[skaṃd-ac] 1 Leaping.

2 Quicksilver.

3 N. of Kārtikeya; senānīnāmahaṃ skaṃdaḥ Bg. 10. 24, R. 2. 36, 7. 1; Me. 43.

4 N. of Śiva.

5 The body.

6 A king.

7 The bank of a river.

8 A clever man.

9 A kind of disease common to children. Comp. aśaṃkaḥ quick- silver. purāṇaṃ one of the 18 Pu- rāṇas. mā tṛ f. N. of Durgā. ṣaṣṭhī a festival in honour of Kārtikeya on the sixth day of Chaitra.