షణ్ముఖుడు

Telugu

The six-faced Murugan.

Alternative forms

షణ్ముఖుఁడు (ṣaṇmukhun̆ḍu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit षण्मुख (ṣaṇmukha) +‎ -డు (-ḍu).

Noun

షణ్ముఖుడు • (ṣaṇmukhuḍu) ? (plural షణ్ముఖులు)

1. (literary) the six-faced;
2. a name of Kumaraswami, the Hindu god of war.

References

• "షట్" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1266