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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for स्कन्द

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्कन्दskandaLeaping.

    [स्कन्द्-अच्]

    1. Leaping.
    2. Quicksilver.
    3. Name of Kārtikeya; सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः Bg.1.24; R.2. 36;7.1; Me.45.
    4. Name of Śiva.
    5. The body.
    6. A king.
    7. The bank of a river.
    8. A clever man.
    9. A kind of disease common to children.
    10. Effusion, spilling.
    11. Perishing, destruction.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अंशकः quicksilver.

    • -जननी Name of Parvatī.

    • -जित् Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -पुत्रः a son of Skanda (euphemistic term for a thief); प्रथममेतत् स्कन्दपुत्राणां सिद्धिलक्षणम् Mk.3.12/13.

    • -पुराणम् one of the 18 Purāṇas.

    • -मातृ Feminine Name of Durgā.

    • -षष्ठी

      1. a festival in honour of Kārtikeya on the sixth day of Chaitra.
      2. The 6th day of the light half of the कार्तिक month.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्कन्दskandam. anything which jumps or hops (in तृण-स्कन्द्/अ, "grasshopper", N. of a man) RV.
    1. masculine gender anything which jumps or hops (in तृण-स्कन्द्/अ, "grasshopper", Name of a man) fg-veda
    2. masculine gender spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (confer, compare /अ and घ्रण-स्क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    3. masculine gender perishing, destruction Gi1t.
    4. masculine gender quick-silver Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender "Attacker", Name of Ka1rttikeya कार्त्तिकेय (quod vide, son of S3iva शिव or of Agni अग्नि; he is called god of war as leader of S3iva शिव 's hosts against the enemies of the gods Page1256,2; he is also leader of the demons of illness that attack children [confer, compare -ग्रह], also god of burglars and thieves; confer, compare -पुत्र and IW. 427 neuter gender 1) MaitrS. MBh. etc.
    6. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव MBh.
    7. masculine gender a king prince Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a clever or learned man (confer, compare स्कन्ध) Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender the body Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender the जा*दि (plural Sam2ska1rak.)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. स्कन्दskanda[skand-á] m. hopper (in trina-skandá, grasshopper, N.); effusion, dropping (of, g., --˚); destruction…

    [skand-á] masculine hopper (in trina-skandá, grasshopper, noun); effusion, dropping (of, genitive, --˚); 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, neuter (?) a metre: -grâma, masculine noun of a village; -gupta, masculine noun of a prince and of an elephant-keeper; -gananî, feminine; also equal for Skanda's mother, Pârvatî; -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter condition of Skanda; -dâsa, masculine noun of a merchant.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · स्कन्द

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