A number of narratives exist on Indus Script Corpora showing a worshipper. One example is Ganweriwala tablet.
Ganweriwala tablet shows a prostrating person. See: Hieroglyph: kamadha 'penance' Rebus: kammata 'coiner, mint'.
Prakritam gloss: kamad.ha, kamat.ha, kamad.haka, kamad.haga, kamad.haya= a type of penance.
- कर्णक m. du. the two legs spread out AV. xx , 133 'spread legs'; (semantic ...
कर्णक 'spread legs' rebus: 'helmsman', karṇi 'supercargo' PLUS dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'. Thus, castmetal handled by supercargo.
khareḍo 'a currycomb (Gujarati) Rebus: karaḍā खरडें 'daybook, wealth-accounting ledger'. Rebus: kharādī ' turner' (Gujarati)
taṭṭam 'prostration in worship' rebus: ṭhaṭṭhāra 'goldsmith'
bhaTa 'worshipper' Rebus: bhaTa 'furnace' baTa 'iron' (Gujarati)
Hieroglyph: தட்டம்⁴ taṭṭam , n. < daṇḍa. 1. Prostration in worship; நிலத்தில் வீழ்ந்து வணங்குகை. கும்பிட்டுத் தட்டமிட்டுக் கூத்தாடித் திரியே (சி. சி. 12, 2, மறைஞா.) దండము danḍamu. [Tel.] n. A bow, a salutation made by joining the palms of the hands in front of the breast. నమస్కారము. Respects, obeisance. Remembrance. or compliments in correspondence దండముపెట్టు to make a bow or courtesy, to make obeisance, to adore. ఆయనకు నా దండములు చెప్పవలసినది please to give him my compliments. దండము danḍamu. [Skt.] n. A rod, stick or staff, దుడ్డుకర్ర. The stem of a plant. Chastisement either by killing a person, or by confiscating his property or by oppressing him in other ways, punishment, a fine. చతురుపాయములలో నొకటి, రాజశిక్ష. An army. దండు. A multitude. సమూహము. దండన or దండనము danḍana. Punishment. దండనాయకుడు danḍa-nāyakụḍu. n. A leader of an army. సేనాధిపతి. చందనీతి danḍa-nīti. n. Politics: the principles of government. నీతిశాస్త్రము. దండయాత్ర danḍa-yātra. n. An invasion, an incursion, a campaign, going with troops or in procession. యుద్ధయాత్ర, దిగ్విజయము. దండలాసకము danḍa-lāsakamu. n. A kind of dance నృత్యవిశేషము. దండధరుడు or దండుడు a macebearer, or staff-bearer, an epithet of Yama, యముడు. దండాధి danḍ-ādhipati. n. A genaral. దండాసి danḍāsi. n. A bailiff, a beadle. The name of a caste in Ganjam.
Rebus: తట్రపువాడు taṭrapu-vāḍu. [Tel.] n. A goldsmith. *ṭhaṭṭhakāra ʻ brass worker ʼ. 2. *ṭhaṭṭhakara -- . [*ṭhaṭṭha -- 1, kāra -- 1]1. Pk. ṭhaṭṭhāra -- m., K. ṭhö̃ṭhur m., S. ṭhã̄ṭhāro m., P. ṭhaṭhiār, ˚rā m.2. P. ludh. ṭhaṭherā m., Ku. ṭhaṭhero m., N. ṭhaṭero, Bi. ṭhaṭherā, Mth. ṭhaṭheri, H. ṭhaṭherā m. (CDIAL 5493)தட்டான்¹ taṭṭāṉ , n. < தட்டு-. [M. taṭṭān.] Gold or silver smith, one of 18 kuṭimakkaḷ, q. v.; பொற்கொல்லன். (திவா.) தட்டார்பாட்டம்
Stick, stalk: *ḍaṇṭha ʻ stem ʼ. 2. *ḍaṇṭa -- . 3. *ḍāṇṭa -- . 4. *ḍaṭṭha -- . 5. *ḍāṭṭha -- . 6. *ḍiṇṭa -- . 7. *ṭāṇṭa -- . 8. *ṭāṇṭha -- . 9. *taṇṭa -- . 10. *daṇṭha -- . [Cf. taṇḍaka -- n. ʻ treetrunk ʼ lex. -- This group, if it includesdaṇḍá -- (EWA ii 11) and de/ndr (e )on (H. W. Bailey TPS 1952, 60), is prob. like āṇḍá -- and índra -- , non -- IE. in origin (despite Bailey loc. cit. fn. 3) and the IA. forms have been infl. by Drav. and Mu. words (lit. EWA loc. cit.) and speechhabits (J.C.W.)]
