1 A section, a part in general.

2 The portion of a plant from one knot to another.

3 A stem, stock, branch; līlotkhātamṛṇālakāṃḍakava- lacchede U. 3. 16; Amaru 95, Ms. 1. 46, 48, Māl. 9. 34.

4 Any division of a work, such as a chapter of a book; as the seven Kāṇḍas of the Rām. 5 A separate department or subject; e. g. karmaº &c.

6 A cluster, bundle, mul- titude.

7 An arrow.

8 A long bone, a bone of the...