Kshanardha, Kṣaṇārdha, Kṣaṇārddha, Kshana-ardha: 5 definitions
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Kshanardha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 terms Kṣaṇārdha and Kṣaṇārddha can be transliterated into English as Ksanardha or Kshanardha or Ksanarddha or Kshanarddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKṣaṇārdha (क्षणार्ध) refers to a “short amount of time”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā”).—Accordingly, after Vṛnda (wife of Jalandhara) spoke to the Sage (i.e., Viṣṇu in disguise): “On hearing her words, the sage feigned a deceptive silence. Fully aware of the means of achieving his selfish ends he looked up sympathetically. In the meantime two lordly monkeys came there and stood bowing down in front of him. At a significant gesture from his eyebrows, the monkeys rose into the sky again. O great sage, within a trice (kṣaṇārdha), they came back taking with them his head, body and limbs and stood in front of the sage. On seeing the head, body and limbs of her husband, Vṛndā fell unconscious, extremely pained at the misery of her lord”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsKṣaṇārdha (क्षणार्ध) refers to “half a moment”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Yama’s noose, which cannot be resisted even by the chiefs of gods, demons, men and the lord of snakes, in half a moment (kṣaṇārdha) binds the world of living souls. Yama is clearly the one and only chief conqueror of the three worlds [and] by the mere wish of whom do the 30 gods die”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣaṇārdha (क्षणार्ध).—half a moment, small space of time.
Derivable forms: kṣaṇārdham (क्षणार्धम्).
Kṣaṇārdha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣaṇa and ardha (अर्ध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣaṇārdha (क्षणार्ध):—[from kṣaṇa] n. half the measure of time called Kṣaṇa, half a moment, small space of time, [Horace H. Wilson]
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 corpusKṣaṇārdha (ಕ್ಷಣಾರ್ಧ):—
1) [noun] a duration of twenty four seconds.
2) [noun] a minute, very short period of time.
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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