(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.]
m. "Attacker", Name ofkārttikeya- (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 ) etc.
n.Name of a purāṇa- (consisting of several saṃhitā-s, each of which contains a number of khaṇḍa-s, the most celebrated being the kāśī-khaṇḍa-, chiefly intended to glorify kāśī- or, Benares and exalt the sanctity of its shrines)
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")
P.-skandati- (ind.p.-skandya-,or -skadya-), to leap forth or out or up or down etc. ; to gush forth (as tears) ; to fall into (accusative) ; to fall upon, attack ; to shed, spill : Causal-skandayati-. to cause to flow (a river;others "to cross") ; to pour out (as an oblation)
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.
स्कन्दः [स्कन्द्-अच्] 1 Leaping. -2 Quicksilver. -3 N. of Kārtikeya; सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः Bg.1.24; R.2. 36;7.1; Me.45. -4 N. 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. -1 Effusion, spilling. -11 Perishing, destruction. -Comp. -अंशकः quicksilver. -जननी N. of Parvatī. -जित् N. 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 f. N. 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.
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- $न्येन स्कन्धघनेन यज्ज्ञानं तत् तत्संततिजेनान्येनोपलभ्यते नातत्सं- ततिजेनान्येन । तस्मात् शून्याः स्कन्धघना इति ŚB. on MS.1.1.5. -चापः a sort of pole or yoke for carrying burdens; cf. शिक्य (Mar. काव़ड). -जः a tree growing from a principal stem. -तरुः the cocoa-nut-tree. -देशः 1 the shoulder; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे Ś.1.19. -2 that part of the elephant's body, where the driver sits. -3 the stem of a tree. -परिनिर्वाणम् the annihilation of the elements of being (with Buddhists). -पीठम् the shoulder-blade. -फलः 1 the cocoa-nut tree. -2 the Bilva tree. -3 the glomerous fig-tree. -बन्धना a sort of fennel. -मल्लकः a heron. -रुहः the (Indian) fig-tree. -वाहः, -वाहकः an ox trained to carry burdens, pack-bullock. -शाखा a principal branch, the forked branch issuing from the upper stem of a tree. -शृङ्गः a buffalo. -स्कन्धः every shoulder.
अपरिस्कन्द a. Motionless.
अपरिहरणीय apariharaṇīya अपरिहार्य aparihārya
अपरिहरणीय अपरिहार्य a. 1 Inevitable. -2 Not to be abandoned. -3 Not to be degraded.
अभ्यवस्कन्द 1 P. To jump up or upon, attack.
अभ्यवस्कन्दः abhyavaskandḥ न्दनम् ndanam
अभ्यवस्कन्दः न्दनम् 1 Vigorously encountering an enemy, impetuous attack, marching against an enemy.
-2 Striking so as to disable an enemy. -3 A blow in general. -4 Overtaking, reaching up to. -5 A fall.
आस्कन्द् 1 P. 1 To invade, attack; कथमिदानीमुन्मादोप- रागो माधवेन्दुमास्कन्दति Māl.9; आस्कन्दल्लक्ष्मणं बाणैः Bk.17.82. -2 To step over, tread; चयमास्कन्दति भस्मनां जनः Ki.2.2. -3 To depend or hang on (as the Vedāṅgas on the Vedas). -4 To jump, leap.
आस्कन्दः, _न्दनम् 1 An attack, assault; assailling; utraging; परवनिता ˚प्रगल्भस्य Ve.2. विविधास्कन्दनाकाक्ङ्क्षी ...
Śiva. B.31.68. -2 Ascending, mounting; treading, stepping over; चरणास्कन्दननामिताचलेन्द्रः Ki.13.18. -3 Reproach, abuse. -4 The walk of a horse. -5 An assailant -6 Battle, war. -7 Drying. -8 Effacing destroying. आस्कन्दनं तिरस्कारे रणे संशोषणे$पि च Medinī.
आस्कन्दितम् āskanditam तकम् takam
आस्कन्दितम् तकम् The walk of a horse, galloping at full speed. आस्कन्दिता च सा ज्ञेया गतिविद्भिस्तु वाजिनाम् Śukra.4.982.
प्रस्कन्द् 1 P. 1 To leap forward, up or down; गदां प्रगृह्य वेगेन प्रचस्कन्द रथोत्तमात् Mb.6.95.77. -2 To fall upon, attack. -3 To shed, spill; एते प्रस्कन्दन्ति Praśna Up.1.13. -Caus. 1 To cross (a river &c.) -2 To pour out (as an oblation).
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.
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. servant, esp. one running beside a carriage; -skhalita, (pp.) n. staggering; -stara, m. layer of sacrificial grass; -stárana, n. strewing about; -stoma, m. cover, bolster; -spanda, m.motion; -spand ita, (pp.) n. quivering; flaming up; manifes tation; -spardhin, a. vying with (--°ree;); -sphu- ta, a. quite evident; -m, ad.; -syanda, m. flow, stream (fig.); -srava, m. flow, effusion; overflow; river; birth (of a child); -srút, a. overflowing, foaming; f. kind of intoxicant.
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.
( Having the shoulders together ’) is the name of a disease mentioned with Viçkandha in the Atharvaveda. Whitney, however, thinks it is intended as an adjective implying the sense of ‘ counteracting the disease Viṣkandha.’
te drapsa (KS.śś.Vait. -saḥ) skandati yas te aṃśuḥ # RV.10.17.12a; VS.7.26a; TS.3.1.10.1a; KS.35.8a (bis); GB.2.2.12; śB.4.2.5.2; Vait.16.17a; Mś.2.4.3.29a. Ps: yas te drapsa (śś. -saḥ) skandati śś.8.15.7; yas te drapsaḥ Apś.12.16.15; 14.28.3; yas te Kś.9.6.30. This and the following stanza are designated as drapsavatyau (sc. ṛcau) GB.2.4.7; Vait.23.22; Apś.13.20.8.
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
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))
noun (neuter) clotting or coagulation of blood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dropping (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
effusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
emission (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
evacuation of the bowels (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
failing to succeed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
going (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
miscarrying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
moving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
purging (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spurting out (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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 town in a forest with a royal palace
an army (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
royal residence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the king's camp or headquarters (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to encounter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to jump down or into (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to meet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to approach hastening from (abl.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to assault (as a city etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to jump down from (abl.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to storm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) (in law) accusation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bathing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
descending (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sex
storm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a die (especially the fourth) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a manner of recitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ascending (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assault (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attack (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
jumping upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mounting (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))
adjective attacking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
daring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping into (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 1 ātmanepada) to attack (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fall into (acc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to fall upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to gush forth (as tears) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to leap forth or out or up or down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to shed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to spill (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a purgative (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
leaping over or across (comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
voiding excrement (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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