# तितिक्षा (titikṣā)

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तितिक्षा (titikṣā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a man's name, endurance, forbearance, patience, endurance, patience, forbearance, patience, endurance, forgiveness, patience, endurance, or resignation, patience, endurance, resignation. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Quality of Patience/Endurance, Mythological Figure (Daughter of Dakṣa), Lexicographical Cross-Reference.

- **Etymology:** E. तिज् to bear, भावे अ and टाप् affixes, and the root repeated. स्वार्थे सन् भावे अ । — E. tij to bear, bhāve a and ṭāp affixes, and the root repeated. svārthe san bhāve a
- **SLP1:** `titikzA`  **IAST:** titikṣā  **Devanagari:** तितिक्षा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titiksha
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/titiksha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** तितिक्ष (titikṣa)

## Meanings by context

### Quality of Patience/Endurance (9 definitions)
- endurance, forbearance, patience  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 446,2] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) f. endurance, forbearance, patience, MBh.; Pāṇini (Author) i, 2, 20; Suśr. &c. [ ID=84867 ]
- Endurance, patience, forbearance  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 0537-c ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) Endurance, patience, resignation, forbearance. [ ID=14646 ]
- Endurance and patience  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 109-2 ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) ti-tik-ṣā, ( des. ) f. endurance (of, —° ); patience; -ṣú, des. a. enduring ( ac. ); patient. [ ID=8591 ]
- Patience, endurance, or resignation  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 376 ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) f. ( - क्षा (-kṣā) ) Patience, resignation, sufferance, endurance. E. तिज (tija) to bear, अङ् (aṅ) and टाप् (ṭāp) affix, and the root repeated. [ ID=17457 ]
- Patience, endurance, resignation.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 332-a ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) ( क्षा ) ((kṣā)) 1. f. Patience, endurance, resignation. [ ID=16929 ]
- Endurance, patience, resignation  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 309-15 ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) f. Endurance, patience, resignation. [ ID=15566 ]
- Patience, endurance  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 312-b ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) f. ( - क्षा (-kṣā) ) Patience, resignation, sufferance, endurance. E. तिज् (tij) to bear, भावे अ (bhāve a) and टाप् (ṭāp) affixes, and the root repeated. स्वार्थे सन् भावे अ (bhāve a) । (svārthe san bhāve a.) [ ID=17440 ]
- 1. Suffering. 2. Patience.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 0363-a ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) titikṣā, i. e. titikṣa, de- sider. of tij, + ā, f. 1. Suffering, Vedāntas. in Chr. 203, 17; Bhāg. P. 4, 22, 24. 2. Patience, Bhāg. P. 1, 16, 27. [ ID=5869 ]
- endurance, patience  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 203 ] तितिक्षा (titikṣā) f. endurance, patience; a. ° क्षु (°kṣu). [ ID=12304 ]

### Mythological Figure (Daughter of Dakṣa) (2 definitions)
- Patience  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Patience (daughter of Dakṣa; wife of Dharma; mother of Kṣema), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iv, 1, 19 ff. [ ID=84868 ]
- a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma who gave birth to Kshema  
  *The Purana Index*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) [Printed book page 2-024 ] Titikṣā — a daughter of Dakṣa and a wife of Dharma; gave birth to Kṣema. Bhā. IV. 1. 50 and 52. [ ID=5465 ]

### Lexicographical Cross-Reference (1 definition)
- patience, endurance, forgiveness  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > तितिक्षा (titikṣā) &c. See under तिज् (tij). [ ID=14652 ]

### Male Proper Name (Titikṣa) (1 definition)
- a man's name  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 446,2] तितिक्ष (titikṣa) a m. ( fr. Desid. ) N. of a man g. कण्वा (kaṇvā) दि (di) [ ID=84866 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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