Dushtadanda, Du峁ａ弓ada峁囜笉a, Dushta-danda: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Du峁ａ弓ada峁囜笉a can be transliterated into English as Dustadanda or Dushtadanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationDu峁ａ弓ada峁囜笉a (啶︵啶粪啶熰う啶｀啶�) refers to the 鈥減unishment of the wicked鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.15 (鈥淕a峁噀艣a鈥檚 battle鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淸...] O great sage, the goddess created two 艢aktis then and there for the assistance of her own Ga峁嘺. O great sage, one 艢akti assumed a very fierce form and stood there opening her mouth as wide as the cavern of a dark mountain. The other assumed the form of lightning. She wore many arms. She was a huge and terrible goddess ready to punish the wicked (诲耻峁ａ弓补诲补峁囜笉补-惫颈诲丑腻测颈苍墨). The weapons hurled by the gods and the Ga峁嘺s were caught in the mouth and hurled back at them. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dushta, Tanta.
Starts with: Dushtadandavidhayin, Dushtadandavidhayini.
Full-text: Dushtadandavidhayin, Dushtadandavidhayini.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 29 - Ga峁単膩-Sahasran膩ma (A Thousand Names of Ga峁単膩) < [Section 1 - P奴rv膩rdha]