1. H. ḍã̄ṭh, ˚ṭhī f., ḍã̄ṭhal m., ḍaṇṭhā, ˚ṭhal, ˚ṭhlā m. ʻ stem, stalk ʼ.
2. L. (Ju.) ḍ̠ãḍī f. ʻ stem of poppy ʼ, ḍ̠ãḍal m. ʻ culm ʼ; B. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ stem, stalk ʼ; Mth. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ foot stalk of lotus ʼ, ḍaṇṭī ʻ foot stalk of a plant, beam of scales ʼ; Bhoj. ḍaṇṭā ʻ stick ʼ; H. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ stem, stalk ʼ.
3. S. ḍ̠ã̄ḍī f. ʻ stalk of flower or fruit ʼ.
4. P. ḍaṭṭhal m. ʻ hull of gram ʼ; H. ḍaṭhā m. ʻ stalk ʼ.
5. S. ḍ̠āṭho m. ʻ fibres and stalk of tobacco leaf ʼ.
6. G. ḍī˜ṭũ, ḍīṭũ n. ʻ leaf stalk ʼ.
7. L. ṭāṇḍā m. ʻ dry stalk of bājrā ʼ, P. ṭã̄ḍā m.
8. P. ṭã̄ḍhā m.
9. N. tāndro ʻ dry stalk or straw ʼ (< *tāṇṭa -- ḍa -- ); M. tã̄ṭ ʻ stem ʼ.
10. Or. dāṇṭhi ʻ hard stalk of a creeper, stalk -- like bean ʼ.(CDIAL 5527)daṇḍá m. ʻ stick, club ʼ RV., ʻ handle ʼ AitBr., ʻ control ʼ Mn., ʻ punishment ʼ TāṇḍyaBr., ʻ stalk, stem ʼ MBh., daṇḍaka -- m. ʻ staff of banner ʼ MBh., ʻ row, line ʼ ŚāṅkhŚr., daṇḍikā -- f. ʻ stick ʼ Mn. [Prob. non -- Aryan, see *ḍaṇṭha -- . NIA. has no form attesting *dandra -- to support comparison with Gk. de/ndron ]
Pa. daṇḍa -- m. ʻ stem of tree, stick, handle, punishment ʼ, ˚aka -- m. ʻ stick ʼ; Aś. NiDoc. daṁḍa ʻ punishment ʼ; Pk. daṁḍa -- , ḍa˚ m. ʻ stick, &c. ʼ, ḍaṁḍaya -- m. ʻ road ʼ, ḍaṁḍĭ̄ -- f. ʻ seam ʼ; Gy. eur. ran m. (wel. f.) ʻ stick ʼ (deriv. germ. ranyengərī morin ʻ raspberry ʼ < daṇḍikā -- ); Ash. dōṇ ʻ handle ʼ, Kt. duṇ, ḍun; Wg. dūṇ ʻ stick, handle ʼ, ḍūṇíṅ ʻ stick ʼ, deṇḍīˊ ʻ shinbone ʼ; Pr. ban -- ḍuṇḍu ʻ hay fork ʼ, kuṇ -- ḍuṇḍūˊ = Kt. kam -- ḍen ʻ yoke pole ʼ; Paš. daṇḍā ʻ roof -- beam ʼ, daṇḍala ʻ plough -- handle ʼ, dar. dã̄ṛī ʻ stick ʼ, kuṛ. ḍāṇī; Shum. ãdotdot; ʻ stubble ʼ; Woṭ. ḍōn m. ʻ wood ʼ; Gaw. ḍaṇḍ -- bār ʻ large broom ʼ (bārik ʻ broom ʼ), dōṇḍīˊk ʻ stick ʼ, ḍḗṇḍī ʻ calf of leg, shinbone ʼ; Tor. dan m. ʻ handle ʼ; Kand. dúṇi ʻ shinbone ʼ; Sh. do̯ṇŭ m. ʻ handle (of axe &c.) ʼ, pales. ḍṓnī ʻ shinbone(?) ʼ; K. dan m. ʻ hilt, handle (of