Kshinamadhya, Kṣīṇamadhya, Kshina-madhya: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣīṇamadhya can be transliterated into English as Ksinamadhya or Kshinamadhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKṣīṇamadhyā (क्षीणमध्या) refers to “she who has a slender waist” and is used to describe Pārvatī, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.12.—Accordingly, after Himācala (i.e., Himālaya) brought his daughter (Pārvatī) before Śiva: “Then Śiva looked at her in the first flush of her youth. [...] Her two breasts resembling lotus-buds were stout, plump and firm. Her waist was slender [i.e., kṣīṇamadhyā] and the curly locks of her hair shone well. Her feet resembled the land-lotus and were comely in appearance. She was competent to shake the minds of even the sages deeply engrossed in meditation, even at the very sight. She was a crest-jewel of all the maidens in the world”.
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 dictionaryKṣīṇamadhya (क्षीणमध्य).—a. slender-waisted.
Kṣīṇamadhya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣīṇa and madhya (मध्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣīṇamadhya (क्षीणमध्य).—mfn.
(-dhyaḥ-dhyā-dhyaṃ) Slender-waisted. E. kṣīṇa, and madhya middle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣīṇamadhya (क्षीणमध्य):—[=kṣīṇa-madhya] [from kṣīṇa > kṣi] mfn. slender-waisted, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣīṇamadhya (क्षीणमध्य):—[kṣīṇa-madhya] (dhyaḥ-dhyā-dhyaṃ) a. Slenderwaisted. f. Woman of thin waist.
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.
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