Klesh, Kleś: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kleś can be transliterated into English as Kles or Klesh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKleś (क्लेश्).—1 Ā. (kleśate)
1) To speak articulately.
2) To impede, hinder.
3) To strike, kill.
4) To distress.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKleś (क्लेश्).—[kleśa] r. 1st cl. (kleśate) 1. To speak articulately, 2. To distress. 3. To impede or obstruct. 4. To kill, to strike.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKleś (क्लेश्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To speak. 2. To impede. 3. To hurt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKleś (क्लेश्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] kleśate, to speak articulately, [Dhātupāṭha xvi, 6];
—to speak inarticulately (cf. kliṣṭa), [ib.];
—to strike, kill, [ib.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKleś (क्लेश्):—(ḍa) kleśate 1. d. To speak articulately; to hinder; to kill.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKlesh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) anguish; affliction; pain; misery; ~[kara] painful, irksome; ~[dayaka/dayi] painful, troublesome, imparting misery..—klesh (क्लेश) is alternatively transliterated as Kleśa.
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Starts with (+37): Klesha, Kleshabhagin, Kleshabhaj, Kleshada, Kleshadana, Kleshadhatu, Kleshaghna, Kleshaghni, Kleshagol, Kleshajneya, Kleshaka, Kleshakala, Kleshakara, Kleshakarin, Kleshakashaya, Kleshakshama, Kleshakshata, Kleshakshate, Kleshala, Kleshamara.
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