उद्दण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

উদ্দণ্ড (Assamese script)
ᬉᬤ᭄ᬤᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
উদ্দণ্ড (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰟𑰿𑰟𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
ဥဒ္ဒဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
ઉદ્દણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
ਉਦ੍ਦਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌦𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦢ꧀ꦢꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂠𑂹𑂠𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
ಉದ್ದಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
ឧទ្ទណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
ອຸທ຺ທຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
ഉദ്ദണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
ᡠᡩᡩᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘟𑘿𑘟𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
ᠤᢑᢑᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑦿𑧠𑦿𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐡𑑂𑐡𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
ଉଦ୍ଦଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
ꢆꢣ꣄ꢣꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆢𑇀𑆢𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖟𑖿𑖟𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
උද‍්දණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩭𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚛𑚶𑚛𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
உத்³த³ண்ட³ (Tamil script)
ఉద్దణ్డ (Telugu script)
อุทฺทณฺฑ (Thai script)
ཨུ་དྡ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒠𑓂𑒠𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨛𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of उद्- (ud-, “raised”) +‎ दण्ड (daṇḍa, “staff”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ud.dɐɳ.ɖɐ/, [ud̚.dɐɳ.ɖɐ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ud̪.d̪ɐɳ.ɖɐ/, [ud̪̚.d̪ɐɳ.ɖɐ]

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

Hindi: उद्दंड (uddaṇḍ)
Old Marathi: 𑘄𑘟𑘿𑘟𑘽𑘚 (uddaṃḍa)
- Marathi: उदंड (udaṇḍa)
Kannada: ಉದ್ದಂಡ (uddaṇḍa)
Nepali: उद्दण्ड (uddaṇḍa)

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