(confer, compareskandh-and skund-) cl.1 P. () skandati- (mc. also te-; cask/anda- etc.; caskande- etc.; Aoristaskan-, sk/an-; /askān-, skān-; askāntsīt-; askadat-grammar; precedingskadyāt-; futureskanttā-; skantsyati-; infinitive moodskanditum-grammar; -sk/ade-, -sk/adas-; ind.p.skanttvā-grammar; -sk/andya-or -sk/adya-; -sk/andam-), to leap, jump, hop, dart, spring, spurt out, be spilt or effused (especially said of semen) etc. ; (A1.) to emit seminal fluid ; to leap upon, cover (said of animals) ; to drop, fall down, perish, be lost : Passive voiceskadyate- (perf.caskade-or caskande-; Aoristaskandi-) grammar : Causalskandayati- (mc. also te-; Aoristacask/andat-), to cause to jump or leap (in explaining skanda-) ; to pour out, effuse, shed, spill, emit (especially seminal fluid) ; to omit, neglect etc. ; to cause to coagulate, thicken : Desiderativeciskantsati-, grammar : Intensivecanīskadyate-, canīskandīti- (grammar), k/aniṣkan-, -caniṣkadat- ; (), to leap, jump, hop etc. [ confer, compareGreek ; Latin scando,de-scendo;scAlaforscant(s)la.]
स्कन्द् I. 1 P. (स्कन्दति, स्कन्न) 1 To leap, jump. -2 To rise, ascend, jump upwards. -3 To fall, drop; स्यन्त्वा स्यन्त्वा दिवः शम्भोर्मूर्ध्रि स्कन्त्वा भुवं गताम् Bk.22.11; Ms.7.84. -4 To burst or leap out. -5 To perish, come to an end; चस्कन्दे तप ऐश्वरम् Bhāg.5.9.3. -6 To be spilled, ooze. -7 To emit, shed. -8 To go, move. -9 To become dry. -1 To perish. -Caus. (स्कन्दयति-ते) 1 To pour out, effuse, shed, emit (as the seminal fluid); एकः शयीत सर्वत्र न रेतः स्कन्दयेत् क्वचित् Ms.2.18;9.5. -2 To omit, neglect, pass by. -II. 1 U. (स्कन्दयति-ते) To collect.
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to be lost
to be spilt or effused (esp. said of semen)
to cover (said of animals)
to dart
to drop
to emit seminal fluid
to fall down
to hop
to jump
to leap
to leap upon
to perish
to spring
to spurt out Frequency rank 8714/72933
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