hammer), stalk (of pear) ʼ, dônu m. ʻ churning stick ʼ, kash. ḍanḍu ʻ back ʼ; S. ḍ̠anu m. ʻ weal, tribute, hill ʼ, ḍ̠ano m. ʻ mark of lash, hillock ʼ, ḍ̠anī f. ʻ bank of stream ʼ, ḍ̠aṇḍu m. ʻ horn of ibex, fine ʼ, ˚ḍo m. ʻ club ʼ; L. ḍann, (Ju.) ḍ̠an m. ʻ force ʼ, ḍ̠annã̄ m. ʻ carrying pole, small pieces of wood between rafters ʼ, ḍannī f. ʻ wooden handle ʼ, ḍaṇḍā m. ʻ ladder ʼ: S. L. forms with ṇḍ ← Centre; P. dann m., ḍann(ludh. ḍaṇḍ) f. ʻ fine ʼ, ḍannā (ludh. ḍaṇḍā) m. ʻ stick used in a game ʼ (→ H. dannā m. ʻ penis ʼ), ḍannī (ludh. ḍaṇḍī) f. ʻ handle ʼ; WPah.bhal. ḍann m. ʻ bride -- price ʼ, ḍanno m. ʻ handle of hammer ʼ, ḍannī f. ʻ beam of balance, razor handle ʼ; Ku. dān ʻ roofbeam ʼ, ḍān, ḍã̄ṛ ʻ fine, loss ʼ, ḍāno ʻ mountain ridge ʼ, ḍānī ʻ a kind of palanquin ʼ, gng. ḍāṇ ʻ punishment ʼ; N. ḍã̄ṛʻ fine ʼ, dã̄ṛo ʻ rafter ʼ, ḍã̄ṛo ʻ beam, ridge, hill ʼ, dã̄ṛi ʻ stick, pole ʼ, ḍãṛalnu ʻ backbone ʼ (+?); A. ḍã̄r ʻ long pole ʼ, ḍã̄rā ʻ channel ʼ, ḍã̄ri ʻ fishing -- rod ʼ, ḍãr ʻ fine ʼ; B. dã̄ṛ, ḍã̄ṛ ʻ oar, bird's perch, fine ʼ, dã̄ṛā ʻ stick, backbone, ridge of earth in a field (= ḍã̄ṛā), water -- channel ʼ, ḍã̄ṛi ʻ beam of balance ʼ; Or. dāṇḍa, ḍã̄ṛa ʻ main road of a village ʼ, dāṇḍi ʻ bypath ʼ, daṇḍā ʻ side piece of cart, pole of cart, stick, path ʼ, daṇḍi ʻ beam of balance, septum of nose ʼ; Bi. ḍã̄ṛ ʻ paddle ʼ, (SWShahabad) ʻ field boundary ʼ; Mth. ḍã̄ṛ ʻ staff ʼ, ḍã̄ṛi ʻ line ʼ, ḍã̄ṛab ʻ to stand upright ʼ; Bhoj. ḍã̄ṛ ʻ oar, punishment ʼ; Aw.lakh. ḍã̄ṛ ʻ oar ʼ, ḍã̄ṛ ʻ fine ʼ, ḍã̄ṛā ʻ stalk ʼ; H. dã̄ḍ m. ʻ oppression, fine ʼ, ḍã̄ḍ, ḍã̄ṛ m. ʻ stick, oar, backbone ʼ, daṇḍā, ḍaṇḍā m. ʻ stake, pole of cart ʼ, ḍã̄ḍā, ḍã̄ṛā m. ʻ boundary line (= dã̄ḍā), ridge of earth, path ʼ, ḍaṇḍī, ḍã̄ḍī f. ʻ beam of balance, pole of litter, litter ʼ; G. dã̄ḍɔ, ḍã̄ḍɔ m. ʻ pole, club, handle ʼ, dã̄ḍī, ḍã̄ḍī f. ʻ stick ʼ; M. dã̄ḍ m. ʻ stick, ridge, footpath ʼ, dã̄ḍā m. ʻ club, handle, backbone, ridge, penis ʼ; OSi. dan̆ḍ, daḍ ʻ punishment, fine ʼ, Si. daṇḍa ʻ wood, timber, a kind of oar ʼ < *dan̆ḍuva, st. dan̆ḍu -- .
