the main stem of bamboo, jowar, and some other plants as amaranth; the stalk.

the potherb Amaranthus gangetics (= A. tricolour) of Amaranthaceae family, used as a vegetable.

(dial.) a staff of the tree flame of the forest (Butea frondosa) given to a brāhmaṇa boy at the time of his initiation in to religious learning.

the religious ceremony observed in connection with this occasion.

ದಂಡಿಗೆ – 1 & 2.

a long, thin staff held by a brāhmaṇa student or an ascetic.

an army of soldiers.

a group of people or animals; a crowd; a swarm.

the quarters assigned for a troop or troops; cantonment. ದಂಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋದರಮಾವನೇ? daṇḍinalli sōdaramāvanē? (prov.) one should not have sentimental attachments with another in business; trade knows neither friends nor kindred.

a long-handled, wooden ladle.

to strike or smash violently.

to find the product of two or more numbers by multiplication; to multiply.

a cane, staff, stick.

a short, heavy club with one end weighted or thicker and heavier than the other, used as a weapon; a bludgeon.

a man appointed for menial work or is subject to slavery.

a man (as a devotee) who has completely surrendered to another (deity).

= ತಂಟೆ.

= ತಂಡಿ.

= ತಂಡ.

to jump over from one side to another.

to cross over (a river, etc.).

to go away, to leave; to depart.

to overstep; to transgress.

to cease to live; to die.