Daṇḍa

Daṇḍa

Daṇḍa is a name used for more than one thing and person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Things and ideas

• Sāma, Bheda and Daṇḍa: daṇḍa as force, the last of the methods by which a king reaches his goals, after sāma (conciliation) and bheda (division). Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapters 7–8, 33–40; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 218, 226, 234, 241, 253, 259; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 4; Skandha 6, Chapter 1; Skandha 7, Chapters 5–6; Skandha 8, Chapter 21; Skandha 10, Chapter 27

People

• Daṇḍa: the son of Ikshvāku who wronged Araja, the daughter of his guru Śukrācārya, whose śāpa destroyed his kingdom and left the forest of Daṇḍakāraṇya; the Padma Purāṇa‘s account of him is on Daṇḍa Rāja. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 37–40; Padma Purāṇa, Sṛshṭi Khaṇḍa, Chapter 37; Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Rājya Khaṇḍa, Chapter 17

Named in passing

• daṇḍa, the staff: the staff that the sannyāsī keeps when he has given up all else, told on Āśrama Dharma. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 11, Chapter 18