Kshan, Kṣaṇ, Kṣan: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kṣaṇ and Kṣan can be transliterated into English as Ksan or Kshan, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣaṇ (क्षण्) or Kṣan (क्षन्).—8 U. (kṣaṇoti, kṣaṇute, kṣata)
1) To hurt, injure; इमां हृदि व्यायतपातमक्षणोत् (imāṃ hṛdi vyāyatapātamakṣaṇot) Kumārasambhava 5.54.
2) To break (to pieces); (dhanuḥ) त्वं किलानमितपूर्वमक्षणोः (tvaṃ kilānamitapūrvamakṣaṇoḥ) R.11.72; (with [parā, -pari, -vi] used in the same senses as kṣaṇ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇ (क्षण्).—[(u) kṣaṇu] r. 8th cl. (kṣaṇati, kṣaṇute) To kill, to injure.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇ (क्षण्).—ii. 8, kṣaṇu (probably for original kṣe-ṇu, cf. kṣi); [Parasmaipada.], [Ātmanepada.] To wound, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 24. Pteple. of the pf. pass. kṣata, 1. Wounded, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 53. 2. Destroyed, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 1, 2. 3. Violated, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 67. n. A wound, [Suśruta] 2, 19, 1. Comp. A-, f. A virgin, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 130. m. pl. or n. sing. Fried grain, [Pañcatantra] 158, 4.
— With the prep. pari pari, parikṣata, 1. Wounded, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 122. 2. Hurt, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 72. ati-pari-kṣata, Grievously wounded, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 98.
— With vi vi, vikṣata, Hurt, Mahābhārata 2, 1816. vikṣata in apa-vikṣata, adj. Unhurt, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 63, 3 C.
— With abhivi abhi-vi, abhivikṣata, Hurt, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 16, 21.
— With parivi pari-vi, parivikṣata, Wounded, Mahābhārata 1, 6906.
— Cf. in etc.; etc.; i. e. krav + tvan, etc.; etc; perhaps [Gothic.] skath, skathjan, skanda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣan (क्षन्).—kṣaṇoti [participle] kṣata (q.v.) hurt, harm, wound, break; [Middle] kṣaṇute refl. & [intransitive] — Cf. parikṣata, vikṣata.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣaṇ (क्षण्):—See √kṣan.
2) Kṣan (क्षन्):—1. kṣan (or kṣaṇ) [class] 8. [Parasmaipada] kṣaṇoti ([Aorist] akṣaṇīt, [Pāṇini 7-2, 5]; cf. a-kṣaṇvat),
2) —to hurt, injure, wound, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] ([infinitive mood] kṣaṇitos, [xiv, 8, 14, 4]), [Kumāra-sambhava v, 54];
2) —to break (a bow), [Raghuvaṃśa xi, 72] : [Ātmanepada] kṣaṇute ([Aorist] [subjunctive] 2. sg. kṣaṇiṣṭhās, [Potential] kṣaṇvīta), to hurt one’s self, be injured or wounded, [Atharva-veda x, 1, 16; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa iv, 4, 3, 13 and 6, 1, 6; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii];—(cf. κτείνω καίνω ξαίνω σίνομαι for ξίνομαι?)
3) 2. kṣan [Aorist] [subjunctive] 3. [plural] √ghas q.v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇ (क्षण्):—[(pa-u-ña) kṣaṇati, te] 1. d. To kill.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kṣaṇ (क्षण्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Chaṇa.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKshan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a moment, an instant; —[kshana] each and every moment; ~[jivi] evanescent, transient; ~[bhamgura] momentary, transitory; hence ~[bhamgurata] (nf)..—kshan (क्षण) is alternatively transliterated as Kṣaṇa.
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