काण्ड [ kāṇḍa ] [ kā́ṇḍa ] m. n. ( ( or [ kāṇḍá ] Lit. TS. vii ) ) (ifc. f ( [ ā ] or [ ī ] ) .) ( ( cf. [ khaṇḍa ] , with which in some of its senses [ kāṇḍa ] is confounded ) ) a single joint of the stalk or stem of a plant , such as a bamboo or reed or cane (i.e. the portion from one knot to another cf. [ tri-k ] ) , any part or portion , section , chapter , division of a work or book ( cf. [ tri-k ] ) , any distinct portion or division of an action or of a sacrificial rite (as that belonging to the gods or to the manes) Lit. AV. Lit. TS. Lit. VS.

a separate department or subject (e.g. [ karma-kāṇḍa ] , the department of the Veda treating of sacrificial rites Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 4-2 , 51) Lit. AV. Lit. TS. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. R.

a stalk , stem , branch , switch Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Mn. i , 46 , 48 Lit. Kauś. Lit. Suśr.

the part of the trunk of a tree whence the branches proceed Lit. W.

a cluster , bundle Lit. W.

a multitude , heap , quantity (ifc.) Lit. Pāṇ. 4-2 , 51 Lit. Kāś.

an arrow Lit. MBh. xiii , 265 Lit. Hit.

a bone of the arms or legs , long bone ( cf. [ kāṇḍa-bhagna ] and [ pucchakāṇḍá ] ) Lit. Suśr.

a rudder (?) Lit. R. ii , 89 , 19

a kind of square measure Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 23 Lit. Vop. vii , 55

a cane , reed , Saccharum Sara ( [ śara ] ) Lit. L.

water Lit. L.

opportunity , occasion ( cf. [ a-kāṇḍa ] ) Lit. L.

a private place , privacy Lit. L.

praise , flattery Lit. L.

(ifc. implying depreciation) vile , low Lit. Pāṇ. 6-2 , 126

= [ kāṇḍasyāvayavo vikāro vā ] g. [ bilvādi ]

[ kāṇḍī ] f. a little stalk or stem Lit. Rājat. vii , 117.

[ kāṇḍa ] m. (also) abundance, Lit. Vcar.

a piece, Lit. Kauś.