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तृणस्कन्द (tRNaskanda)

 
Capeller Eng
English
तृणस्कन्द॑
m.
N.
 of a man.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
तृण—स्कन्द॑ a
m.
N.
 of a man,
RV.
 i, 172, 3.
तृण—स्कन्द॑ b
m.
 a grasshopper (see स्कन्द॑).
Vedic Reference
English
Tṛṇa-skanda occurs once in the Rigveda^1 as the name of
a prince, his subjects (viśaḥ) being referred to.^2 The word
may originally have meant ‘grasshopper.’^3
1) i. 172, 3.
2) Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 159, takes viśaḥ as ‘cantons, ’ but see Viś.
3) St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
तृणस्कन्द तृणमिव स्कन्दति स्कन्द--अच् । तृणवच्चलन-स्वभावे “तृणस्कन्दस्य नु विशः” ऋ० १ । १७२ । ३ ।
Capeller
German
तृणस्कन्द
m.
 Mannsname (eig. Grashüpfer).
Grassman
German
tṛṇa-skandá, m., Eigenname eines Mannes [urspr. Grashüpfer, skanda von skand].
-ásya víśas {172, 3}.