a. [daṃḍa-astyarthe ini] Bearing or having a staff. m. 1 A Brāhmaṇa of the fourth order, a Saṃnyāsin.

2 A door-keeper, porter.

3 An oarsman.

4 A Jaina ascetic.

5 An epithet of Yama.

6 A king.

7 A religious mendicant (Bhikṣu).

8 An epithet of Śiva.

9 N. of a poet, author of the Kāvyādarśa and Daśakumāracarita; jāte jaga- ti vālnīke kavirityabhidhā'bhavat. kavī iti tato vyāse kavayastvayi daṃḍini.....

Author of the Daśakumāracarita and Kāvyā- darśa. He flourished in the latter half of the sixth century, and was a contemporary of Bāṇa, accord- ing to Mādhavācārya.