Where does “double danda” come from?

double danda (English) comes from English doublé, from French doublé, from Middle French double, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

double danda (English): A punctuation mark (॥) used in many Indic scripts, denoting the end of a paragraph or verse of poetry

Definitions

A punctuation mark (॥) used in many Indic scripts, denoting the end of a paragraph or verse of poetry

Ancestry of “double danda”, step by step

double danda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English doublé

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	doublé	A compound attack that deceives the opponent's...
2	French	doublé	double, brace, pair; double; doublé
3	Middle French	double	—
4	Old French	doble	double
5	Latin	dūplus	double (twice as much, or as big)
6	Proto-Italic	*duplos	double

via English danda

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	danda	A punctuation character used in the Devanāgarī...
2	Sanskrit	दण्ड	stick, staff, rod, pole, cudgel, club; penis; a...

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