दण्डिन्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दण्डिन्  mfn.  mfn. ( [Pāṇ. 5-2, 115]; [Kāś.]) carrying a stick, [ŚBr. xiii]; KātyŚr.; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.
दण्डिन्  m.  m. a Brāhman in the 4th stage of his life (= ट्रि-), [Kālid.]
N. of an order of ascetics founded by शंकराचार्य, [W.]
a door-keeper, policeman, [Nal. iv, 25]; [Kād. i, 225]
an oarsman, [W.]
यम, [Kām. ii, 36]
मञ्जु-श्री, [L.]
नडादि   ( g.) N. of a son of धृत-राष्ट्र, [MBh. i, 2738]
of a door-keeper of the Sun, [R. vii, 23, 2, 9 and 11]
of the author of [Daś.]; [Kāvyâd.] and some 3rd work
Artemisia Abrotanum, [L.]
pl. N. of a family, [Pravar. ii, 2, 2.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दण्डिन् [daṇḍin] a.  a. [दण्ड-अस्त्यर्थे इनि] Bearing or having a staff; न शक्या धर्मतो हन्तुं कालेनापीह दण्डिना [Mb.9.61.66.] -m.
A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Samnyāsin,
A door-keeper, porter.
An oarsman.
A Jaina ascetic.
An epithet of Yama.
A king.
A religious mendicant (Bhikṣu).
An epithet of Śiva.
 N. N. of a poet, author of the Kāvyādarśa and Daśakumāracharita; जाते जगति वाल्मीके कविरित्यभिधाऽभवत् । कवि इति ततो व्यासे कवयस्त्वयि दण्डिनि ॥ Udb. -Comp.
-मुण्डः   an epithet of Śiva.

Shabda-Sagara

दण्डिन्  mfn.  ( -ण्डी-ण्डिनी-ण्डि) Having a staff or stick.
 m.  ( -ण्डी)
1. A door- keeper, a warder, a porter, a staff or mace-bearer.
2. A name of YAMA.
3. A man of the fourth order or beggar.
4. A mendicant carrying a staff.
5. A mendicant of a particular order, derived from SANKARACHARYA.
6. A Jina or Jaina saint.
E. दण्ड a staff, &c. and इनि aff.

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