daṇḍaka -- , daṇḍáyati, dáṇḍika -- , dāṇḍāˊ -- ; daṇḍakarman -- , *daṇḍapāli -- , *daṇḍapāśa -- , daṇḍapāśika -- , *daṇḍapūra -- , daṇḍavāsin -- , *daṇḍāli -- , *daṇḍikābhāra -- ; īṣādaṇḍa -- , *kadaṇḍa -- , *gōdaṇḍa -- , *dudaṇḍa -- , *duvāradaṇḍa -- , *drumadaṇḍa -- , *dhvajadaṇḍa -- , *padadaṇḍa -- , *pādadaṇḍa -- , *vaṁśadaṇḍa -- , *vaḍabhidaṇḍa -- , *vaḍradaṇḍa -- , *valadaṇḍa -- , *viyamadaṇḍa -- , *vētadaṇḍa -- , *skambhadaṇḍa -- .Addenda: daṇḍá -- : Garh. ḍã̄ḍ ʻ penalty ʼ; Md. dan̆ḍi ʻ stick ʼ; <-> Ko. dāṇḍāro ʻ spine of plantain leaf ʼ (cf. Sk. daṇḍāra<-> ʻ a bow ʼ lex.?). (CDIAL 6128) Ta. taṭi stick, staff, rod, cane, club, cudgel, bludgeon, a piece as of wood, measuring rod, pestle, bow. Ma. taṭi stick, staff. Ko. tayṛ wooden shaft of plough; tac stick, walking stick, hitting stick in tipcat. To. toṛy pole used at funeral. Ka. taḍi stick, staff, cudgel; daḍi, daṇḍi staff, cudgel; (PBh.) daḍigaN a man who bears a club; (HavS.) dəṇṭu a stick.(DEDR 3030)
Stick, stalk: *ḍaṇṭha ʻ stem ʼ. 2. *ḍaṇṭa -- . 3. *ḍāṇṭa -- . 4. *ḍaṭṭha -- . 5. *ḍāṭṭha -- . 6. *ḍiṇṭa -- . 7. *ṭāṇṭa -- . 8. *ṭāṇṭha -- . 9. *taṇṭa -- . 10. *daṇṭha -- . [Cf. taṇḍaka -- n. ʻ treetrunk ʼ lex. -- This group, if it includes
1. H. ḍã̄ṭh, ˚ṭhī f., ḍã̄ṭhal m., ḍaṇṭhā, ˚ṭhal, ˚ṭhlā m. ʻ stem, stalk ʼ.
2. L. (Ju.) ḍ̠ãḍī f. ʻ stem of poppy ʼ, ḍ̠ãḍal m. ʻ culm ʼ; B. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ stem, stalk ʼ; Mth. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ foot stalk of lotus ʼ, ḍaṇṭī ʻ foot stalk of a plant, beam of scales ʼ; Bhoj. ḍaṇṭā ʻ stick ʼ; H. ḍã̄ṭ ʻ stem, stalk ʼ.
