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Sanskrit
Etymology
Compound of उद्- (ud-, “raised”) + दण्ड (daṇḍa, “staff”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
उद्दण्ड • (uddaṇḍa) stem
- upright, vertical or broadly raised aloft
- extraordinary, formidable, eminent
Noun
उद्दण्ड • (uddaṇḍa) stem, m
- erect stalk or stem (of a tree)
- carrier (of a staff)
- a kind of time (in music)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उद्दण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 187, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उद्दण्ड”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 51