(in South Asia) a large stick used as a weapon by a policeman or guard.
（印度次大陆警察或护卫使用的）丹达棒
the watchman beat the walls with his danda
Example sentencesExamples
Authorities should use dana, veda and danda on irresponsible field staff.
Since the police danda is used mostly on honest citizens while the anti-social elements actually get protection from the police, the policemen should be disarmed of their dandas.
The clips of Muslim women running amok with big dandas in their hands made the headlines the world over.
They lament that no modern fire-fighting equipments are given to them and they area forced to extinguish the fires with the help of dandas made of wood.
Extra points would also be awarded to teams that thwart rivals with apparatus such as dandas, lathis, countrymade pistols, knives, etc.
Synonyms
club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, blackthorn, mace, bat