Kshayin, Kshayi, Kṣayī, Kṣayin: 17 definitions
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Kshayin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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 Kṣayī and Kṣayin can be transliterated into English as Ksayi or Kshayi or Ksayin or Kshayin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: eScholarship: Chapters 1-14 of the Hayasirsa PancaratraKṣayin (क्षयिन्) or Kṣayī refers to “one who is consumptive”, representing an undesirable characteristic of an Ācārya, according to the 9th-century Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra Ādikāṇḍa chapter 3.—The Lord said:—“I will tell you about the Sthāpakas endowed with perverse qualities. He should not construct a temple with those who are avoided in this Tantra. [...] Nor should he have leprosy, deformed nails, white leprosy, brown teeth, be a consumptive (kṣayin), one born in Kacchadeśa, or from Kāverī or Koṅkana. [...] A god enshrined by any of these named above (viz., kṣayin), is in no manner a giver of fruit. If a building for Viṣṇu is made anywhere by these excluded types (viz., kṣayin) then that temple will not give rise to enjoyment and liberation and will yield no reward, of this there is no doubt”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Mining Aśvaghoṣa's Gold: BuddhacaritaKṣayī (क्षयी) refers to “decrepit” according to the Saundarananda 16.44.—“when a man sees a separate bodily form as decrepit (kṣayī), that insight of his is accurate; In seeing accurately he is disenchanted, and from the ending of exuberance ends the red taint of passion”
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsKṣayin (क्षयिन्) or Kṣayitva refers to “perishability”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “[com.—He speaks about the perishability at any moment (kṣaṇakṣayitvam) of connections (saṃyogānāṃ)]—Connections with pleasing sense objects, whose impressions are full of deceit like dreams, perish immediately”.
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.
India history and geography
Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume 27 (1947-1948)Kṣayī (क्षयी, “full”) can refer to both “exhaustible” and “consumptive”, according a Mandasor inscription of Mālava Saṃvat 524 [=5th-century A.D.] in verse 24:—“[...] may this store of water (i.e., the well), that constantly enjoys the festivity of union with the bodies of many women (who go to bathe there) always be full (kṣayī) like the ocean that (also) enjoys the constant festivity of union with many rivers (who are, as it were,) his wives ! May this stūpa worshipped by gods, demons, mortals and serpent-divinities, also last as long as the heavenly mountain Mēru, the sun and the moon!”.
Note: The word kṣayī is used here in a double sense (śleṣa): (1) ‘exhaustible’ and (2) ‘consumptive’. The reference here is to the fate of a man who indulges too much in sexual pleasure, the well-known exception being the ocean.─Ed.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryKṣayī (क्षयी).—a S That decays or wastes. 2 Having kṣayarōga, consumptive.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishKṣayī (क्षयी).—a Consumptive. That decays.
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 dictionaryKṣayin (क्षयिन्).—a. (-ṇī f.)
1) Diminishing, decaying; आरम्भगुर्वी क्षयिणी क्रमेण (ārambhagurvī kṣayiṇī krameṇa) Bhartṛhari 2.6; waning, wasting; न चाभूत्ताविव क्षयी (na cābhūttāviva kṣayī) R.17.71; Manusmṛti 9.314.
2) Consumptive.
3) Perishable, fragile. -m. The moon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣayin (क्षयिन्).—mfn. (-yī-yiṇī-yi) 1. Wasting, decaying. 3. Consumptive, E. kṣaya, and ini aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣayin (क्षयिन्).—i. e. 3. kṣi and kṣaya + in, adj., f. iṇī. 1. Decreasing, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 50. 2. Phthisical, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣayin (क्षयिन्).—[adjective] decreasing, perishable, consumptive; [abstract] kṣayitā [feminine], tva [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣayi (क्षयि):—[from kṣi] (in [compound] for yin q.v.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣayin (क्षयिन्):—[from kṣi] mfn. ([Pāṇini 3-2, 157]) wasting, decaying, waning, [Manu-smṛti ix, 314; Raghuvaṃśa; Daśakumāra-carita; Bhartṛhari]
2) [v.s. ...] perishable, [Śakuntalā; Meghadūta] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] consumptive, [Manu-smṛti iii, 7; Mahābhārata xiii, 5089; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka xxiii, 17.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣayin (क्षयिन्):—[(yī-yinī-yi) a.] Wasting.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kṣayin (क्षयिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khai.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKṣayī (क्षयी):—(a) decadent, waning, dwindling.
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Ends with: Akshayin, Anukshayin, Kshanakshayin, Prithakshayin.
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