English
Alternative spellings
brahmada��a (with diacritics)
Etymology
Sanskrit ब�रह�मन� (Brahman, Brahma) + दण�ड (da��a, rod, staff).
Noun
brahmadanda
- Literally, the rod of Brahma; also used of bamboo rods carried by Indian ascetics.
- A form of punishment, apparently social excommunication.
- (Indian mysticism) The spine.
Quotations
1915, The Yoga of Yama 1
1975, Charles S. Prebish, �Buddhist Councils and Divisions in the Order,� in Buddhism�A Modern Perspective, Charles S Prebish, ed. 2
1993, Yves Bonnefoy, Asian Mythologies 3
(2005) w:Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Esoteric Papers of Madame Blavatsky 4
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