As a deity name
Name 617 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 327 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
स्कन्द · skand · s.m.
A name of Kārttikeya, god of war; a king, prince; a learned man; the body (cf. skandh) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 665
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
anything which jumps or hops (in tṛṇa-skanda, ‘grasshopper’, N. of a man)
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Dictionary citations
skanda m. anything which jumps or hops (in tṛṇa-skanda, ‘grasshopper’, N. of a man), RV.
spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (cf. a and ghraṇa-sk˚)
perishing, destruction, Gīt.
quick-silver, L.
‘Attacker’, N. of Kārttikeya (q.v., son of Śiva or of Agni; he is called god of war as leader of Śiva's hosts against the enemies of the gods ; he is also leader of the demons of illness that attack children [cf. -graha], also god of burglars and thieves; cf. -putra and IW. 427 n. 1), MaitrS.; MBh. &c.
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