In South Asian tradition and martial arts, a stick or staff used as a weapon or training tool.
From Sanskrit 'दण्ड' (danda), meaning stick or staff, borrowed into English through Hindi and other South Asian languages during colonial trade and cultural exchange.
The danda appears in classical Indian martial arts and yoga philosophy as a symbol of discipline—it's part of a whole vocabulary of South Asian arts that's now influencing global fitness culture!
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