skand स्कन्द् (cf. skandh and skund) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 10]) skandati (mc. also °te; caskánda, [RV.] &c.; caskande, [MBh.] &c.; aor. askan, skán, [RV.]; áskān, skān, [Br.]; askāntsīt, [ib.]; askadat Gr.; Prec. skadyāt, [ib.]; fut. skanttā, [ib.]; skantsyati, [Br.]; inf. skanditum Gr.; -skáde, -skádas, [RV.]; ind.p. skanttvā Gr.; -skándya or -skádya, [Br.]; -skándam, [AV.]; [Br.]), to leap, jump, hop, dart, spring, spurt out, be spilt or effused (esp. said of semen), [RV.] &c. &c.; (Ā.) to emit seminal fluid, [VP.]; to leap upon, cover (said of animals), [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; to drop, fall down, perish, be lost, [BhP.] : Pass. skadyate (perf. caskade or caskande; aor. askandi) Gr.: Caus. skandayati (mc. also °te; aor. acaskándat), to cause to jump or leap, [R.] (in explaining skanda); to pour out, effuse, shed, spill, emit (esp. seminal fluid), [AitBr.]; [Mn.]; to omit, neglect, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause to coagulate, thicken, [Suśr.] : Desid. ciskantsati, Gr.: Intens. canīskadyate, canīskandīti (Gr.), kániṣkan, -caniṣkadat; ([RV.]), to leap, jump, hop &c. , [Cf. Gk. σκάνδαλον; Lat. scando, de-scendo; scāla for scant(s)la.] skanda स्कन्द skandá m. anything which jumps or hops (in tṛṇa-skandá, ‘grasshopper’, N. of a man), [RV.] spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (cf. á and ghraṇa-sk°) perishing, destruction, [Gīt.] quick-silver, [L.] ‘Attacker’, N. of Kārttikeya (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 [cf. -graha], also god of burglars and thieves; cf. -putra and [IW. 427 n. 1]), [MaitrS.]; [MBh.] &c. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] a king prince, [L.] a clever or learned man (cf. skandha), [L.] the body, [L.] the jādi (pl. [Saṃskārak.]) skandin स्कन्दिन् mfn. (ifc.) effusing, shedding, [Bālar.]; [Rājat.] coagulating (see a-sk°) leaping, jumping, [MW.] bursting out, [ib.] skandya स्कन्द्य mfn. = skanda iva, g. śākhādi (cf. a-garta-sk°). skandaka स्कन्दक m. one who leaps or springs, [MW.] a soldier, [ib.] n. (prob.) a kind of metre, [Sāh.] (cf. skandhaka). skandana स्कन्दन n. spurting out, emission, effusion, dropping, [Vait.]; [Yājñ., Sch.] failing to succeed, miscarrying, [ŚrS.]; [TBr.], Sch. purging, evacuation of the bowels, [L.] clotting or coagulation of blood, [Suśr.] going, moving, [W.] skandatā स्कन्दता skanda—tā, f. ([MBh.]) or skanda—tva, n. ([Bādar., Sch.]) the condition of Sk°. skandita स्कन्दित mfn. emitted, effused, shed, [Mn. ix, 50] going, [W.] skandola स्कन्दोल mfn. (?) cold, [L.] m. coldness, [ib.] skandāgni स्कन्दाग्नि w.r. for skandhāgni, [L.] skandārya स्कन्दार्य m. N. of two Brāhmans, [Inscr.] skandajit स्कन्दजित् skanda—jit m. ‘conqueror of Sk°’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Pañcar.] skandatva स्कन्दत्व skanda—tā, f. ([MBh.]) or skanda—tva, n. ([Bādar., Sch.]) the condition of Sk°. skandabhaṭa स्कन्दभट skanda—bhaṭa m. N. of various