Skanda
Encyclopedia
Skanda is the name of deities popular amongst Hindus and Buddhists.
  • Skanda
    Murugan
    Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the...

    , a Hindu deity also known as Kartikeya and Murugan and Subhramanya
  • Skanda (Buddhism)
    Skanda (Buddhism)
    Skanda is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who guards the Buddhist teachings...

    , a popular Deva and/or Bodhisattva popular in Chinese Buddhism
  • Skanda Purana
    Skanda Purana
    The Skanda Purana is the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text is devoted mainly to the lilas of Kartikeya , a son of Shiva and Parvati. It also contains a number of legends about Shiva, and the holy places associated with him...

    , a Hindu Purana (Scripture) dedicated to the Deity


Skanda can also refer to
  • Skanda, a Spanish folk music band


Skanda can also be confused with
  • Skandha
    Skandha
    In Buddhist phenomenology and soteriology, the skandhas or khandhas are any of five types of phenomena that serve as objects of clinging and bases for a sense of self...

    , which in Buddhist phenomenology and soteriology, are the five "aggregates" which categorize all individual experience.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK