m. (according to to , fromskand-in the sense of "rising"?) the shoulder, upper part of the back or region from the neck to the shoulder-joint (in men and animals) etc.
m. (with Buddhists) the five constituent elements of being (viz. rūpa-,"bodily form"; vedanā-,"sensation"; saṃjñā-,"perception"; saṃskāra-,"aggregate of formations"; vijñāna-,"consciousness or thought-faculty")
स्कन्धः [स्कन्द्यते आरुह्यते$सौ सुखेन शाखया वा कर्मणि घञ् पृषो˚; cf. Uṇ.4.26] 1 The shoulder; महर्षभस्कन्ध- मनूनकन्धरम् Ki.14.4. -2 The body; सूक्ष्मयोनीनि भूतानि तर्कगम्यानि कानिचित् । पक्ष्मणो$पि निपातेन येषां स्यात् स्कन्धपर्ययः ॥ Mb.12.15.26. -3 The trunk or stem of a tree; तीव्राघातप्रतिहततरुस्कन्धलग्नैकदन्तः Ś.1.32; R.4.57; Me.55. -4 A branch or large bough; स्कन्धाधिरूढोज्ज्वलनीलकण्ठान् Śi.4.7. -5 A department or branch of human knowledge; Śi.2.28. -6 A chapter, section, division (of a book). -7 A division or detachment of an army; द्वितीयं प्रेषयामास बलस्कन्धं युधिष्ठिरः Mb.5.196. 9; R.4.3. -8 A troop, multitude, group; 'स्कन्धः स्यान्नृपतौ वंशे साम्परायसमूहयोः' इति मेदिनी; Mb.14.45.1. -9 The five objects of sense. -1 The five forms of mundane consciousness (in Buddhistic phil.); सर्वकार्यशरीरेषु मुक्त्वाङ्गस्कन्धपञ्चकम् Śi.2.28. -11 War, battle. -12 A king. -13 An agreement. -14 A road, way; Mb.3. -15 A wise or learned man. -16 A heron. -17 Articles used at the coronation of a king. -18 A part (अंश); तदवध्यानविस्रस्तपुण्यस्कन्धस्य भूरिदः Bhāg.11.23.1. -न्धा 1 A branch. -2 A creeper. -Comp. -अग्निः, -अनलः the trunk of a tree set on fire, fire made with thick logs. -आवारः 1 an army or a division of it; स्कन्धावारमसौ निवेश्य विषमे सौवेलमूर्ध्नि स्वयम् Mv.6.17; Dūtavākyam 1. -2 a royal capital or residence; तत्तु दृष्ट्वा पुरं तच्च स्कन्धावारं च पाण्डवाः Mb.1.185. 6. -3 a camp; स्कन्धावारनिवेशः Kau. A.1; उपप्लव्यं स गत्वा तु स्कन्धावारं प्रविश्य च Mb.5.8.25. -उपानेय a. to be carried on the shoulders. (-यः) a form of peaceoffering in which fruit or grain is presented, as a mark of submission. -घनः cognition; अन्यस्मिन् स्कन्धघने- $न्येन स्कन्धघनेन यज्ज्ञानं तत् तत्संततिजेनान्येनोपलभ्यते नातत्सं- ततिजेनान्येन । तस्मात् शून्याः स्कन्धघना इति ŚB. on MS.1.1.5. -चापः a sort of pole or yoke for carrying burdens; cf. शिक्य (Mar. काव़ड). -जः a tree growing from a principal stem. -तरुः the cocoa-nut-tree. -देशः 1 the shoulder; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19. -2 that part of the elephant's body, where the driver sits. -3 the stem of a tree. -परिनिर्वाणम् the annihilation of the elements of being (with Buddhists). -पीठम् the shoulder-blade. -फलः 1 the cocoa-nut tree. -2 the Bilva tree. -3 the glomerous fig-tree. -बन्धना a sort of fennel. -मल्लकः a heron. -रुहः the (Indian) fig-tree. -वाहः, -वाहकः an ox trained to carry burdens, pack-bullock. -शाखा a principal branch, the forked branch issuing from the upper stem of a tree. -शृङ्गः a buffalo. -स्कन्धः every shoulder.
m. V., C.: shoulder; C.: branching part of the stem, trunk of a tree (also S.); division, part; tract, path, region (of the winds; rare); section of a treatise (rare); quantity, aggregate (rare); often incorr. for skanda: -ka, n. kind of Aryâ metre; -desa, m. (region of the) shoulder; region of the trunk; -pîtha, n. shoulder-blade; -vat, a. having a (thick) trunk or many trunks; -siras, n. shoulder-blade.
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.
noun (masculine) (archit.) the support (part of a capital)
(in phil.) the five objects of sense (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
samparāya and bhadrādi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a chapter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a heron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a large branch or bough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular form of the Āryā metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tract (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a troop (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
aggregate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agreement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an engagement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any article used at the coronation of a king (as a jar filled with consecrated water) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
battle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
division (esp. a division of an army or a form of military array) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
equality of height in the humps of a pair of draught oxen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
multitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
path (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
quantity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
region (esp. of the winds) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
section (of a book) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
teacher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the shoulder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the stem or trunk of a tree (esp. that part of the stem where the branches begin) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upper part of the back or region from the neck to the shoulder-joint (in men and animals) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of Acacia (Catechu) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Diospyros embryopteris (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus glomerata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Jamāla tree (bearing dark blossoms) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a ṣi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the quarter from which the wind blows (seven are enumerated) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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