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स्कंध (skaMdha)

 
L R Vaidya
English
skaMDa {% m. %} 1. The shoulder
2. the body
3. the trunk of a tree, खर्जूरिस्कंधनद्धानां मदोद्गारसुगंधिषु R.iv.57
4. a branch, a branch of human knowledge
5. a book, a chapter
6. the five objects of sense
7. the five forms of mundane consciousness (in Buddhistic works), सर्वकार्यशरीरेषु मुक्त्वांगस्कंधपंचकम् Sis.ii.28
8. a road
9. detachment of an army
10. war
11. a multitude
12. an agreement
13. a king
14. a wise or learned man
15. a heron.