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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध).—A hermit. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 7, Stanza 14, that he sits in the palace of Indra praising and worshipping him.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध).—There are seven Vātaskandhas each with a Marut gaṇa of seven. In the first the seven are Śakrajyoti, Satya, Satyajyoti, Citrajyoti, Jyotiṣmān, Sutapas and Caitya; Ṛtajit, Satyajit, Suṣeṇa, Senajit, Sutamitra, Amitra and Suramitra are in the second; in the third Dhātu, Dhanada, Ugra, Bhīma, Varuṇa, Abhiyuktākṣika and Sāhvaya; in the fourth, the names of the gaṇa are omitted in the text; in the fifth Īdṛk, Anyādṛk, Sasariddrumavṛkṣakas, Mita and Samita; in the sixth, Īdṛk Puruṣa, Nānyādṛk, Samacetana, Sammita, Samavṛtti, and Pratiharta; in the seventh, the names not clear.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 78-80, 90-96.

1b) Paths of Vāyu through which the Marut gaṇas travel. Seven of them are said to have their stations in Pṛthvī (earth), Bhāskara (sun), Soma (moon) Constellation group, Planets, Saptaṛṣimaṇḍala and Dhruva, with their respective chiefs: Āvaha, Pravaha, Udvaha, Samvaha, Vivaha, Anuvaha and Parivaha.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 78-80; Vāyu-purāṇa 67. 110-12.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध).—the quarter from which the wind blows.

Derivable forms: vātaskandhaḥ (वातस्कन्धः).

Vātaskandha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāta and skandha (स्कन्ध).

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

Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध).—n.

(-ndhaṃ) The portion of the atmosphere where the wind blows. E. vāta wind, skandha part.

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

1) Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध):—[=vāta-skandha] [from vāta > vā] m. ‘wind-region’, the quarter from which the w° blows (seven are enumerated), [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Ṛṣi, [Mahābhārata]

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

Vātaskandha (वातस्कन्ध):—[vāta-skandha] (ndhaṃ) 1. n. The atmosphere where the wind blows.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vataskandha in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Vata, Skandha.

Full-text: Anuvaha, Samvaha, Vayuskandha, Udvaha, Pravaha, Parivaha, Vivaha, Marut.

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