masculine, neuter · daṇḍaka 1 · daṇḍaka 2
a small stick, a twig; a staff, a rod
Daṇḍaka [deminutive of daṇḍa] 1. a (small) stick, a twig; a staff, a rod; a handle D I 7 (a walking stick carried for ornament: see Sv I 89); Ja I 120 (sukkha° a dry twig); II 103; III 26; Dhp-a III 171; Vism 353. — aḍḍha° a (birch) rod, used as a means of beating (tāḷeti) A I 47; II 122 = M I 87 = Nidd II §604 = Miln 197; ubhato° two handled (of a saw) M I 129 = 189; ratha° the flagstaff of a chariot Miln 27; veṇu° a jungle rope Ja III 204. — See also kudaṇḍaka a twig used for tying Ja III 204. 2. the crossbar or bridge of a lute Ja II 252, 253. -dīpikā a torch Ja I 31; -madhu "honey in a branch," a beehive Dhp-a I 59.
(masc, masc, dimin of daṇḍa) handle handle [lit.] small stick Construction: daṇḍa + ka
(masc, masc, dimin of daṇḍa) small stick; twig stick, twig, rod Construction: daṇḍa + ka
(masc, masc, dimin of daṇḍa) stick; staff; rod Construction: daṇḍa + ka