Sankshaya, Saṃkṣaya, Samkshaya, Saṅkṣaya: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Saṃkṣaya and Saṅkṣaya can be transliterated into English as Samksaya or Samkshaya or Sanksaya or Sankshaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय) refers to “total blight (of crops)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Commencing from the time of creation, ... Varuṇa is the lord over the new and full moon periods of the fifth six months; Agni over those of the sixth six months and Yama over those of the seventh six months; [...] If Varuṇa should be the lord, princes will suffer; the rest will be happy and crops will flourish. If Agni should be the lord, there will be good crops, and there will also be health, freedom from fear and abundance of water. If Yama should be the lord, there will be drought, famine, and total blight of crops [i.e., saṃkṣaya—saṃkṣayaṃ ca sasyānām]; in the next parva mankind will be afflicted with misery, hunger, death and drought”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय) refers to the “quelling (of all pain)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu said to Menā: “[...] Whatever is seen in the universe from Brahmā down to a blade of grass is identical with Śiva. Know it. There need not be any hesitation in this matter. He alone, in the course of his divine sport, has incarnated himself in divine form. It was by the fascination of Pārvatī’s penance that He has come to your threshold. Hence, O wife of Himavat, eschew your sorrow. Worship Śiva. You will have great pleasure. All pain will be quelled (saṃkṣaya)”.
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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Saṅkṣaya (सङ्क्षय) refers to “having completely destroyed” (meritorious and unmeritorious actions), according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] For [the Yogin] who is thus, meritorious and unmeritorious actions are completely destroyed (saṅkṣaya), [and even if these actions] are being performed by [such] a sage, they do not taint [him] at all. That wise person in whom the bliss of the natural [no-mind state] has emerged, who is naturally devoted to constant practice and who has completely freed [himself] of all volition, [certainly] frees [himself] from [all] action. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
saṅkṣaya (संक्षय).—m S The general or great destruction; the destruction of the universe. 2 Destruction in general.
saṅkṣaya (संक्षय).—m The general destruction of the universe.
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
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय).—
1) Destruction.
2) Complete destruction or consumption.
3) Loss, ruin.
4) End, termination,
5) Destruction of the world.
6) Shelter, home; अहो निश्चेतनो राजा जीवलोकस्य संक्षयम् । धर्म्यं सत्यव्रतं रामं वनवासे प्रवत्स्यति (aho niścetano rājā jīvalokasya saṃkṣayam | dharmyaṃ satyavrataṃ rāmaṃ vanavāse pravatsyati) || Rām.2.41.6.
7) Death; शृणु राजन् यथाकाले प्राप्तो बालस्य संक्षयः (śṛṇu rājan yathākāle prāpto bālasya saṃkṣayaḥ) Rām.7.74.8.
Derivable forms: saṃkṣayaḥ (संक्षयः).
Saṅkṣaya (सङ्क्षय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. The destruction of the world. 2. Loss, destruction in general. 3. End. E. sam completely, kṣi to perish, aff. ac .
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय).—i. e. sam-kṣi + a, m. 1. Complete consumption, [Pañcatantra] 47, 10. 2. Loss, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 385. 3. Destroying, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 256; destruction, [Pañcatantra] 104, 18; iii. [distich] 13. 4. The destruction of the world, Chr. 34, 8. 5. End, Chr. 30, 38.
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय).—[masculine] perishing, disappearance, destruction.
1) Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय):—[=saṃ-kṣaya] [from saṃ-kṣi] m. complete destruction or consumption, wasting, waning, decay, disappearance, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the dissolution of all things, destruction of the world, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Marutvat, [Harivaṃśa]
Saṅkṣaya (सङ्क्षय):—[sa-ṅkṣaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. The destruction of the world; loss.
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय):—(von 3. kṣi mit sam) m.
1) das zu Ende Gehen, Vergehen, völliges Verschwinden, Versiegen, Vernichtung, Untergang: prajānām [Mahābhārata 1, 3725. 6, 4948.] [Spr. (II) 5872.] [Pañcatantra 104, 18.] bhūtānāṃ mahatām [Oxforder Handschriften 49,b,17.] tapasaḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 3237.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 14, 7. 8.] apaśyaṃstasya duḥkhasya sāgarasyeva saṃkṣayam [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 80, 3.] loha [Suśruta 2, 82, 7.] grīṣme salilasaṃkṣayaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 33, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 32, 14.] rasasasya [9, 26.] vīryānna [46, 28.] [Pañcatantra 47, 10.] varṣma [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 55.] śarīra [161.] prāṇi [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 382.] jana [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 30.] deśakula [52.] [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 68, 55. 6, 33, 51.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 42.] [Harivaṃśa 5600.] dānava [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 11, 43.] kṣetrajña [Mahābhārata 14, 931.] prāṇa [Spr. (II) 5989. 7411.] jīvita [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 110, 26.] sattva [Sāhityadarpana 197.] māsartu [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 34.] sarga [Oxforder Handschriften 81],a, 31. śakti [269], a, [30.] gharma [Spr. (II) 53.] agharma [Mahābhārata 13, 5482.] madbhāgya [3, 2735.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 26, 31. 36, 16.] bhāgyoṣma [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 385.] puṇya [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 50, 11.] duṣkṛta [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 12, 15.] agha [Oxforder Handschriften 172,b,19.] kleśa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 12, 45. 30, 27.] vidhu Abnahme —, Hinschwinden des Mondes [Oxforder Handschriften 30,b,7. 40,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] divasa Ende des Tages [Mahābhārata 5, 7162.] saṃkṣayaṃ gam [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 33.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 398.] yā [Spr. (II) 1882.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1, 13, 25. 3, 31, 33.] ā yā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 26.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 403. 4, 540.] upa yā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 17, 20.] [Spr. (II) 5808.] pra yā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 8, 26.] nī [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 277.] kar [Spr. (II) 759.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 23. 92.] dhātusaṃkṣayakṛt [7, 5.] lokasaṃkṣayāvahā [33, 26.] —
2) Untergang der Welt: kālāgniriva saṃkṣaye [Mahābhārata 13, 7271.] [Oxforder Handschriften 49], b, 14. —
3) Nomen proprium eines Marutvant [Harivaṃśa 11545.] — Vgl. mūtra, loka (auch [Spr. (II) 5873)], śuci .
Saṃkṣaya (संक्षय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkhaya.
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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