Kshanta, Kṣantā, Kshamta: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣantā can be transliterated into English as Ksanta or Kshanta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
kṣantā (क्षंता).—a S Patient; forbearing or bearing; of a forgiving or an enduring mind.
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kṣānta (क्षांत).—p S Forborne, forgiven, pardoned. 2 Patient, enduring.
kṣānta (क्षांत).—p Patient. Pardoned.
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
Kṣānta (क्षान्त).—p. p. [kṣam-kta]
1) Patient, forbearing, enduring.
2) Forgiven.
3) Borne, endured.
4) Friendly.
-taḥ Name of Śiva.
-tā The earth.
-tam Patience, indulgence; Rām.1.
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Kṣānta (क्षान्त).—&c. See under क्षम् (kṣam).
Kṣānta (क्षान्त).—mfn.
(-ntaḥ-ntā-ntaṃ) Patient, enduring. E. kṣam to bear, affix kta.
Kṣānta (क्षान्त).—[adjective] borne, pardoned, forgiven ([neuter] [impersonally]); patient, indulgent. [neuter] patience, indulgence.
1) Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—[from kṣam] 1a mfn. ([gana] priyādi) borne, endured (soḍha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] pardoned, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]
3) [v.s. ...] ([Pāṇini 3-2, 188; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]) enduring, patient, [Manu-smṛti v, 158; Yājñavalkya; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] ([Comparative degree] -tara)
4) [v.s. ...] m. ([gana] utkarādi) Name of a man [gana] aśvādi
5) [v.s. ...] of a hunter, [Harivaṃśa 1206]
6) [v.s. ...] of Śiva (cf. kṣama)
7) Kṣāntā (क्षान्ता):—[from kṣānta > kṣam] f. ‘the patient one’, the earth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—[from kṣam] n. patience, indulgence, [Rāmāyaṇa i, 34, 32 and 33.]
9) 2. kṣānta mfn. ending with the letter kṣa, [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad]
10) 1b See √1. kṣam.
Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—[(ntaḥ-ntā-ntaṃ) a. Idem.]
Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—(partic. von 1. kṣam)
1) adj. (s. u. kṣam) am Ende eines comp. nach einem fem. gaṇa priyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 34.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 13.] —
2) subst. gaṇa utkarādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 90.] Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa aśvādi zu [4, 1, 110.] eines Jägers [Harivaṃśa 1206.] ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śivanāmasahasra] —
3) f. ā die Erde (die Geduldige) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 155.]
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Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—auch (kṣa + anta) adj. mit kṣa endigend [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 310.]
Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—1. —
1) Adj. s.u. 1. kṣam. —
2) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) Nomen proprium eines Mannes. —
3) *f. ā die Erde. —
4) n. Geduld , Nachsicht [Rāmāyaṇa 1,34,32,33.]
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Kṣānta (क्षान्त):—2. Adj. auf kṣa endigend.
Kṣānta (क्षान्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khaṃta.
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
Kshamta in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) efficiency, competence, capacity; power..—kshamta (क्षमता) is alternatively transliterated as Kṣamatā.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Kṣāṃta (ಕ್ಷಾಂತ):—[adjective] enduring; tolerating; forbearing; patient.
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Kṣāṃta (ಕ್ಷಾಂತ):—[noun] a man who is enduring, tolerating, forbearing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Kshamta is another spelling for क्षमता [kṣamatā].—n. ability; capacity;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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