स्कन्द m. m. anything which jumps or hops (in
तृण-स्कन्द॑, ‘grasshopper’,
N. of a man),
[RV.] अ spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (
cf. and
घ्रण-स्क्°)
perishing, destruction,
[Gīt.] quick-silver,
[L.] -ग्रह ‘Attacker’,
N. of
कार्त्तिकेय (
q.v. , son of
शिव or of
अग्नि; he is called god of war as leader of
शिव's hosts against the enemies of the gods
; he is also leader of the demons of illness that attack children [
cf. ], also god of burglars and thieves;
cf. -पुत्र and,
[IW. 427 n. 1] ),
[MaitrS.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
N. of
शिव,
[MBh.] a king prince,
[L.] स्कन्ध a clever or learned man (
cf. ),
[L.] the body,
[L.] जादि the (
pl. [Saṃskārak.] )