persons, [Inscr.] skandadāsa स्कन्ददास skanda—dāsa m. N. of a merchant, [Kathās.] skandaguru स्कन्दगुरु skanda—guru m. ‘father of Skanda’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] skandamātṛ स्कन्दमातृ skanda—mātṛ f. ‘mother of Sk°’, N. of Durgā, [Cat.] skandanīya स्कन्दनीय mfn. to be emitted or poured out or effused, [MW.] skandapura स्कन्दपुर skanda—pura n. N. of a town, [Rājat.] skandarāja स्कन्दराज skanda—rāja m. the king Sk°, [MBh.] skandayāga स्कन्दयाग skanda—yāga m. N. of the 20th Pariśiṣṭa of the Atharva-veda. skandāṃśaka स्कन्दांशक m. quicksilver, [L.] skandabhaṭṭa स्कन्दभट्ट skanda—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a man, [Inscr.] skandagraha स्कन्दग्रह skanda—graha m. the demon Skanda (causing disease), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Suśr.] skandagupta स्कन्दगुप्त skanda—gupta m. N. of a king, [Inscr.]; [Vās., Introd.] of an elephant-keeper, [Hcar.] skandaputra स्कन्दपुत्र skanda—putra m. a son of Sk° (euphemistic term for a thief), [Mṛcch.] skandaṣaṣṭhī स्कन्दषष्ठी skanda—ṣaṣṭhī f. the 6th day of the light half of the month Kārttika, [Cat.] a festival in honour of Kārttikeya on the 6th day of the month Caitra, [MW.] skandajananī स्कन्दजननी skanda—jananī f. ‘Sk°'s mother’, Pārvatī, [Kathās.] skandakavaca स्कन्दकवच skanda—kavaca n. N. of wk. skandapurāṇa स्कन्दपुराण skanda—purāṇa n. N. of a Purāṇa (consisting of several Saṃhitās, each of which contains a number of Khaṇḍas, the most celebrated being the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, chiefly intended to glorify Kāśī or Benares and exalt the sanctity of its shrines) skandastotra स्कन्दस्तोत्र skanda—stotra n. N. of wk. skandasvāmin स्कन्दस्वामिन् skanda—svāmin m. N. of a Commentator, [Cat.] skandavarman स्कन्दवर्मन् skanda—varman m. N. of various kings, [Inscr.] skandaviśākha स्कन्दविशाख skanda—viśākha m. du. Sk° and Viśākha, g. dadhi-paya-ādi, [Pat.] sg. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] (v.l. skandha-v°). skandāpasmāra स्कन्दापस्मार m. a demon causing a partic. disease, [MBh.]; [Suśr.] skandakagrāma स्कन्दकग्राम skandaka—grāma m. N. of a village, [Rājat.] skandilācārya स्कन्दिलाचार्य m. N. of a preceptor, [Cat.] skandopaniṣad स्कन्दोपनिषद् f. N. of wk. skandāpasmārin स्कन्दापस्मारिन् mfn. attacked by the above disease, [Suśr.] skandapurāṇīya स्कन्दपुराणीय skanda—purā°ṇīya mfn. belonging to the Skanda-Purāṇa, [Cat.] skandopapurāṇa स्कन्दोपपुराण n. N. of wk. skandaṣaṣṭhīvrata स्कन्दषष्ठीव्रत skanda—ṣaṣṭhī—vrata n. a partic. religious observance, [Cat.] N. of wk. skandeśvaratīrtha स्कन्देश्वरतीर्थ skandeśvara-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.] skandasahasranāman स्कन्दसहस्रनामन् skanda—sahasra-nāman n. ‘the thousand names of Sk°’, N. of wk. skandaskāraśaṃkara स्कन्दस्कारशंकर skanda—skāra-śaṃkara (?) m. N. of a poet, [Subh.] skandayāmalatantra स्कन्दयामलतन्त्र skanda—yāmala-tantra n. N. of wk. skandapurāṇasamuccaya स्कन्दपुराणसमुच्चय skanda—purāṇa—samuccaya m. N. of wk.