Skanda
Skanda proper noun: a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
Proper noun
Skanda
- A bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
- An epithet of Kartikeya, the Hindu god of war.
- Skanda Purana
- A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Skanda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Skanda in Hindi
- epithet of Kartikeya
- स्कंद skand
- male given name
- स्कंद skand
Skanda in Tamil
- Skanda
- வேள் vēḷ, சுவாமி cuvāmi
Skanda in Marathi
- epithet of Kartikeya
- स्कंद skanda
Skanda in Bengali
- epithet of Kartikeya
- স্কন্দ skondo
More languagesFewer languages
- Skanda in Telugu
- స్కందుడు skanduḍu
- Skanda in Malayalam
- സാമി sāmi, സ്വാമി svāmi
- Skanda in Sanskrit
- स्कन्द skanda
- Skanda in Assamese
- স্কন্দ skondo
- Skanda in Vietnamese
- Vi Đà, Vi Đà Bồ Tát
Forms of Skanda
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Origin of Skanda
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्कन्द (skanda).
Questions about Skanda
- What does Skanda mean?
- Skanda means a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
- What is Skanda in Hindi?
- Skanda in Hindi is स्कंद (skand). See Skanda meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Skanda?
- Skanda is a proper noun.
Words near Skanda in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Skanda (page history and authors); சுவாமி (Tamil) (page history and authors); സാമി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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