Kshemya, Kṣemya: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣemya can be transliterated into English as Ksemya or Kshemya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata PuranaKṣemya (क्षेम्य):—Son of Udgrāyudha (son of Nīpa, who was the son of Kṛtī, who was the son of Sannatimān). He had a son called Suvīra. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.21.28-29)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Kṣemya (क्षेम्य).—A son of Ugrāyudha. Father of Suvīra. (Sudhīra, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 21. 29; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 55.
1b) A son of Śuci and father of Suvrata.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 23. 6.
Kṣemya (क्षेम्य) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. XIV.8.14, XIV.8) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kṣemya) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣemya (क्षेम्य).—a. [kṣemāya sādhu yat]
1) Resting, at ease; यमर्धं ते मघवन् क्षेम्या धूः (yamardhaṃ te maghavan kṣemyā dhūḥ) Ṛgveda 1.28.5.
2) Habitable, comfortable.
3) Healthy, salubrious. क्षेम्यस्तिष्ठन्प्रतरणः सुवीरः (kṣemyastiṣṭhanprataraṇaḥ suvīraḥ) Mahābhārata on P.V.4.36.
4) Lucky, prosperous.
5) Giving peace; न चैवैषा गतिः क्षेम्या (na caivaiṣā gatiḥ kṣemyā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.58.2.
-myaḥ An epithet of Śiva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣemya (क्षेम्य).—mfn.
(-myaḥ-myāmyaṃ) 1. Lucky, prosperous, thriving. 2. Healthy, salubrious. E. kṣema and yat added.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣemya (क्षेम्य).—i. e. kṣema + ya, I. adj., f. yā. 1. Salubrious, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 212. 2. Secure, Mahābhārata 14, 1691. Ii. m. The name of several princes, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 1592, etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣemya (क्षेम्य).—[adjective] resting or giving rest, secure, comfortable.
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Kṣemya (क्षेम्य).—[adjective] resting or giving rest, secure, comfortable.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣemya (क्षेम्य):—[from kṣema] mf(ā)n. (= ma, [Pāṇini 5-4, 36], [vArttika] 5, [Patañjali]) resting, at leisure, at ease, [Ṛg-veda x, 28, 5; Atharva-veda xii, 2, 49; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 33] (kṣemya), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa vi, 7, 4, 7; xiii, 1, 4, 3; Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] yielding peace and tranquillity (as a country; ‘healthy’ [Horace H. Wilson]), [Manu-smṛti vii, 212]
3) [v.s. ...] giving peace and tranquillity, [Mahābhārata xiv, 1691]
4) [v.s. ...] prosperous, auspicious, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]
5) [v.s. ...] m. Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata xiv, 194]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of several princes [a son of Sunītha and father of Ketumat, [Harivaṃśa 1592 f.; 1750]; a son of Ugrāyudha and father of Su-vīra, [ib. 1084; Viṣṇu-purāṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa ix, 21, 29]; (= kṣema) a son of Śuci and father of Suvrata, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]]
7) Kṣemyā (क्षेम्या):—[from kṣemya > kṣema] f. a form of Durgā, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa v, 1, 83]
8) Kṣemya (क्षेम्य):—[from kṣema] n. resting, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā v, 2, 1, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣemya (क्षेम्य):—[(myaḥ-myā-myaṃ) a.] Prosperous.
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Full-text: Suvira, Sasyaprada, Sudhira, Udgrayudha, Kshemagiri, Ripunjaya, Suvrata, Vedagarbha, Ketumat, Gocara, Ketumant, Shuci.
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