स्कन्ध

{ skandhḥ, skandha }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

SKANDHA   A nāga (serpent) born in the family of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. This serpent was burnt to death in the sacrificial fire of the serpent sacrifice of Janamejaya. [M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 18] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : डाली, शरीर, युद्ध, कंधा, समुदाय, राजा, अध्यापक, भंडार घर, समझौता, विषय, स्कंधमल्लक, स्कंध, स्कंध, स्कंध, कांड

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : काँध

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्कन्ध  m.  m. ( accord. to [Uṇ. iv, 206], from √ स्कन्द् 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), [AV.] &c. &c.
   the stem or trunk of a tree ( esp. that part of the stem where the branches begin), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a large branch or bough, [L.]
करि   a troop, multitude, quantity, aggregate ( cf.-, नर-स्क्°), [MBh.]; [BhP.]
   a part, division ( esp. a division of an army or a form of military array), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
   a chapter, section (of a book, system &c.), [VarBṛS.]; [Car.]
   a tract, path, region ( esp. of the winds, said to be seven), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
विषय   (in phil.) the five objects of sense (See ), [W.]
रूप   (with Buddhists) the five constituent elements of being ( viz., ‘bodily form’; वेदना, ‘sensation’; संज्ञा, ‘perception’; संस्कार, ‘aggregate of formations’; विज्ञान, ‘consciousness or thought-faculty’), [MWB. 109]
पिण्ड   (with जैनs) the body (in the widest sense = ), [Sarvad.]
   a partic. form of the आर्या metre, [Col.]
   a king, prince, [L.]
   any article used at the coronation of a king (as a jar filled with consecrated water, an umbrella &c.), [W.]
   a sage, teacher, ib.
   war, battle, ib.
   an engagement, agreement, ib.
   a heron, ib.
   equality of height in the humps of a pair of draught oxen, ib.
सम्पराय   = and भद्रा-दि, [L.]
    N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
   of a poet, [Cat.]
स्कन्द   often w.r. for

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्कन्धः [skandhḥ]   [स्कन्द्यते आरुह्यतेऽसौ सुखेन शाखया वा कर्मणि घञ् पृषो˚; cf. [Uṇ.4.26] ]
   The shoulder; महर्षभस्कन्ध- मनूनकन्धरम् [Ki.14.4.]
   The body; सूक्ष्मयोनीनि भूतानि तर्कगम्यानि कानिचित् । पक्ष्मणोऽपि निपातेन येषां स्यात् स्कन्धपर्ययः ॥ [Mb.12.15.26.]
   The trunk or stem of a tree; तीव्राघातप्रतिहततरुस्कन्धलग्नैकदन्तः [Ś.1.32;] [R.4.57;] [Me.55.]
   A branch or large bough; स्कन्धाधिरूढोज्ज्वलनीलकण्ठान् [Śi.4.7.]
   A department or branch of human knowledge; [Śi.2.28.]
   A chapter, section, division (of a book).
   A division or detachment of an army; द्वितीयं प्रेषयामास बलस्कन्धं युधिष्ठिरः [Mb.5.196.] 9; [R.4.3.]
   A troop, multitude, group; 'स्कन्धः स्यान्नृपतौ वंशे साम्परायसमूहयोः' इति मेदिनी; [Mb.14.45.1.]
   The five objects of sense.
   The five forms of mundane consciousness (in Buddhistic phil.); सर्वकार्यशरीरेषु मुक्त्वाङ्गस्कन्धपञ्चकम् [Śi.2.28.]
   War, battle.
   A king.
   An agreement.
   A road, way; [Mb.3.]
   A wise or learned man.
   A heron.
   Articles used at the coronation of a king.
   A part (अंश); तदवध्यानविस्रस्तपुण्यस्कन्धस्य भूरिदः [Bhāg.11.23.1.]
   न्धा A branch.
   A creeper.-Comp.
-अग्निः, -अनलः   the trunk of a tree set on fire, fire made with thick logs.
   आवारः an army or a division of it; स्कन्धावारमसौ निवेश्य विषमे सौवेलमूर्ध्नि स्वयम् [Mv.6.17;] [Dūtavākyam 1.]
   a royal capital or residence; तत्तु दृष्ट्वा पुरं तच्च स्कन्धावारं च पाण्डवाः [Mb.1.185.] 6.
   a camp; स्कन्धावारनिवेशः [Kau.A.1;] उपप्लव्यं स गत्वा तु स्कन्धावारं प्रविश्य च [Mb.5.8.25.]
-उपानेय a.  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- ऽन्येन 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 the shoulder; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे [Ś.1.19.]
   that part of the elephant's body, where the driver sits.
   the stem of a tree.
-परिनिर्वाणम्   the annihilation of the elements of being (with Buddhists).
-पीठम्   the shoulder-blade.
   फलः the cocoa-nut tree.
   the Bilva tree.
   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.

Shabda-Sagara

स्कन्ध  m.  ( -न्धः)
   1. The shoulder, the head of the humerus.
   2. The body. 3. The trunk of a tree.
   4. A king, a prince.
   5. A sort of metre.
   6. A multitude, a quantity.
   7. War, battle.
   8. Any article essential to the coronation of a king, as a jar filled with holy water, a parasol, a Chowri, &c.
   9. Part of an army or a form of array.
   10. Any one of five branches of human or mundane knowledge, or objects of understanding.
   11. A road, a way.
   12. A heron.
   13. An engagement, an agreement.
   14. A wise old man.
   15. A learned man, a teacher.
   16. Match or equality in the humps of a pair of draft oxen.
   17. The five objects of sense, or form, taste, smell, &c. 18. A book, a section, a chapter.
  f.  ( -न्धा)
   1. A branch.
   2. A creeper.
    E. क the head, and धा to hold, aff. क, and सुट् initial augment.

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क धा क सुट्