kṣaṇa क्षण – instant; moment

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kṣaṇa ·m. (n.) instant, moment, little while; suitable time, opportunity of (--°); feast. °--, abl., & instr. instantly, immediately; loc. (also doubled) every moment. -- kṣaṇaṃ kṛ wait a moment (also grah*) or give an opportunity (also dā); kṣaṇaṃ labh find an opportunity.

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kṣaṇa kṣaṇa, as, am, m. n. (said to be a corruption of īkṣaṇa, a glance, and not used in the earlier literature; native lexicographers make this word m. only), any instantaneous point of time, an instant, the twinkling of an eye, a moment (e. g. kṣaṇam, acc., or kṣaṇena, inst. for an instant, in a moment; kṣaṇāt, abl. after an instant, immedi- ately, directly, at once; kṣaṇe kṣaṇe, every instant, every moment; tat-kṣaṇam, that very moment, in that same moment, immediately; tat-kṣaṇāt, immediately upon that); a moment regarded as a measure of time, equal to thirty Kalas or four minutes, or according to other authorities equal to (4/5) or (2/3) (4/5) seconds; a leisure moment, a vacant instant, leisure, (kṣaṇaṃ kṛ, to have leisure for, wait patiently for; cf. kṛta-kṣaṇa); a fit or suitable moment, an opportunity, (kṣaṇaṃ kṛ or dā, to give an oppor- tunity); a festival; a certain day of the fortnight, as the full moon, change of the moon, &c.; dependance, servitude; the centre, the middle.

