Murugan or () is a popular Hindu deity among Tamil Hindus, and is worshipped primarily by South Indians in India and abroad. He is not quite so well-known in other parts of India. Like most Indian deities, He is known by many other names, including (meaning 'son of Krittika' ), Arumugam or Shanmukha (meaning 'one with six faces'), (meaning 'child or son' in Sanskrit), (meaning 'warlike,' 'rampant' or 'that which is spilled or oozed, namely seed' in Sanskrit) Clothey p.49 Skanda is derived from the verb skan?r meaning "to attack, leap, rise, fall, be spilled, ooze", , and SwaminathaMany Faces of Murakan: The History and Meaning of a South Indian God By Fred W. Clothey p.1

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