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कण्डन

कूटना या खोटना

threshing, unhusking, separating, chaff from grain

Monier–Williams

कण्डन — {kaṇḍana} n. the act of threshing, separating the chaff from the grain in a mortar Hcat##that which is separated from the grain, chaff Suśr##({ī}), f. a wooden bowl or mortar (in which the cleaning or threshing of grain is performed) Mn. iii, 68