# कार्तिकेय (kārtikeya)

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कार्तिकेय (kārtikeya) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of Skanda.

- **SLP1:** `kArtikeya`  **IAST:** kārtikeya  **Devanagari:** कार्तिकेय
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartikeya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kartikeya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (1 definition)
- An epithet of Skanda  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कार्तिकेय (kārtikeya) [Printed book page 184-07 ] कार्तिकेय (kārtikeya) m. A name of Skanda; he is so called because he was reared by the seren Kṛittikās. [ ID=9091 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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