The Sanskrit term Kṣīṇatā can be transliterated into English as Ksinata or Kshinata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता) refers to “weakness” and is a symptom of a (venemous) bite caused by the Ugra rats, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—[Cf. ugrasya mūrdhni śabdaḥ syāt kṣīṇatārocakau jvaraḥ]

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता).—

1) The state of wasting away, diminution, decay; emaciation.

2) The state of being injured.

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

Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता).—f.

(-tā) 1. slenderness, delicacy. 2. Thinness, emaciation. 3. Diminution, decay. E. tal added to the last; also with tva, kṣīṇatvaṃ.

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

Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता).—[kṣīṇa + tā], f. Being damaged, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 47, 3.

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

1) Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता):—[=kṣīṇa-tā] [from kṣīṇa > kṣi] f. the state of wasting away, diminution, decay, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] the state of being worn away or injured, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]

3) [v.s. ...] emaciation, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Kṣīṇatā (क्षीणता):—[kṣīṇa-tā] (tā) 1. f. Thinness; decay.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshinata in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kshina, Ta.

Starts with: Kshinatacai, Kshinatamas, Kshinatanus.

Ends with: Adakshinata, Atidakshinata, Dakshinata.

Full-text: Cunittuccol, Rakt, Drashti, Drishti.

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