स्कन्ध
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬓᬦ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
- স্কন্ধ (Assamese script)
- স্কন্ধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
- સ્કન્ધ (Gujarati script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
- ಸ್ಕನ್ಧ (Kannada script)
- သ္ကန္ဓ (Burmese script)
- ସ୍କନ୍ଧ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢒꢥ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
- స్కన్ధ (Telugu script)
- སྐནྡྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Perhaps from the root स्कन्द् (skand) (in the sense of “rising”), in which case from Proto-Indo-Aryan *skandʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *skandʰás, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *skendʰ- (“to jump”).
Noun
स्कन्ध • (skandhá) m
- shoulder, torso
- tree trunk
- large branch or bough
- multitude, quantity, aggregate
- part, division (especially of a military array)
- chapter, section (of a book)
- tract, path (especially of the winds)
- (philosophy) the five objects of sense
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being; aggregate, skandha
- body
- king, prince
- sage, teacher
- war, battle
- Any article used at a coronation of a king.
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem declension of स्कन्ध (skandhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | स्कन्धः skandháḥ |
स्कन्धौ skandhaú |
स्कन्धाः / स्कन्धासः¹ skandhā́ḥ / skandhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | स्कन्ध skándha |
स्कन्धौ skándhau |
स्कन्धाः / स्कन्धासः¹ skándhāḥ / skándhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | स्कन्धम् skandhám |
स्कन्धौ skandhaú |
स्कन्धान् skandhā́n |
| Instrumental | स्कन्धेन skandhéna |
स्कन्धाभ्याम् skandhā́bhyām |
स्कन्धैः / स्कन्धेभिः¹ skandhaíḥ / skandhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | स्कन्धाय skandhā́ya |
स्कन्धाभ्याम् skandhā́bhyām |
स्कन्धेभ्यः skandhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | स्कन्धात् skandhā́t |
स्कन्धाभ्याम् skandhā́bhyām |
स्कन्धेभ्यः skandhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | स्कन्धस्य skandhásya |
स्कन्धयोः skandháyoḥ |
स्कन्धानाम् skandhā́nām |
| Locative | स्कन्धे skandhé |
स्कन्धयोः skandháyoḥ |
स्कन्धेषु skandhéṣu |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्कन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0256.
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