Kshma, Kṣmā: 13 definitions
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Kshma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 term Kṣmā can be transliterated into English as Ksma or Kshma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा) refers to “earth” and is mentioned in a list of 53 synonyms for dharaṇi (“earth”), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Kṣmā], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा) represents the number 1 (one) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 1—kṣmā] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
India history and geography
Kṣmā.—(I 7-1-2; E 25), ‘one’. Note: kṣmā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा).—
1) The earth; (putraṃ) क्ष्मां लम्भयित्वा क्षमयोपपन्नम् (kṣmāṃ lambhayitvā kṣamayopapannam) R.18.9; किं शेषस्य भरव्यथा न वपुषि क्ष्मां न क्षिपत्येष यत् (kiṃ śeṣasya bharavyathā na vapuṣi kṣmāṃ na kṣipatyeṣa yat) Mu.2.18.
2) (In math.) The number 'one'.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा).—f.
(-kṣmā) The earth. E. kṣam to bear, Unadi affix ac, and the penultimate dropped.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा).—a syncope of kṣam + ā, f. The earth, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 69.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा).—[feminine] the earth; only [instrumental] kṣmayā on the earth.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा):—f. (cf. 2. kṣam, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 1; Nirukta, by Yāska x, 7]) the earth, [Rāmāyaṇa iii, 35, 63; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Raghuvaṃśa; Bhartṛhari] etc.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा):—(kṣmā) 1. f. The earth.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा):—f. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 5, 65.] die Erde [das 1, 1.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 10, 7.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 936.] Im Veda nur instr. sg. kṣmayā neben kṣamā (s. u. 2. kṣam). kṣmā nom. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 33.] kṣmām [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 35, 63.] [Bhartṛhari 2, 69.] [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 8.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 7, 17. 4, 16, 23.] [Devīmāhātmya 9, 20.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 118, 3.] kṣmāśayana [Mahābhārata 3, 13456.] kṣmānta [Pañcatantra III, 49.] kṣmātale [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 47.] kṣmāṃśa [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 7, 34.] — Vgl. kṣamā .
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा):—f. die Erde , Land. kṣmayā auf der — , auf die Erde.
Kṣmā (क्ष्मा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Khimā, Chamā.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kṣmā (ಕ್ಷ್ಮಾ):—
1) [noun] the earth.
2) [noun] (pros.) a feet with three long syllables.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+9): Kshmabhartri, Kshmabhrit, Kshmabhuj, Kshmacakra, Kshmacala, Kshmacara, Kshmadhara, Kshmadhava, Kshmadhra, Kshmadhriti, Kshmaja, Kshmajata, Kshmamsha, Kshmanta, Kshmapa, Kshmapala, Kshmapati, Kshmaruh, Kshmashayana, Kshmatala.
Full-text (+46): Sukshma, Kshmabhrit, Kshmabhuj, Kshmapa, Kshmapati, Kshmavrisha, Kshmaja, Kshmatala, Kshmapala, Kshmadhriti, Kshmavalaya, Kshmadhara, Kshmacakra, Kshmaruh, Kshmabhartri, Kshmacala, Kshmashayana, Kshmadhava, Yuddhakshma, Kshmavaksha.
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Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
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Temples of Purushottama Kshetra Puri (by Ratnakar Mohapatra)
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
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