स्कन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • স্কন্দ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬲ᭄ᬓᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • স্কন্দ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰿𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • သ္ကန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
  • સ્કન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ੍ਕਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಸ್ಕನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
  • ស្កន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ສ຺ກນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
  • സ്കന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠰᡬᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘭𑘿𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᢉᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧍𑧠𑦮𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ସ୍କନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢱ꣄ꢒꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑇀𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖿𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ස‍්කන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪁 𑪙𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஸ்கந்த்³ (Tamil script)
  • స్కన్ద్ (Telugu script)
  • สฺกนฺทฺ (Thai script)
  • སྐ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑓂𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨰𑩇𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *skand- or *skend- (“to jump, leap”). Cognate with Latin scandō (“climb, ascend”), Ancient Greek σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skándalon, “trap, snare; stumbling block; scandal”).

Pronunciation

Root

स्कन्द् • (skand)

  1. to leap, jump, hop, dart, spring
  2. to spurt out

Derived terms
  • स्कन्द (skandá)
  • स्कन्दति (skándati)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्कन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1256.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 190
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्कन्द्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्कन्द्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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