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)
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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 (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 (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))
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