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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 स्कन्ध

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्कन्धskandhaThe shoulder; महर्षभस्कन्ध- मनूनकन्धरम् Ki.14.4.

    [स्कन्द्यते आरुह्यतेऽसौ सुखेन शाखया वा कर्मणि घञ् पृषोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Compare Uṇ.4.26]

    1. The shoulder; महर्षभस्कन्ध- मनूनकन्धरम् Ki.14.4.
    2. The body; सूक्ष्मयोनीनि भूतानि तर्कगम्यानि कानिचित् । पक्ष्मणोऽपि 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.
    10. The five forms of mundane consciousness (in Buddhistic Philosophy); 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.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -न्धा

      1. A branch.
      2. A creeper.

    • -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. Atmanepada 1; उपप्लव्यं स गत्वा तु स्कन्धावारं प्रविश्य च Mb.5.8.25.

    • -उपानेय Adjective 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- ऽन्येन 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; Compare शिक्य (Marâthî 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. स्कन्धskandham. (accord. to Un2. iv, 206, from √स्कन्द् in the sense of "rising" ?) the shoulder, upper part of the back or…
    1. masculine gender (according to to Un2. iv, 206, from √स्कन्द् 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) AV. etc.
    2. masculine gender the stem or trunk of a tree (especially that part of the stem where the branches begin) S3a1n3khGr2. MBh. etc.
    3. masculine gender a large branch or bough Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a troop, multitude, quantity, aggregate (confer, compare करि-, नर-स्क्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) MBh. BhP.
    5. masculine gender a part, division (especially a division of an army or a form of military array) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    6. masculine gender a chapter, section (of a book, system etc.) VarBr2S. Car.
    7. masculine gender a tract, path, region (especially of the winds, said to be seven) MBh. Hariv.
    8. masculine gender (in philosophy) the five objects of sense (see विषय) W.
    9. masculine gender (with Buddhists Buddhists) the five constituent elements of being (viz. रूप, "bodily form"; वेदना, "sensation"; संज्ञा, "perception"; संस्कार, "aggregate of formations"; विज्ञान, "consciousness or thought-faculty") MWB. 109
    10. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) the body (in the widest sense Equivalent to पिण्ड) Sarvad.
    11. masculine gender a particular form of the A1rya1 आर्या metre Col.
    12. masculine gender a king, prince Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender any article used at the coronation of a king (as a jar filled with consecrated water, an umbrella etc.) W.
    14. masculine gender a sage, teacher ibidem
    15. masculine gender war, battle ibidem
    16. masculine gender an engagement, agreement ibidem
    17. masculine gender a heron ibidem
    18. masculine gender equality of height in the humps of a pair of draught oxen ibidem
    19. masculine gender Equivalent to सम्परा*य and भद्रा*दि Lexicographers
    20. masculine gender Name of a serpent-demon MBh.
    21. masculine gender of a poet catalogue or catalogues
    22. masculine gender often wrong reading for स्कन्द
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. स्कन्धskandha[skandhá] m. V., C.: shoulder; C.: branching part of the stem, trunk of a tree (also S.); division, part…

    [skandhá] masculine Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: shoulder; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: branching part of the stem, trunk of a tree (also Sûtra); division, part; tract, path, region (of the winds; rare); section of a treatise (rare); quantity, aggregate (rare); often incorrect for skanda: -ka, neuter kind of Aryâ metre; -desa, masculine (region of the) shoulder; region of the trunk; -pîtha, neuter shoulder-blade; -vat, adjective having a (thick) trunk or many trunks; -siras, neuter shoulder-blade.

    Source: Macdonell

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