Staff
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
staff · a staff · his staff
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A ritual staff symbolizing consecration and austerity, lost and then restored.
Whatever staff of mine fell away together with consecration and austerity — that I take up again.
Odyssey
The speaker's staff handed to Telemakhos by the herald Pisenor and later dashed to the ground by him in grief and frustration.
With this Telemakhos dashed his staff to the ground and burst into tears.
He stood in the middle of the assembly and the good herald Pisenor brought him his staff.
Manusmṛti
The ritual staff carried by initiated students, varying by varna in wood and length.
A Brāhmaṇa should by right carry a staff of Bilva or Palasha wood;
The staff of a Brāhmaṇa should be made to reach the end of his hair;
All the staves should be straight, unblemished, of pleasing appearance, not likely to cause fear to men, with their bark intact, and not damaged by fire. // Mn_2.47 //