स्कन्द्

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *skand- or *skend- (“to jump, leap”). Cognate with Latin scandō (“climb, ascend”), Ancient Greek σκᾰ́νδᾰλον (skắndălon, “trap, snare; stumbling block; scandal”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /skɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪kɐn̪d̪/

स्कन्द् • (skand)

1. to leap, jump, hop, dart, spring
2. to spurt out

• स्कन्द (skandá)
• स्कन्दति (skándati)

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• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्कन्द्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्कन्द्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press