स्कन्द्
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
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 edit
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 edit
Root edit
स्कन्द् • (skand)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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