Kshema, Kṣema, Kṣemā: 12 definitions

Introduction

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Rasashastra
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Kshema means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Kṣema and Kṣemā can be transliterated into English as Ksema or Kshema, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Kshem.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Kṣemā (क्षेमा).—A celestial maid. This celestial maid took part in the birth celebration of Arjuna. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 122, Stanza 66).

2) Kṣema (क्षेम).—A King in Ancient India. Mention is made in Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 65, that this King was the rebirth of the Asura Krodhavaśa. In the Bhārata-battle this King took the side of the Pāṇḍavas and was killed by Droṇa. (Mahābhārata Droṇa Parva, Chapter 21, Stanza 53).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Kṣema (क्षेम).—One of the seven divisions of Plakṣadvīpa.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 20. 3.

1b) Born of Dharma and Titikṣā.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 1. 52.

1c) The son of Śuci and father of Suvrata; ruled for 28 years.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 22. 48; Matsya-purāṇa 271. 25.

1d) A son of Śānti.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 9. 61; Vāyu-purāṇa 10. 37.

1e) A Satya god.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 35.

1f) A son of Brahmadhāna;¹ Ajita deva.²

1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 7. 98; Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 132.
2) Vāyu-purāṇa 67. 34.

1g) The son of Sunītha, and father of Ketumat.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 67. 73.

1h) Of Bṛhadratha line, ruled for 28 years.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 116; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 302.

1i) A son of Ugrāyudha.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 49. 78; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 193.

2) Kṣemā (क्षेमा).—An Apsaras.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 7.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Kṣema (क्षेम) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.61.60) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kṣema) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

context information

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.

Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy)

Source: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemy

Kṣema (क्षेम, “foundation”).—The science of kshema or khema deals with transformation of base metals into gold. The term khema has been contracted into the Persian “kimia” or al-chamia.

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Rasashastra (रसशास्त्र, rasaśāstra) is an important branch of Ayurveda, specialising in chemical interactions with herbs, metals and minerals. Some texts combine yogic and tantric practices with various alchemical operations. The ultimate goal of Rasashastra is not only to preserve and prolong life, but also to bestow wealth upon humankind.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kṣēma (क्षेम).—n (S) Well-being, welfare, weal, happiness. 2 Friendly embracing or embrace. v ghē, ōḍha. Ex. baḷēṃ kṣēma vōḍhūni dē tyāsa rāma ||.

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kṣēma (क्षेम).—a S Well, happy, prospering, thriving.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kṣēma (क्षेम).—n Happiness, well-being. a Well.

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kṣēma (क्षेम).—n A friendly embrace.

context information

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 dictionary

Kṣema (क्षेम).—a. [kṣi-man Uṇ.1.138]

1) Conferring happiness, ease or comfort, good, beneficial, well; धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्यु- स्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् (dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyu- stanme kṣemataraṃ bhavet) Bg.1.46.

2) Prosperous, at ease, comfortable; विविशुस्ते वनं वीराः क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम् (viviśuste vanaṃ vīrāḥ kṣemaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam) Mb.3.11.72.

3) Secure, happy; विविक्तक्षेमसेवनम् (viviktakṣemasevanam) Bhāg.3.28.3.

-maḥ, -mam 1 Peace, happiness, ease, welfare, well-being; वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाश्चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासति (vitanvati kṣemamadevamātṛkāścirāya tasmin kuravaścakāsati) Ki.1.17; वैश्यं क्षेमं समागम्य (vaiśyaṃ kṣemaṃ samāgamya) (pṛcchet) Ms.2.127; अधुना सर्वजलचराणां क्षेमं भविष्यति (adhunā sarvajalacarāṇāṃ kṣemaṃ bhaviṣyati) Pt.1.

2) Safety, security; क्षेमेण व्रज बान्धवान् (kṣemeṇa vraja bāndhavān) Mk.7.7 safely; Pt.1.146.

3) Preserving, protection; आदिदेशाथ शत्रुघ्नं तेषां क्षेमाय राघवः (ādideśātha śatrughnaṃ teṣāṃ kṣemāya rāghavaḥ) R.15.6.

4) Keeping what is acquired; cf. योगक्षेम (yogakṣema); तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् (teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham) Bg.9.22.

5) Final beatitude, eternal happiness.

6) Basis, foundation; क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतमुक्षमाणा (kṣeme tiṣṭhāti ghṛtamukṣamāṇā) Av.3. 12.1.

7) Residence, resting-place; Av.13.1.27.

8) A star, asterism (nakṣatra).

-maḥ, -mā A kind of perfume.

-mā An epithet of Durgā.

