English Explanatory Dictionary

Skanda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
  2. epithet of Kartikeya, the Hindu god of war.
  3. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Word forms

Skanda

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्कन्द (skanda).

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