Sanskrit Dictionary

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Monier-Williams Search

4 results for pratiskandha

pratiskandha

m. every shoulder (instrumental case"each on his shoulder")

m. Name of an attendant of skanda- (varia lectio kapi-sk-)

ind. upon the shoulders

m. in every section of a book

Macdonell Search

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pratiskandha	m. each shoulder: in. each on his shoulder; -sthânam, ad. in every place, everywhere; -sneha, m. incor rect for pati-sneha; -spardhin, a. vying with, rivalling, emulating; -spasá, a.spy ing, lurking; -srotas, ad. against the stream, upstream; -svana, m. pl. or °ree;--, echo; -svam, ad. each singly; -svara, m. echo.

DCS with thanks

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pratiskandha	noun (masculine) every shoulder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 59007/72933

Wordnet Search

"pratiskandha" has 1 results.

pratiskandhaḥ

kārtikeyasya anucaraḥ।

pratiskandhasya varṇanaṃ purāṇe prāpyate।