-mam Name of one of the seven वर्षा (varṣā)s in Jambu-dvīpa. शिवं यवसं सुभद्रं शान्तं क्षेमममृतमभयमिति वर्षाणि (śivaṃ yavasaṃ subhadraṃ śāntaṃ kṣemamamṛtamabhayamiti varṣāṇi) Bhāg.5.2.3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kṣema (क्षेम).—(1, as in Sanskrit, adj. causing peace and comfort, or n. comfort: Mahāvastu i.302.1 kiṃ kṣemaṃ, what (can we do that) will cause you peace and comfort ? In the verse form 303.21 replaced by kiṃ karoma. Response to a cry of distress; followed by kiṃ avidhāvidhaṃ ti krandasi.Senart fails to understand.) (2) name of a king of old (= Pali Khema, oftener Khemaṃkara, q.v. Malalasekara (Dictionary of Pali Proper Names)): Divyāvadāna 242.5 (his capi- tal was Kṣemāvatī, q.v.); (3) name of a Buddha: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 365.17 (verse, but submetrical; one syllable short).

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Kṣemā (क्षेमा).—(1) (= Pali Khemā) name of Śākyamuni's chief female disciple: Mahāvastu i.251.21 (agrā…śrāvikā); (2) name of a daughter of King Prasenajit, who also became a nun in the Buddha's order: Avadāna-śataka ii.46.7 ff.; in 50.9 she is, in fact, declared by Buddha to be agrā me…bhikṣu- ṇīnāṃ mama śrāvikāṇāṃ, so that she is actually identified with (1); her story, however (Avadāna-śataka no. 79) is wholly different from the story of Khemā in Pali. (Mahāvastu gives no story about Kṣemā 1.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣema (क्षेम).—mfn.

(-maḥ-mā-maṃ) Happy, well, prosperous, right, &c. mn.

(-maḥ-maṃ) 1. Happiness, well being. 2. Preserving, protecting, keeping what is acquired. 3. Final emancipation or eternal happiness. 4. The proper term of civil address to Vaisya, as kṣemamasti kṣemaṃ bhavatu Is it well, or may it be well, &c. f.

(-mā) A name of Durga. E. kṣi to remove, and man Unadi affix; what removes or destroys sorrow, &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣema (क्षेम).—i. e. 1. or 2. kṣi + ma, 1. adj., f. mā, 1. Safe, dangerless, Mahābhārata 3, 488. 2. Prosperous, Mahābhārata 3, 15976. Ii. m. and n. 1. Safety, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 127. 2. Well-being, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 44, 15. 3. Happiness, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 6, 18. 4. Fortune, wealth, Mahābhārata 13, 3081. 5. instr. meṇa, adverbially, Peacefully, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 110, 8; happily, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 162; also kṣemais, Mahābhārata 13, 1519. Iii. m. 1. kṣema, safety, happiness, personified, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 1, 51. 2. The name of a prince, Mahābhārata 1, 2701. Iv. f. mā, The name of an Apsaras, Mahābhārata 1, 4818. V. n. The name of one of the divisions of the continent, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 20, 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣema (क्षेम).—[adjective] habitable, comfortable, peaceful, tranquil, safe. [masculine] resting place, abode, home; security, tranquillity, comfort, welfare, enjoyment ([opposed] yoga exertion, acquisition). kṣemaṃ te hail to thee! Instr. sgl. & [plural] safely, at ease.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kṣema (क्षेम):—mf(ā)n. (√2. kṣi) habitable

2) giving rest or ease or security, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

3) at ease, prosperous, safe, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) m. basis, foundation, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xviii, 7; Atharva-veda iii, 12, 1 and iv, 1, 4; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Kapila’s Sāṃkhya-pravacana i, 46]

5) residing, resting, abiding at ease, [Ṛg-veda x; Atharva-veda xiii, 1, 27; Taittirīya-saṃhitā iii; viii]

6) mn. ([Vedic or Veda] only m.; [gana] ardharcādi), safety, tranquillity, peace, rest, security, any secure or easy or comfortable state, weal, happiness, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (kṣema & yoga [or pra-yuj], rest and exertion, enjoying and acquiring, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxx, 14; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra; Mahābhārata xiii, 3081]; cf. kṣema-yoga and yoga-kṣ; kṣemaṃ te, ‘peace or security may be to thee’ [this is also the polite address to a Vaiśya, asking him whether his property is secure, [Manu-smṛti ii, 127]], [Śāntiśataka ii, 18])

7) final emancipation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) m. a kind of perfume (= caṇḍā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) Ease or Prosperity (personified as a son of Dharma and Śānti, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]; as a son of Titikṣā, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa iv, 1, 51])

10) Name of a prince, [Mahābhārata i, 2701; Divyāvadāna xviii]

11) of a son of Śuci and father of Su-vrata, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 22, 46]

12) Name of a kind of college (maṭha), [Rājataraṅgiṇī vi, 186]

13) m. in security, safely, [Rāmāyaṇa; Mṛcchakaṭikā; Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

14) (ifc. with yathā, [Rāmāyaṇa ii, 54, 4])

15) Kṣemā (क्षेमा):—[from kṣema] f. a kind of perfume (= kāṣṭha-guggula, or coraka [commentator or commentary]), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā iii]

16) [v.s. ...] Name of Durgā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

17) [v.s. ...] of another deity (= kṣemaṃ-karī), [DevīP.]

18) [v.s. ...] of an Apsaras, [Mahābhārata i, 4818]

19) Kṣema (क्षेम):—n. Name of one of the seven Varṣas in Jambū-dvīpa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 20, 3.]

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