Kshapana, Kṣapaṇa: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣapaṇa can be transliterated into English as Ksapana or Kshapana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—(c) a southern kingdom.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 56.
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 ReflectionsKṣapaṇa (क्षपण) or Kṣapaṇatva refers to the “destructiveness (for karma)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “[com.—Next he speaks about the destructiveness for karma (karmakṣapaṇatvam) of asceticism (tapasaḥ)]—Having found the path of non-attachment, the more the one who has subdued his senses undergoes asceticism, the more he destroys the karmas which are difficult to conquer. A corporeal [soul] becomes pure like gold immediately karma, whose existence is without a beginning and which is completely consumed by the fire of meditation, is destroyed”.
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 dictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—A Bauddha mendicant.
-ṇam 1 Defilement, impurity (aśauca); सब्रह्मचारिण्येकाहमतीते क्षपणं स्मृतम् (sabrahmacāriṇyekāhamatīte kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam) Manusmṛti 5.71.
2) Destroying, suppressing, expelling.
3) Fasting; चतुर्थभक्तक्षपणं वैश्ये शूद्रे विधीयते (caturthabhaktakṣapaṇaṃ vaiśye śūdre vidhīyate) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.16.13.
4) Abstinence, chastisement of the body.
Derivable forms: kṣapaṇaḥ (क्षपणः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—m., a member of some heretical (not Buddhist as [Boehtlingk and Roth] state) sect: Mahāvyutpatti 3530. Perh. a Jaina; AMg. has khavaṇa, seemingly applied to Jains; the word is not recorded in Pali.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Shameless, impudent. n.
(-ṇaṃ) Defilement, impurity. E. kṣap to throw away (shame), affix lyuṭ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—i. e. kṣap and 3. kṣi, [Causal.], + ana, I. n. 1. Fasting, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 222. 2. Destroying, Mahābhārata 2. 523. Ii. A Buddhistic mendicant; see bhū. Iii. adj. Destroying, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 7, 32.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—1. [masculine] a Buddhist or Jaina mendicant; [neuter] penance, abstinence.
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Kṣapaṇa (क्षपण).—2. [adjective] destroying; [masculine] destroyer; [neuter] destruction, expulsion, omission (of studies), passing away (the time).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣapaṇa (क्षपण):—[from kṣap] 1. kṣapaṇa m. ‘fasting’, a religious mendicant, Jaina (or Buddhist) mendicant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a Samādhi, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
3) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a Buddhist school, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Kṣapaṇā (क्षपणा):—[from kṣapaṇa > kṣap] f. Name of a Yoginī, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
5) Kṣapaṇa (क्षपण):—[from kṣap] n. abstinence, chastisement of the body [‘pause, interruption (of study), defilement, impurity’ [commentator or commentary]; cf. 2. kṣapaṇa] [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti iv, 222; v, 71; Mahābhārata xiii, 5145.]
6) [from kṣap] 2. kṣapaṇa mfn. ifc. (cf. akṣa-kṣ) one who destroys, destructive, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva
8) [v.s. ...] n. destroying, diminishing, suppressing, expelling, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] ‘passing (as time), waiting, pause’ = kṣapaṇa1 q.v.
10) a See √1. and √3. kṣap
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣapaṇa (क्षपण):—[(ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a.] Shameless. n. Defilement, impurity.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kṣapaṇa (क्षपण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Khamaṇa, Khavaṇa, Khavaṇaya, Khavaṇā, Jhavaṇā.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣapaṇa (ಕ್ಷಪಣ):—
1) [noun] an abstaining from taking food to make the body become weak, with a view to curbing desires.
2) [noun] the act of destroying or rendering very weak.
3) [noun] a Bauddha mendicant.
4) [noun] a Jaina mendicant.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kshapanaka, Kshapanakan, Kshapanakarupin, Kshapanakatva, Kshapanakavihara, Kshapanakavritti, Kshapanamatam, Kshapanan, Kshapanatha, Kshapanatva.
Ends with: Akshakshapana, Akshapana, Caturthabhaktakshapana, Kalakshapana, Karmakshapana, Prakshapana.
Full-text (+3): Khavana, Khamana, Kshapanaka, Karyaputa, Kshepana, Kshapanamatam, Prakshapana, Kshapani, Kshapanan, Akshakshapana, Khavanaya, Caturthabhaktakshapana, Jhavana, Kshapanyu, Digambara, Kshapayishnu, Sabrahmacarin, Kshayana, Pindara, Pushkalaka.
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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 5.70 < [Section IX - Other forms of Impurity]
Verse 4.119 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Verse 4.222 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Paraskara-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
2. Kerala in the Puranas < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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