1) Location in Hindu mythology 
Dandaka (दंडक, {IAST|Daṃḍaka}) was the name of aranya or forest, lying between the Godavari and Narmada. It was of vast extent, and some passages of the Ramayana represent it as beginning immediately south of the Yamuna. This forest is the scene of many of Rama and Sita`s adventures, and is described as `a wilderness over which separ.....