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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

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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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English 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).

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

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 .

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

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.

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

Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार).—[masculine] head-quarters (lit. the stem’s i.e. the king’s guard).

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

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.]

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

Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार):—[skandhā+vāra] (raḥ) 1. m. An army, or division of it attached to the king; royal capital; camp.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Skandhāvāra (स्कन्धावार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khaṃdhāvāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Skandhavara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

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.

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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: Avara, Skandha.

Ends with: Jaya-skandhavara.

Full-text: Skamdhavara, Jaya-skandhavara, Khandhavara, Skandhavar, Sthira-shibira, Vijaya, Avara, Sannivesha.

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