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kṣaṇa m. (nur dieses von den Lexicogrr. anerkannt) und n. (MEGH. 87. MEGH. 107. HIT. I, 109). 1〉 Augenblick: atha kāle śubhe prāpte tithau puṇye kṣaṇe tathā N. 5,1. tadavalokanakṣaṇātprabhṛti HIT. 39,21. asminkṣaṇe vismṛtaṃ khalu mayā ŚĀK. 4,16. tasminkṣaṇe RAGH. 2,60. kasmiṃścitkṣaṇe PAÑCAT. 37,22. PAÑCAT. 38,6. tatrābdakoṭipratimaḥ kṣaṇo bhavet BHĀG. P. 1,11,9. nītā rātriḥ kṣaṇamiva MEGH. 87. saṃkṣipyeta kṣaṇamiva kathaṃ dīrghayāmā triyāmā MEGH. 107. kṣaṇabhūteva nau rātriḥ saṃvṛtteyam zu einem Augenblick geworden, einen blossen Augenblick bildend R. 1,45,3. R. 2,52,52. kṣaṇam acc. einen Augenblick: naiva rātriṃ na divasaṃ na muhūrtaṃ na ca kṣaṇam . rāmarāvaṇayoryuddhaṃ viśrāmamagamattadā .. R. 6,92,35. HIT. 14,22. HIT. 29,19. BHARTṚ. Suppl. 7. VET. 2,7. ŚUK. 43,1. BRAHMA-P. 56,8. VID. 124. VID. 239. VID. 287. nopekṣeta kṣaṇamapi rājā sāhasikaṃ naram M. 8,344. MBH. 1,78. ŚĀK. 9. MEGH. 113. in einem Augenblick ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,9. RAGH. 12,36. kṣaṇena dass. N. 2,3. HIḌ. 4,10. R. 3,42,44. R. 3,60,18. R. 3,71,5. R. 6,3,51. PAÑCAT. 136,3. PAÑCAT. 249,10. HIT. I, 121. ṚT. 1,25. kṣaṇāt nach einem Augenblick, alsbald, sogleich M. 11,246. M. 11,250. R. 3,50,5. R. 6,98,14. ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,9. ŚĀK. 99,6 (v. l. kṣaṇādūrdhvam). MĀLAV. 65. KATHĀS. 5,81. KATHĀS. 25,194. VID. 28. VID. 45. VID. 51. VID. 86. VID. 171. VID. 230. tataḥ kṣaṇāt sogleich darauf KATHĀS. 4,76. KATHĀS. 5,75. Am Anf. eines comp. ohne Flexionszeichen in —, nach einem Aug., während eines Aug.: kṣaṇabhaṅgura PAÑCAT. II, 192. PAÑCAT. II,165,17. ˚dṛṣṭanaṣṭā PAÑCAT. 203,7. ˚bhaṅgin ŚUK. 42,18. ˚vighnita RAGH. 12,53. kṣaṇakleśa RAGH. 12,76. VIKR. 17. MEGH. 27. MEGH. 63. kṣaṇe kṣaṇe jeden Augenblick RĀJA-TAR. 5,165. RĀJA-TAR. 5,337. kṣaṇamātram nur einen Augenblick RAGH. 1,73. kṣaṇamātreṇa R. 4,38,36. tatkṣaṇam in demselben Augenblick, sogleich PAÑCAT. 69,20. RAGH. 3,14. KATHĀS. 4,99. ŚIŚ. 9,5. tatkṣaṇāt gleich darauf YĀJÑ. 3,14. R. 1,48,28. R. 1,55,4. R. 3,48,11. PAÑCAT. I, 347. PAÑCAT. I,35,11. PAÑCAT. I,44,14. PAÑCAT. I,62,9. PAÑCAT. I,104,9. AMAR. 83. VET. 8,16. KATHĀS. 1,50. tatkṣaṇojjhita RAGH. 1,51. KATHĀS. 6,165. sthitvā kiṃcitkṣaṇāntaram eine kleine Weile R. GORR. 2,114,12. kṣaṇāntare nach einer Weile, hierauf PAÑCAT. 35,6. KATHĀS. 2,6. KATHĀS. 16,51. KATHĀS. 21,52. VID. 188. kṣaṇakṣaṇam = kṣaṇamātre TRIK. 3,4,2. — 2〉 im System ein ganz best. Zeitabschnitt, = kālaviśeṣa AK. 3,4,13,50. H. an. 2,135. MED. ṇ. 4. kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāśca HARIV. 14079. = 4 Minuten AK. 1,1,3,11. AK. 3,4,11,45. H. 137. = ⁴⁄₅ oder ²⁴⁄₃₅ Secunden BHĀG. P. 3,11,7. BHĀG. P. 3,11,8. — 3〉 ein freier Augenblick, Musse AK. 3,4,13,50. H. an. MED. ahamapi labdhakṣaṇaḥ svagehaṃ gacchāmi MĀLAV. 8,9. kṣaṇaṃ kar einen müssigen Augenblick zubringen, einen freien Augenblick für Etwas haben, auf Etwas warten, sich gedulden: kṛtakṣaṇa mit Ungeduld auf Jmd oder Etwas wartend, nicht erwarten könnend; Beispiele s. u. 1. kar 10 und unter kṛtakṣaṇa. Die zuletzt angegebene Bedeutung hat auch sakṣaṇa BHĀG. P. 1,1,21: kathāyāṃ sakṣaṇā hareḥ, BURNOUF: nous croyons lʼinstant favorable pour entendre lʼhistoire de Hari. — 4〉 ein geeigneter —, gelegener Augenblick, Gelegenheit H. 1509. H. an. kuru me kṣaṇam gieb mir eine Gelegenheit dazu MBH. 4,666. raho nāsti kṣaṇo (kṣaṇaṃ HIT. I, 109) nāsti — tena nārada strīṇāṃ satītvamupajāyate PAÑCAT. I, 154. dattakṣaṇa wozu Gelegenheit gegeben ist BHĀG. P. 3,3,21. durjanadandaśūkairalabdhanidrākṣaṇaḥ BHĀG. P. 5,14,21. BHĀG. P. 2,7,13. — 5〉 ein festlicher Augenblick, Fest AK. 1,1,7,38. AK. 3,4,13,50. AK. 3,4,18,124. H. 1508. H. an. MED. strīkṣaṇa BHĀG. P. 3,3,21. — 6〉 eine Haupt-Mondphase (s. parvan) H. an. MED. — 7〉 Abhängigkeit. — 8〉 Mitte H. an. — Dieses in der älteren Sprache noch unbekannte Wort hat man mit Recht als Verstümmelung von īkṣaṇa erklärt.

