Danda (disambiguation)

'''[[Danda]]''' is a punctuation character (।) used in the Devanagari script (used to write Indic languages) to mark the end of a sentence.

'''Danda''' may also refer to:

== Stake and law == * [[Daṇḍa (Hindu punishment)]], punishments for criminal activity in Hindu law * [[Indian Penal Code]] ''translation in Hindi Bharatiya Danda Samhita'' *[[Sceptre#India|Indian sceptre]] * [[Walking stick]] (Sanskrit ''daṇḍa''), a stick used to facilitate walking

== Culture ==

* [[Danda Nata]] (or Danda Nacha and Danda Jatra), traditional dance festival in Indian state of Odisha * [[Dandiya Raas]], a religious folk dance originating from the Indian state of Gujarat * [[Gillidanda]], a traditional sport in the Indian subcontinent *[[Dandasana]], a Yoga position

== Literature ==

* [[Danda (novel)|''Danda'' (novel)]], a book by Nkem Nwankwo

== Places ==

* [[Dandakaranya]], a jungle mentioned in the Indian epic ''Ramayana'' * [[Danda kingdom]], a frequently featured region and kingdom in the ''Ramayana'' and Hindu mythology * [[Danda Garhwa]], an administrative block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India * [[Pauri Garhwal district#Danda Nagraja temple|Danda Nagraja temple]], a Hindu temple in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India * [[Diba Danda]], a peak in Uttarakhand, India * [[Draupadi Ka Danda]], two peaks in the Gangotri range of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, India * [[Paungda Danda]], a hill in Nepal * [[Shrawan Danda]], a hill in Butwal, Nepal * [[Mount Danda]], in Nantou and Hualien, Taiwan

==People with the name== * [[Danda (footballer)]] (born 1962), Rosângela Rocha, Brazilian footballer * [[Danda Mohamed Kondeh]], Sierra Leonean economist and politician * [[Danda Venkata Subba Reddy]], Indian professor of medicine * [[Bronislav Danda]] (1930–2015), Czech ice hockey player * [[Lankapura Dandanatha|Lankapura Dandnatha]], general of Parakramabahu I of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa * [[Mahamadou Danda]] (born 1951), Nigerien politician and Prime Minister of Niger * [[Raul Danda]], an Angolan politician

==See also== * {{in title|Danda}} * [[Tanda (disambiguation)]] * [[Dandi (disambiguation)]] * ''[[Danda Gopuram]]'' a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language film * [[Dande Vittal]], an Indian politician from Telangana * [[Upayas (diplomacy)]], a Hindu and Jain method of diplomacy