Skandhavara, Skamdhavara, Skandha-avara, Skandhāvāra: 11 definitions
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Skandhāvāra.—(EI 29; CII 3; BL), camp; usually called jaya-skandhāvāra (i. e. the victorious camp) which indicates the capital of a king in some cases. Cf. Kannaḍa neleviḍu = Sans- krit sthira-śibira. Note: skandhāvāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार).—
1) an army or a division of it; स्कन्धावारमसौ निवेश्य विषमे सौवेलमूर्ध्नि स्वयम् (skandhāvāramasau niveśya viṣame sauvelamūrdhni svayam) Mv.6.17; Dūtavākyam 1.
2) a royal capital or residence; तत्तु दृष्ट्वा पुरं तच्च स्कन्धावारं च पाण्डवाः (tattu dṛṣṭvā puraṃ tacca skandhāvāraṃ ca pāṇḍavāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.185. 6.
3) a camp; स्कन्धावारनिवेशः (skandhāvāraniveśaḥ) Kau. A.1; उपप्लव्यं स गत्वा तु स्कन्धावारं प्रविश्य च (upaplavyaṃ sa gatvā tu skandhāvāraṃ praviśya ca) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.8.25.
Derivable forms: skandhāvāraḥ (स्कन्धावारः).
Skandhāvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms skandha and āvāra (आवार).
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. An army, or a division of it attached to the person of the king. 2. A royal capital. 3. A camp. E. skandha a king or an army, and āṅ before vṛ to screen or guard, aff. ghañ .
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार).—i. e. skandha-ā-vṛ + a, m. 1. An army, or division of it attached to the king. 2. A royal residence. 3. A camp, [Hitopadeśa] 107, 21; Mahābhārata 1, 6950.
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार).—[masculine] head-quarters (lit. the stem’s i.e. the king’s guard).
1) Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार):—[from skandha] m. the king’s camp or headquarters, royal residence, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] an army, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार):—[skandhā+vāra] (raḥ) 1. m. An army, or division of it attached to the king; royal capital; camp.
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार):—(skandha + ā) m. das königliche Hauptquartier im Felde (Hut des Stammes d. i. des Fürsten) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 746. 973.] [Halāyudha 2, 131.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6950. 5, 196. 5159. 5311.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 108, 21.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 16, 28. 33.] āvṛtastu yataḥ skandhaḥ skandhāvārastataḥ smṛtaḥ [?39. 18, 60. Suśruta 1, 123, 1. Kathāsaritsāgara 102, 105. Hitopadeśa 107, 21. Inschr. in Journ. of the Rāmāyaṇa A. S. 1, 268] (der neuen Serie). skandhāvāraṃ niveśayet [KĀM. NĪTIS. 16, 1.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 82, 2.] skandhāvārasya niveśaḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 95, 45.] niveśa, niveśana [Mahābhārata 9, 1659.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 2, 3. 6, 17, 15.] vāraṃ ni-bandh [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 60.] nach den Lexicographen auch Heer.
Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khaṃdhāvāra.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Skaṃdhāvāra (स्कंधावार) [Also spelled skandhavar]:—(nm) royal camp/pavilion.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Skaṃdhāvāra (ಸ್ಕಂಧಾವಾರ):—
1) [noun] an army or a division of an army.
2) [noun] a military camp.
3) [noun] the capital of a kingdom, state or nation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Avara, Skandha.
Full-text (+0): Jaya-skandhavara, Skandhavar, Khandhavara, Sthira-shibira, Vijaya, Avara, Sannivesha.
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