English Meaning of khanda

Meaning of 'khanda'

m (S) A fine, mulct, amercement; a contribution levied on towns by an invading enemy; an exaction from persons as the price of their deliverance. 2 A contract of work; an agreement for work by the great. 3 Intermission or break (in a work, in any duration or extension). 4 n A piece, bit, fragment, portion. 5 A section, a part, a division of a book or subject. 6 A division of jambudvipa. There are nine such. See navakhanda. 7 A style of poetical composition. khande nkhande or nkhandavikhanda karuna takane To break in pieces, to shatter.ṃ

Meaning of खंड

m (S) A fine, mulct, amercement; a contribution levied on towns by an invading enemy; an exaction from persons as the price of their deliverance. 2 A contract of work; an agreement for work by the great. 3 Intermission or break (in a work, in any duration or extension). 4 n A piece, bit, fragment, portion. 5 A section, a part, a division of a book or subject. 6 A division of जंबुद्वीप. There are nine such. See नवखंड. 7 A style of poetical composition. खंडें खंडें or खंडविखंड करून टाकणें To break in pieces, to shatter.

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