1. The shoulder or upper part of the back. 2. The body. 3. The trunk of a tree. 4. A large branch or bough. 5. A branch of human knowledge. 6. A section or division of a book. 7. A division of an army or military array. 8. War or battle. 9. A troop or multitude. 10. The objects of sense. 11. The elements of being in Buddhist philosophy. 12. Coronation regalia. 13. A king or prince. 14. A sage or teacher. 15. Equality of height in the humps of draught oxen. 16. A road or path. 17. An agreement. 18. A metre. 19. A heron.
स्कन्ध (skandha) [Printed book page 1141-a] स्कन्ध (skandha) skandha, as, m. (according to Uṇā-
di-s. IV. 206. fr. rt. 3.
skand, ‘to rise’), the shoulder,
upper part of the back or the region from the neck
to the shoulder-joint (in men and animals); the
body; the stem or trunk of a tree (especially that
part of the stem where the branches begin); a large
branch or bough; a branch or department of human
knowledge (five of which are enumerated); a sec-
tion, chapter, division of a book; a division of an
army, form of military array; war, battle; a body of
men &c., troop, multitude, quantity, (see
kari-sk°, nara-sk°, turaṅga-sk°); the five objects of sense,
(see
viṣaya); the elements of being or the five
forms of mundane consciousness (according to the
Buddhist philosophy); the regalia or other articles
used at the coronation of a king (as a jar filled with
holy water, a parasol, a chowri, &c.); a king, prince;
a sage, wise man, seer, teacher; equality of height
in the humps of a pair of draught oxen; a road,
path, way; an engagement, agreement; a sort of
metre; a heron; N. of a poet;
= bhadrādi (accord-
ing to Śabda-k.); (
ā), f. a branch; a creeper; [cf.
perhaps Gr. σπάθη: Lat. scapula: Angl. Sax. scul-
dor, sculder, scoldr: Old Germ. scultra, sculdra,
scultarra: Armor. skoaz: Cambro-Brit. ysgwyz;
perhaps Hib. guala for sguada or sguana.]
—Skan- dha-cāpa, as, m. ‘shoulder-bow,’ a sort of yoke or
pole made of bamboo with a sling attached to either end
for carrying burdens
(= śikya).
—Skandha-ja, as, m.
a tree growing from a principal stem (such as the gum
olibanum tree &c.).
—Skandha-taru, as, m. the cocoa-
nut tree.
—Skandha-deśa, as, m. ‘shoulder-region,’
the shoulder; the part about the shoulders or withers of
an elephant where the driver sits.
—Skandha-pari- nirvāṇa, am, n. the annihilation of the elements
of being (with Buddhists).
—Skandha-phala, as, m. ‘having fruit at the top,’ the cocoa-nut tree; the
Vilva; the glomerous fig-tree.
—Skandha-bandha- nā, f. a sort of fennel, Anethum Panmorium.
—Skan- dha-mallaka, as, m. a heron.
—Skandha-ruha, as, m. ‘branch-growing,’ the Indian fig-tree.
—Skandha- vāha or
skandha-vāhaka, as, m. ‘carrying on the
shoulders,’ an ox trained to carry burdens, pack-bullock.
—Skandha-śākhā, f. a principal branch, the forked
branch which issues from the upper stem of a tree.
—Skandha-śṛṅga, as, m. ‘branch-horned,’ a buf-
falo.
—Skandha-skandha, as, m. every shoulder.
—Skandhāgni (°dha-ag°), is, or
skandhānala (°dha-an°), as, m. ‘trunk-conflagration,’ the trunk
of a tree or any large piece of timber set on fire by
attrition &c.
—Skandhāvāra (°dha-āv°), as, m.
an army or a division of it attached to the person of
a king; a royal capital, royal residence; a camp.
—Skandhopaneya (°dha-up°), as, ā, am, to be
carried on the shoulders; (
as), m. a form of peace-
offering in which fruit or grain is presented as a
mark of submission.
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