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kṣaṇa Z. 1. fg. MEGH. 87. MEGH. 107 liest MALLIN. kṣaṇa (also auch m.) iva und HIT. I, 109 (vgl. Spr. 3308) hat die v. l. gleichfalls kṣaṇaḥ; sicher scheint n. zu stehen in Spr. 193. 1〉 kṣaṇamātrānurāgin dessen Zuneigung nur einen Augenblick währt HALĀY. 2,220. Sp. 523, Z. 19 lies 104,19 st. 104,9. Moment, Phase: nīlādi˚ SARVADARŚANAS. 9,9. SARVADARŚANAS. 9,12. SARVADARŚANAS. 108,20. SARVADARŚANAS. 109,7. — 2〉 = 1″26‴24⁗ WEBER, JYOT. 105. kṣaṇatatkramayoḥ saṃbandhasaṃyamādvivekajñānam YOGAS._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 231,b,48. kṣaṇaḥ sarvāntyaḥ kālāvayavo yasya kalāḥ pravibhaktuṃ na śakyante Schol. ebend. = muhūrta d. i. 48 Minuten Ind. St. 10,203. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,50. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 86,15. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98,12. BṚH. 2,14. BṚH. 18,20. — 7〉 8〉 HALĀY. 5,65.

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1. kṣaṇa m. n. (nur einmal) — 1〉 Augenblick, so v. a. Zeitpunct. — 2〉 Augenblick, so v. a. eine ganz kurze Weile. kṣaṇamekam einen A., für eine g. k. W. Chr. 168,9. kṣaṇam dass. und in einem A.; kṣaṇena in einem A.; kṣaṇāt nach einem A., alsbald, sogleich; tataḥ kṣaṇāt [Page2-120-a] sogleich darauf; kṣaṇāt — kṣaṇāt in diesem Augenblick — im nächsten A. Spr. 7513. kṣaṇe jeden A.; kṣaṇa˚ in —, nach einem A., während eines A., momentan (˚sauhṛda BHĀG. P. 3,3,21); kṣaṇaṃ kar sich einen A. gedulden Chr. 43,2. — 3〉 ein best. Zeitabschnitt. In der Astron. 48 Minuten (GAṆIT. 1,17. Ind. St. 10,203), sonst schwankend zwischen 4 Minuten und ⁴⁄₅ (²⁴⁄₂₅) Secunden. — 4〉 ein freier —, geeigneter —, gelegener Augenblick, Gelegenheit, — zu (im Comp. vorangehend). kṣaṇaṃ kar oder dā Jmd (Gen.). Gelegenheit geben; kṣaṇaṃ labh G. finden. — 5〉 ein froher —, festlicher Augenblick, Fest MEGH. 9. ˚hīna freudenlos DAŚAK. 5,14. — 6〉 Moment, Phase. — 7〉 *eine Haupt-Mondphase. — 8〉 *Abhängigkeit. — 9〉 *Mitte.

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2. *kṣaṇa m. = māraṇa GAL.

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kṣaṇa 2〉 kṣaṇeṣu sogleich, alsbald R. 6,55,19. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

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kṣaṇa II. 2. S. 120, Sp. 1, Z. 2 lies kṣaṇe kṣaṇe. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

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kṣaṇaḥ, -ṇaṃ [kṣaṇoti duḥkhaṃ kṣaṇ-ac] 1 An instant, moment, measure of time equal to 4/5 of a second; kṣaṇamātramṛṣistasthau suptamīna iva hradaḥ R. 1. 73; R. 2. 60; Me. 26; kṣaṇamavatiṣṭhasva wait a moment. 2 Leisure; ahamapi labdhakṣaṇaḥ svagehaṃ gacchāmi M. 1; Pt. 1. 138; gṛhītaḥ kṣaṇaḥ Ś. 2 ‘my leisure is at your disposal’ i. e. I pledge my word to do your work. 3 A fit moment or opportunity; raho nāsti kṣaṇo nāsti nāsti prārthayitā naraḥ Pt. 1. 138; Me. 62; adhigatakṣaṇaḥ Dk. 147. 4 An auspicious or lucky moment. 5 A festival, joy, delight. 6 Dependence, servitude. 7 The centre, the middle. 8 A certain day of the fortnight (as the full moon). (In comp. kṣaṇa is translated by ‘momentary’, ‘temporary.’ kṣaṇāt, -kṣaṇena in a moment, at once, immediately). Comp. — aṃtare ind. the next moment, after a little while. — kṣepaḥ a momentary delay. — daḥ an astrologer. — (daṃ) 1 night-blindness. 2 water. — (dā) 1 night; kṣaṇādathaiṣa kṣaṇadāpatiprabhaḥ N. 1. 67; R. 8. 74; R. 16. 45; Śi. 3. 53. 2 turmeric. ˚karaḥ, ˚patiḥ the moon; Śi. 9. 70. ˚caraḥ a night-walker, a demon; sānuplavaḥ prabhurapi kṣaṇadācarāṇāṃ ([Page 0434-b]) R. 13. 75. ˚āṃdhyaṃ night-blindness, nyctalopsis. — dyutiḥ f., — prakāśā, — prabhā lightning. — niḥśvāsaḥ the porpoise. — bhaṃgura a. transient, frail, perishable; H. 4. 130. — mātraṃ ind. for a moment. — rāmin m. a pigeon. — vidhvaṃsin a. perishable in a moment. ( — m.) a class of atheistic philosophers who deny the continued identity of any part of nature, and maintain that the universe perishes and undergoes a new creation every instant.

