• Skanda: The Attacker (transl. Hindu God of War/Son of Lord Shiva) is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced...
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  • Look up Skanda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skanda may refer to: Kartikeya, or Skanda, the Hindu god of war Skanda Purana, a Hindu Purana (scripture)...
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    The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000 verses,...
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  • 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...
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    Kartikeya (redirect from Lord Skanda)
    Kartikeya (IAST: Kārtikeya), also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war. He is generally described as the son of...
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    Skanda Vale is a non-denominational spiritual centre and monastery located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, near the village of Llanpumsaint. Founded in 1973...
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  • Skanda Ashok (born 26 April 1986) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. He made his breakthrough playing Sooraj...
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  • Skanda was a general serving under the Chauhan dynasty of Ajmer. He took part in the successful First Battle of Tarain but according to the Viruddha Vidhi...
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    Skanda Upanishad or Skandopanishad (Sanskrit: स्कंदोपनिषद्) is one of the 108 Upanishads of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. It is classified as a Samanya...
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    Skanda Vale Hospice is a volunteer-based hospice specialising in palliative care, located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The hospice is located in the village...
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  • the son of Shiva destined to slay Taraka. According to the Skanda Purana, Kartikeya (Skanda) was appointed as the commander of the gods, charged with his...
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    is held in popular tradition to have signalled its beginning and end The Skanda Purana features two origin legends for the conch. The Panchajanya is mentioned...
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    Kanda Sashti Kavasam or Skanda Shashti Kavacham (Tamil: கந்த சஷ்டி கவசம்) is a Hindu devotional song composed in Tamil by Devaraya Swamigal (born c. 1820)...
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    Vishnu, who is also known as Satyanarayana. The puja is described in the Skanda Purana, a medieval era Sanskrit text. According to Madhuri Yadlapati, the...
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    the Hindu war-god Skanda. Early references consider her a foster-mother of Skanda, but in later texts she is identified with Skanda's consort, Devasena...
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    Kurma (section Skanda Purana)
    (1957). The Skanda-purana Part.14. N.A. (1957). THE SKANDA-PURANA PART.15. MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. DELHI. N.A (1958). THE SKANDA-PURANA PART...
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    — Skanda Purana, 1.8.20-21 The Skanda Purana has received renewed scholarly interest ever since the late 20th century discovery of a Nepalese Skanda Purana...
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    Manjrekar has since appeared in the Telugu films Ghani (2022), Major (2022) and Skanda (2023). Manjrekar was born 24 December 2001 to film actors Medha and Mahesh...
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    Skande (redirect from Skanda fortress)
    Skande (Georgian: სკანდე), sometimes known as Skanda (სკანდა), is a village in the Terjola Municipality, Imereti, Georgia. It is located in western part...
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  • second half of the fifth century A.D.) made Skanda (Kumara) their model and elevated the position of Skanda's foster mothers, the Matrikas from a cluster...
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    Brahma was aroused by the sight of Parvati's feet in the eighth-century text Skanda Purana. Human sexuality portal Body odour and sexual attraction Boot fetishism...
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    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....
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    Skandagupta (redirect from Skanda Gupta)
    Jaishankar Prasad's plays by successfully staging his most important play Skanda Gupta written in 1928, with little changes to the original script. The news...
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    1956. The Skanda Purana. Vol. 5. Motilal Banarsidas. 1998 [1951]. The Skanda Purana. Vol. 6. Motilal Banarsidas. 1998 [1951]. The Skanda Purana. Vol...
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  • Radhika in dual roles, the film features Ramesh Aravind, Anu Prabhakar, Skanda Ashok, P. Ravishankar and Rangayana Raghu in lead supporting roles.The makers...
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  • in and around the island of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. According to Skānda Purāṇa, twenty-four of them are important. Bathing in these Tīrthas is a...
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    between the old Sharada pitha and mainland India. As per Sankara Samhita of Skanda Purana, Sri Sankari Pitham (Sri Lanka) Sri Simhika Pitham (Simhala) Sri...
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    India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana. The Vedic Samhitas never enumerate these rishis by name, although...
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  • Skanda Purana: Maheswara Khanda: Kedara Khanda: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 157. Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Skanda Purana:...
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    Venkateswara finds his mention in the Puranas, mainly in Padma Purana and Skanda Purana (as a form of Vishnu). Other Puranas also describe him as an avatar...
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