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Kartikeya forms the main theme of Skanda Purana, the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [55] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is part of Shaivite literature. [56] While the text is named after Skanda (Kartikeya), he does not feature either more or less prominently in the text than in other Shiva-related ...
Translations of skandha; English: aggregate, mass, heap, cluster: Sanskrit: स्कन्ध (skandha) Pali: khandha: Bengali: স্কন্ধ (skåndhå)
Skanda (Chinese: 塞建陀, 室建陀), also known as Wei Tuo (Chinese: 韋馱) and Idaten (Japanese: 韋駄天), is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the teachings of Buddhism.
Skanda may refer to: . Kartikeya, or Skanda, the Hindu god of war; Skanda Purana, a Hindu Purana (scripture) dedicated to the deity; Skanda Upanishad, Hindu Upanishad; Skanda (Buddhism), a Deva and/or Bodhisattva popular in Chinese Buddhism
The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurāṇa, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. [1] The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is of Shaivite literature, [ 2 ] titled after Skanda , a son of Shiva and Parvati (who is also known as Murugan in Tamil literature). [ 3 ]
Skandamātā (Sanskrit: स्कन्दमाता) is the fifth among the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi.Her name comes from Skanda, an alternate name for the war god Kartikeya, and Mātā, meaning mother.
Like most Hindu deities, He is known by many other names, including Murugan, Senthil, Saravaṇa, Arumugam or Shanmukha (meaning 'one with six faces'), Kumāra (meaning 'child or son'), Guha, Skanda (meaning 'that which is spilled or oozed, namely seed' in Sanskrit).
According to the Skanda Purana, in the war between Kartikeya and Surapadman, Kartikeya used the vel to defeat all the forces of Surapadman. [2] When a complete defeat for Surapadman was imminent, the asura transformed himself into a huge mango tree to evade detection by Murugan.