Definition of Skanda

1. Noun. Hindu god of war.

Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skanda

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Siâny
Sjaelland
Sjogren's disease
Sjogren's syndrome
Sjoqvist tractotomy
Sjögren's syndrome
Skagens Odde
Skagerak
Skagerrak
Skagit
Skagway
Skanda
Skaw
Skeat
Skeeter
Skeffington
Skeffington's daughter
Skeggers
Skeggy
Skegness
Skeltonian
Skene's glands
Skene's tubules
Skhimatarion
Skidoo

Literary usage of Skanda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic, of the by James Prinsep, Henry Thoby Prinsep (1858)
"The irregularity in the completion of the legend, noted as occurring on skanda Gupta's coins with the bull reverse, appears in a still greater degree in ..."

2. Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic, of the by James Prinsep, Henry Thoby Prinsep (1858)
"... Sri skanda Gupta ... skanda Gupta. The irregularity in the completion of the legend, noted as occurring on ..."

3. Lectures on India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs and Personages by Caleb Wright, John James Weitbrecht, Alexander Duff (1849)
"While Rahu thus spoke, the sons of Shiva, Ganesa and skanda,* were rubbing his body; and, disturbed by their hands, Vasuki fell to the ground, ..."

4. Essays on Indian Antiquities: Historic, Numismatic, and Palæographic by James Prinsep, Edward Thomas, Henry Thoby Prinsep (1858)
"The irregularity in the completion of the legend, noted as occurring on skanda Gupta's coins with the bull reverse, appears in a still greater degree in ..."

5. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"Thus as Pallas sprang from the brow of Jupiter, we have skanda generated ... The miraculous birth of the warrior deity, skanda, was for the purpose of ..."

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