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क्षमाkṣamā

क्षमा (kṣamā) is a Sanskrit word meaning patient, enduring, suffering, bearing, or submissive, able, competent, or fit for, favourable to, bearable, fit, appropriate, suitable, proper. Its 42 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Deities, Mythological & Named Figures, Adjectival Qualities (patient, able, fit, etc.), Patience, Forbearance, Forgiveness (Noun).

Roots
कृ (kṛ), 1. क्षम् (1. kṣam)
Definitions
42
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Meanings by context

Deities, Mythological & Named Figures

10 definitions
an epithet of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Patience personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Pulaha.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Durga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of a female shepherd

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Shakta authoress of Mantras

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Durga

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a Brahmarakshasi

— The Purana Index

a shakti

— The Purana Index

a daughter of Daksha and wife of Pulaha Prajapati

— The Purana Index

the wife of Kratu

— The Purana Index

Adjectival Qualities (patient, able, fit, etc.)

8 definitions
patient

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

enduring, suffering, bearing, or submissive

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Able, competent, or fit for.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

favourable to

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

bearable

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

fit, appropriate, suitable, proper

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

propriety, fitness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Patient and enduring. 2. Competent and able. 3. Friendly and favorable. 4. Tolerable. 5. Appropriate and suitable. 6. Fit.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Patience, Forbearance, Forgiveness (Noun)

7 definitions
patience, forbearance, and indulgence

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

to be indulgent to or bear with

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

tameness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Patience. 2. Forbearance. 3. Forgiveness.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Patience, forbearance, indulgence, or tameness. 2. Earth.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Patience, forbearance, or forgiveness. 2. The earth. 3. An epithet of Durga.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

patience, long-suffering

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Etymological & Grammatical Notes

4 definitions
strong, mighty, powerful, brave

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Compare with the Greek words chamaze and chamathen.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

feminine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See ksham

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Miscellaneous & Technical Meanings

4 definitions
resistance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the number one

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a species of the Atijagati metre

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

night

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Earth (Noun or Adverbial)

4 definitions
the earth

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

on the earth or on the floor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The earth

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

on the earth, on the floor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Flora and Fauna Names

2 definitions
a kind of sparrow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Khadira tree

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Geographical Feature: A River

2 definitions
of the Vetravati river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a river from the Rishyavat hills

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.