The Sanskrit term Pariṣkanda can be transliterated into English as Pariskanda or Parishkanda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pariṣkanda (परिष्कन्द).—a. Fostered by another.

-ndaḥ 1 A foster-child.

2) A servant.

3) A body-guard (pārśvagopa); परिस्कन्दा रथस्यासन् (pariskandā rathasyāsan) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.34.43.

See also (synonyms): pariskanda.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pariṣkanda (परिष्कन्द).—m.

(-ndaḥ) 1. A foster child, one nourished by a stranger. 2. A servant. see pariskanda .

Pariṣkanda can also be spelled as Pariskanda (परिस्कन्द).

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Pariskanda (परिस्कन्द).—m.

(-ndaḥ) A foster child, one nourished by a stranger. n.

(-ndaṃ) Going round or about. E. pari about, skadi to go, aff. ac; also sa being optionally changed, pariṣkanda.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pariskanda (परिस्कन्द).—[pari-skand + a], m. A servant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pariṣkanda (परिष्कन्द):—[=pari-ṣkanda] [from pari-ṣkand] a m. (or skanda) ([Pāṇini 8-3, 75 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) a servant ([especially] one running by the side of a carriage), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a foster-child, one nourished by a stranger, [Horace H. Wilson 2.]

3) [v.s. ...] b m. a temple, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra xix, 14] ([varia lectio] ṣkandha).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pariṣkanda (परिष्कन्द):—[pari-ṣkanda] (ndaḥ) 1. m. A foster child.

2) Pariskanda (परिस्कन्द):—[pari-skanda] (ndaḥ) 1. m. A foster child.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parishkanda in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pariskaṃda (ಪರಿಸ್ಕಂದ):—

1) [noun] a man employed by another, esp. to perform domestic or menial duties; a servant.

2) [noun] the duty, condition of a servant.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Skanda, Pari, Skandha.

Starts with: Parishkandat.

Full-text: Paraskanda, Parishkanna, Apariskandam, Parishkana, Parishkara, Apariskanda.

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