త్రిదండము

Telugu

Alternative forms

త్రిదండం (tridaṇḍaṃ)

Etymology

త్రి- (tri-) +‎ దండము (daṇḍamu)

Noun

త్రిదండము • (tridaṇḍamu) ? (plural త్రిదండములు)

  1. (Hinduism) A staff, formed of three slips of split bamboo, six feet long bound together as one cane, each slip being intended to represent Thought, Word and Deed.

References

“త్రిదండము” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 570

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