स्कन्ध
Sanskrit
    
    Alternative forms
    
Alternative scripts
- স্কন্ধ (Assamese script)
 - ᬲ᭄ᬓᬦ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
 - স্কন্ধ (Bengali script)
 - 𑰭𑰿𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
 - 𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
 - သ္ကန္ဓ (Burmese script)
 - સ્કન્ધ (Gujarati script)
 - ਸ੍ਕਨ੍ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
 - 𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
 - ꦱ꧀ꦏꦤ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
 - 𑂮𑂹𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂡 (Kaithi script)
 - ಸ್ಕನ್ಧ (Kannada script)
 - ស្កន្ធ (Khmer script)
 - ສ຺ກນ຺ຘ (Lao script)
 - സ്കന്ധ (Malayalam script)
 - ᠰᡬᠠᠨᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
 - 𑘭𑘿𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘠 (Modi script)
 - ᠰᢉᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
 - 𑧍𑧠𑦮𑧁𑧠𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
 - 𑐳𑑂𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐢 (Newa script)
 - ସ୍କନ୍ଧ (Odia script)
 - ꢱ꣄ꢒꢥ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
 - 𑆱𑇀𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
 - 𑖭𑖿𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
 - ස්කන්ධ (Sinhalese script)
 - 𑪁 𑪙𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩮 (Soyombo script)
 - 𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
 - ஸ்கந்த⁴ (Tamil script)
 - స్కన్ధ (Telugu script)
 - สฺกนฺธ (Thai script)
 - སྐ་ནྡྷ (Tibetan script)
 - 𑒮𑓂𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
 - 𑨰𑩇𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨜 (Zanabazar Square 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”). Cognate to Latin scandō (I climb).
Noun
    
स्कन्ध • (skandhá) stem, 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 / स्कन्धा¹ skandhaú / skandhā́¹  | 
स्कन्धाः / स्कन्धासः¹ skandhā́ḥ / skandhā́saḥ¹  | 
| Vocative | स्कन्ध skándha  | 
स्कन्धौ / स्कन्धा¹ skándhau / skándhā¹  | 
स्कन्धाः / स्कन्धासः¹ skándhāḥ / skándhāsaḥ¹  | 
| Accusative | स्कन्धम् skandhám  | 
स्कन्धौ / स्कन्धा¹ skandhaú / skandhā́¹  | 
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  | 
| Notes | 
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Descendants
    
References
    
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्कन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0256.
 
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