NAME COLLECTION
Names of Kartikeya and Murugan
Names of Kartikeya (Skanda) from the Amarakośa, with Tamil forms of Murugan from the Tamil Lexicon.
This collection follows names to their sources. It describes where a name comes from, not who uses it.
Names recorded in Indian use
Kumāra
child, boy, youth; also N. of Skanda (Monier-Williams:)
Amarakośa 1.1.98
Name page →Svāmin
lord, master; Monier-Williams: also: N. of Skanda
Kārttikeya
N. of a son of Shiva and Pārvatī, popularly regarded as the god of war (Monier-Williams:)
Amarakośa 1.1.95
Ṣaṇmukha
six-faced; Skanda or Kārttikeya
Viśākha
branched (adjective); N. of Skanda, MBh.
Amarakośa 1.1.97
Subrahmaṇya
kind or dear to Brahmins (adjective); Monier-Williams: of Skanda or Kārttikeya
Murugan
முருகன், Tamil Lexicon p. 3279: young man in his prime (Tivākaram); the god Skanda (Murugan)
Kandan
கந்தன், Tamil Lexicon p. 718: Skanda, the youngest son of Šiva, also called Murugan; (other senses: a Jain arhat; a mineral poison)
Velan
வேலன், Tamil Lexicon p. 3838: spearman; Skanda (Murugan) (Piṅ.)
Kumaran
குமரன், Tamil Lexicon p. 1003: young man; son
Subramanian / Subramaniam
சுப்பிரமணியன், Tamil Lexicon p. 1517: Skanda; the god Murugan; from Sanskrit Subrahmaṇya
Other names in the sources
These words are named in the sources as names of the deity. Their listing here does not say that they are used as given names.
Skanda
'Attacker' (Monier-Williams:); Kārttikeya, god of war
Amarakośa 1.1.96
Guha
'reared in a secret place' (Monier-Williams:); Skanda
Amarakośa 1.1.96
Mahāsena
having a great army (adjective); N. of Kārttikeya/Skanda
Amarakośa 1.1.95
Ṣaḍānana
six-faced; N. of Skanda
Amarakośa 1.1.95
Senānī
leader of an army; N. of Kārttikeya (god of war)
Amarakośa 1.1.96
Agnibhū
Monier-Williams: Skanda (L.); analysis: 'fire-born'
Amarakośa 1.1.96
Bāhuleya
metronymic of Skanda (son of the Pleiades, bahulā)
Amarakośa 1.1.97
Śaktidhara
spear-bearer; Skanda
Amarakośa 1.1.98
Pārvatīnandana
son of Pārvatī; Kārttikeya
Amarakośa 1.1.96
Śikhivāhana
having a peacock for his vehicle; Kārttikeya
Amarakośa 1.1.97
Krauñcadāraṇa
Krauñca-splitter; Kārttikeya
Amarakośa 1.1.98
Tārakajit
conqueror of Tāraka; Skanda
Amarakośa 1.1.97
Ṣāṇmātura
having six mothers; Kārttikeya
Amarakośa 1.1.98
Śaravaṇabhava
born in a thicket of reeds; Kārttikeya
Sources
- Amarasiṃha, Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa), kāṇḍa 1; GRETIL e-text (Avinash Sathaye, Pramod S. V. Ganesan) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries (local copy sources/cologne/mw.txt) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Tamil Lexicon (University of Madras, 1924-36), Digital Dictionaries of South Asia (DSAL), dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/tamil-lex/ ↗ (opens in a new tab)