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skand

(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.]