skaMdaH [ skaMd-ac ] 1 Leaping. 2 Quicksilver. 3 N. of Kārtikeya; senAnInAmahaM skaMdaH 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. — aSaMkaH quicksilver. — purARaM one of the 18 Purāṇas. — mA tf f. N. of Durgā. — zazWI a festival in honour of Kārtikeya on the sixth day of Chaitra.