Kshanana, Kṣaṇana: 11 definitions
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Kshanana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kṣaṇana can be transliterated into English as Ksanana or Kshanana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṣaṇana (क्षणन).—n S Killing: also wounding or hurting.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkṣaṇana (क्षणन).—n Killing; wounding.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣaṇana (क्षणन).—Injuring, killing, wounding.
Derivable forms: kṣaṇanam (क्षणनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇana (क्षणन).—n.
(-naṃ) Killing, slaughter. E. kṣaṇa to hurt, to kill, affix lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇana (क्षणन).—[kṣaṇ + ana], n. Hurting, [Suśruta] 1, 31, 4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇana (क्षणन).—[neuter] hurt, injury.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣaṇana (क्षणन):—[from kṣan] n. hurting, injuring, [Suśruta iv, 7, 31 and 34, 17]
2) [v.s. ...] killing, slaughter, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇana (क्षणन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Killing.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣaṇana (ಕ್ಷಣನ):—
1) [noun] the act or an instance of hurting, injuring.
2) [noun] a killing; murder.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Kshananam, Kshananashtadrishta.
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