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kṣaṇaḥ, -ṇaṃ [kṣaṇoti duḥkhaṃ kṣaṇ-ac] 1 An instant, moment, measure of time equal to 4/5 of a second; kṣaṇamātramṛṣistasthau suptamīna iva hradaḥ R. 1. 73; R. 2. 60; Me. 26; kṣaṇamavatiṣṭhasva wait a moment. 2 Leisure; ahamapi labdhakṣaṇaḥ svagehaṃ gacchāmi M. 1; Pt. 1. 138; gṛhītaḥ kṣaṇaḥ Ś. 2 ‘my leisure is at your disposal’ i. e. I pledge my word to do your work. 3 A fit moment or opportunity; raho nāsti kṣaṇo nāsti nāsti prārthayitā naraḥ Pt. 1. 138; Me. 62; adhigatakṣaṇaḥ Dk. 147. 4 An auspicious or lucky moment. 5 A festival, joy, delight. 6 Dependence, servitude. 7 The centre, the middle. 8 A certain day of the fortnight (as the full moon). (In comp. kṣaṇa is translated by ‘momentary’, ‘temporary.’ kṣaṇāt, -kṣaṇena in a moment, at once, immediately). Comp. — aṃtare ind. the next moment, after a little while. — kṣepaḥ a momentary delay. — daḥ an astrologer. — (daṃ) 1 night-blindness. 2 water. — (dā) 1 night; kṣaṇādathaiṣa kṣaṇadāpatiprabhaḥ N. 1. 67; R. 8. 74; R. 16. 45; Śi. 3. 53. 2 turmeric. ˚karaḥ, ˚patiḥ the moon; Śi. 9. 70. ˚caraḥ a night-walker, a demon; sānuplavaḥ prabhurapi kṣaṇadācarāṇāṃ ([Page 0434-b]) R. 13. 75. ˚āṃdhyaṃ night-blindness, nyctalopsis. — dyutiḥ f., — prakāśā, — prabhā lightning. — niḥśvāsaḥ the porpoise. — bhaṃgura a. transient, frail, perishable; H. 4. 130. — mātraṃ ind. for a moment. — rāmin m. a pigeon. — vidhvaṃsin a. perishable in a moment. ( — m.) a class of atheistic philosophers who deny the continued identity of any part of nature, and maintain that the universe perishes and undergoes a new creation every instant.

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kṣaṇa m. (n.) augenblick, kleine Weile; passender Zeitpunkt, Gelegenheit zu (—˚), Fest. ˚—, Instr. u. Abl. in, nach einem A., augenblicklich; Loc. (auch doppelt) jeden A. kṣaṇaṃ kar einen A. warten (auch krak*) jemd. (Dat.) Gelegenheit geben (auch dā); kṣaṇaṃ labh Gelegenheit finden.

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kṣaṇa kṣaṇa m. division du temps égale à 8/10 de seconde ou 1/5 du kāṣṭha. En génmoment, instant très-court. Moment favorable, occasion. Vacance; chômage. Fête, jour férié. Centre, milieu. Dépendance, servitude. kṣaṇam ac. en peu de temps; à temps. — kṣaṇena i. aussitôt, en un moment.