3. S. ḍ̠ã̄ḍī f. ʻ stalk of flower or fruit ʼ.
4. P. ḍaṭṭhal m. ʻ hull of gram ʼ; H. ḍaṭhā m. ʻ stalk ʼ.
5. S. ḍ̠āṭho m. ʻ fibres and stalk of tobacco leaf ʼ.
6. G. ḍī˜ṭũ, ḍīṭũ n. ʻ leaf stalk ʼ.
7. L. ṭāṇḍā m. ʻ dry stalk of bājrā ʼ, P. ṭã̄ḍā m.
8. P. ṭã̄ḍhā m.
9. N. tāndro ʻ dry stalk or straw ʼ (< *tāṇṭa -- ḍa -- ); M. tã̄ṭ ʻ stem ʼ.
10. Or. dāṇṭhi ʻ hard stalk of a creeper, stalk -- like bean ʼ.(CDIAL 5527)daṇḍá m. ʻ stick, club ʼ RV., ʻ handle ʼ AitBr., ʻ control ʼ Mn., ʻ punishment ʼ TāṇḍyaBr., ʻ stalk, stem ʼ MBh., daṇḍaka -- m. ʻ staff of banner ʼ MBh., ʻ row, line ʼ ŚāṅkhŚr., daṇḍikā -- f. ʻ stick ʼ Mn. [Prob. non -- Aryan, see *
Pa. daṇḍa -- m. ʻ stem of tree, stick, handle, punishment ʼ, ˚aka -- m. ʻ stick ʼ; Aś. NiDoc. daṁḍa ʻ punishment ʼ; Pk. daṁḍa -- , ḍa˚ m. ʻ stick, &c. ʼ, ḍaṁḍaya -- m. ʻ road ʼ, ḍaṁḍĭ̄ -- f. ʻ seam ʼ; Gy. eur. ran m. (wel. f.) ʻ stick ʼ (deriv. germ. ranyengərī morin ʻ raspberry ʼ < daṇḍikā -- ); Ash. dōṇ ʻ handle ʼ, Kt. duṇ, ḍun; Wg. dūṇ ʻ stick, handle ʼ, ḍūṇíṅ ʻ stick ʼ, deṇḍīˊ ʻ shinbone ʼ; Pr. ban -- ḍuṇḍu ʻ hay fork ʼ, kuṇ -- ḍuṇḍūˊ = Kt. kam -- ḍen ʻ yoke pole ʼ; Paš. daṇḍā ʻ roof -- beam ʼ, daṇḍala ʻ plough -- handle ʼ, dar. dã̄ṛī ʻ stick ʼ, kuṛ. ḍāṇī; Shum. ãdotdot; ʻ stubble ʼ; Woṭ. ḍōn m. ʻ wood ʼ; Gaw. ḍaṇḍ -- bār ʻ large broom ʼ (bārik ʻ broom ʼ), dōṇḍīˊk ʻ stick ʼ, ḍḗṇḍī ʻ calf of leg, shinbone ʼ; Tor. dan m. ʻ handle ʼ; Kand. dúṇi ʻ shinbone ʼ; Sh. do̯ṇŭ m. ʻ handle (of axe &c.) ʼ, pales. ḍṓnī ʻ shinbone(?) ʼ; K. dan m. ʻ hilt, handle (of hammer), stalk (of pear) ʼ, dôn
*dhaṭa2 , dhaṭī -- f. ʻ old cloth, loincloth ʼ lex. [Drav., Kan. daṭṭi ʻ waistband ʼ etc., DED 2465]
Ku. dhaṛo ʻ piece of cloth ʼ, N. dharo, B. dhaṛā; Or. dhaṛā ʻ rag, loincloth ʼ, dhaṛi ʻ rag ʼ; Mth. dhariā ʻ child's narrow loincloth ʼ.Addenda: *dhaṭa --2 . 2. †*dhaṭṭa -- : WPah.kṭg. dhàṭṭu m. ʻ woman's headgear, kerchief ʼ, kc. dhaṭu m. (also dhaṭhu m. ʻ scarf ʼ, J. dhāṭ(h)u m. Him.I 105).(CDIAL 6107)
Ku. dhaṛo ʻ piece of cloth ʼ, N. dharo, B. dhaṛā; Or. dhaṛā ʻ rag, loincloth ʼ, dhaṛi ʻ rag ʼ; Mth. dhariā ʻ child's narrow loincloth ʼ.Addenda: *dhaṭa --