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"skanda" has 2 results

skanda: masculine vocative singular stem: skanda

skanda: second person singular present imperative class 1 parasmaipada √skand

Amarakosha Search

3 results

Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

kārtikeyaḥ		Masculine	Singular	mahāsenaḥ, kumāraḥ, śikhivāhanaḥ, bāhuleyaḥ, senānīḥ, ṣaḍānanaḥ, śaktidharaḥ, viśākhaḥ, guhaḥ, skandaḥ, śarajanmā, krauñcadāruṇaḥ, ṣāṇmāturaḥ, tārakajit, agnibhūḥ, pārvatīnandanaḥ	kaarttik

paraidhitā	2.10.17	Masculine	Singular	‍‍parācitaḥ, pariskandaḥ, parajātaḥ

yuddham	2.8.107	Neuter	Singular	āyodhanam, pravidāraṇam, saṃkhyam, ‍samaraḥ, kalahaḥ, abhisaṃpātaḥ, saṃyogaḥ, saṃgrāmaḥ, ‍saṃyat, samit, janyam, mṛdham, samīkam, a‍nīkaḥ, ‍vigrahaḥ, kaṃliḥ, abhyāmardaḥ, āhavaḥ, ‍samitiḥ, yut, pradhanam, āskandanam, ‍sāṃparāthikam, raṇaḥ, saṃprahāraḥ, saṃsphoṭaḥ, ‍samāghātaḥ, samudāyaḥ, ājiḥ

Monier-Williams Search

10 results for skanda"

skanda

m. anything which jumps or hops (in tṛṇa-skand/a-,"grasshopper", Name of a man)

skanda

m. spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (see /a-and ghraṇa-sk-)

skanda

m. perishing, destruction

skanda

m. quick-silver

skanda

m. "Attacker", Name of kārttikeya- (q.v,son of śiva- or of agni-;he is called god of war as leader of śiva-'s hosts against the enemies of the gods;he is also leader of the demons of illness that attack children[ see -graha-],also god of burglars and thieves; see -putra-and

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etc.

skanda

m. Name of śiva-

skanda

m. a king prince

skanda

m. a clever or learned man (see skandha-)

skanda

m. the body

skanda

m. the jādi- (plural

)

Macdonell Search

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skanda

m. hopper (in trina-skandá, grasshopper, N.); effusion, dropping (of, g., --°ree;); destruction; Assailer, god of war, leader of the divine hosts and chief of the demons of disease which attack children, possessed of eternal youth (hence Kumâra), son of Siva or Agni, brought up by Krittikâ (hence Kârtti keya): -ka, n. (?) a metre: -grâma, m. N. of a village; -gupta, m. N. of a prince and of an elephant-keeper;-gananî, f. Skanda's mother, Pârvatî; -tâ, f., -tva, n. condition of Skanda; -dâsa, m. N. of a merchant.

Vedabase Search

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skandaḥ	Skanda	SB 6.6.14

DCS with thanks

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skanda	noun (masculine) a clever or learned man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a king prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) anything which jumps or hops (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) destruction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) effusing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) effusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Kārttikeya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) perishing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) quick-silver (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) shedding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) spilling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) spurting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 2240/72933

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