptions of Śrīdhara and Other Devotees’ Characteristics]
Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
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