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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /skɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪kɐn̪d̪/

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