Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kṣāra क्षार – alkaline; salty

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

alkaline; salty

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

kṣāra ·a. pungent, saline, sharp; m. (n.) any pungent or saline substance, as caustic alcali, saltpetre, natron, etc.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

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Kṣāra, as, ā, am, caustic, biting, corrosive, acid, pungent, saline (according to some in these senses fr. rt. kṣai), anything converted to alkali or ashes by distillation; (as), m. juice, essence; treacle, molasses; any corrosive or acid or saline substance, especially an alkali such as soda or potash; caustic alkali, one species of cautery; glass; a rogue, a cheat; (am), n. a factitious or medicinal salt, commonly black salt [cf. viḍ-lavaṇa and kṛṣṇa-lavaṇa]; water.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

kṣāra kṣāra. See under rt. kṣar, p. 265.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kṣārá (von 1. kṣā) gaṇa jvalādi (von kṣar) zu P. 3,1,140. 1〉 adj. f. ā von brennendem, ätzendem, salzigem Geschmack; salzhaltig: arkapatraiḥ kṣāratiktakaṭurukṣaiḥ MBH. 1,716. kṣārakaṭutiktakaṣāyāmlarasāsvādāni PAÑCAT. 61,11. kaṣāyakaṭutiktāmlakṣārāṇi vanaphalāni PAÑCAT. 254,11. kṣāraṃ jalaṃ kāpuruṣāḥ pibanti PAÑCAT. I, 365. BHĀG. P. 3,31,7. nadīṃ vaitariṇīṃ mṛtyoḥ kṣāragambhīravāhinīm R. 3,59,20. mṛttikā H. 940. = rasa TRIK. 3,3,334. H. an. 2,401. = rasāntara MED. r. 14. Daher juice, essence bei WILS. — 2〉 m. a〉 ein brennender, ätzender Stoff; besonders Aetzkali, Salpeter, Natrum, Potasche u. s. w. WISE 181. AK. 2,9,109. TRIK. H. 828. H. an. MED. HĀR. 75. KĀTY. KARMAPR. 3,8,6. PADDH._zu_KĀTY. 2,1. YĀJÑ. 3,36. duḥkhe me duḥkhamakarorvraṇe kṣāramivādadhāḥ R. 2,73,3. kṣate kṣāraṃ hi sa dadau pāṇḍavasya MBH. 7,3351. akṛtī labhate bhraṣṭaḥ kṣate kṣārāvasecanam MBH. 13,305. kṣāraṃ kṣate prakṣipan MṚCCH. 84,3. śastrānuśastrebhyaḥ kṣāraḥ pradhānatamaśchedyabhedyalekhyakaraṇāttridoṣaghnatvādviśeṣakriyāvacāraṇācca SUŚR. 1,31,10. fg. SUŚR. 1,132,9. SUŚR. 2,25,11. fg. SUŚR. 2,46,3. fg. SUŚR. 2,54,9. fgg. saṃśodhya duṣṭamāṃsāni kṣāreṇa pratisārayet SUŚR. 122,9. SUŚR. 379,14. SUŚR. 453,3. kṣārasādhya SUŚR. 1,33,16. SUŚR. 1,35,2. kṣāradagdha SUŚR. 34,2. SUŚR. 34,17. kṣārakṣīṇatayā ca loṣṭakakṛśaṃ jīrṇaṃ kva harmyaṃ bhavet MṚCCH. 47,3. MṚCCH. 47,5. MṚCCH. 47,17. kṣāratraya n., kṣāratritaya n. und trikṣāra n. Natrum, Salpeter und Borax RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. dhārāpamārgakuṭajalāṅgalītilamuṣkakaiḥ . kṣārairetaistu militaiḥ kṣāraṣaṭkādayo gaṇaḥ .. ibid. palāśavajriśikhariciñcārkatilanālajāḥ . yavajaḥ sarjikā ceti kṣārāṣṭakamudāhṛtam .. ibid. śigrumūlakapalāśacukrikācitrakārdrakasanimbasaṃbhavaiḥ . ikṣuśaikhārekamocikodbhavaiḥ kṣārapūrvadaśakaṃ prakīrtitam .. ibid. — b〉 Glas (wegen der äusseren Aehnlichkeit mit Salpeter u. s. w.) AK. 2,9,100. TRIK. H. 1062. H. an. MED. — c〉 Melasse H. an. kṣārasīdhughṛtakṣaudradadhikṣīrāmṛtodakāḥ BHĀG. P. 7,4,17. — d〉 ein beissender Mensch (dhūrta) H. an. MED. — 3〉 n. a〉 eine Art Salz (s. viḍlavaṇa) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. Salpeter TRIK. 2,9,34. — b〉 Wasser (kṣara?) H. ś. 164. — Vgl. akṣāralavaṇa, kanakakṣāra, kuñjarakṣāramūla.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kṣāra 1〉 payorāśayaḥ Spr. 4306. gandhavaha ätzend, scharf Spr. 4693. — 2〉a〉 āḥ kṣate kṣārametanme kṣiptaṃ kena (also auch n.) KATHĀS. 93,14. kṣārapāta iva kṣate RĀJA-TAR. 5,269. kṣārāgnikarmavidhi Verz. d. Oxf. H. 305,a,27. — Vgl. yava˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kṣāra — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 von brennendem, ätzendem, salzigem Geschmack, salzhaltig. — b〉 scharf (Wind). — 2〉 m. n. (selten) ein brennender, ätzender Stoff; Aetzkali, Salpeter, Natrum, Potasche u. s. w. BHĀG. P. 7,4,17. ˚dvaya n. = svarjikā und yāvaśūka BHĀVAPR. 11,182. *˚traya, *˚triya und *tri˚ n. Natrum, Salpeter und Borax; ˚ṣaṭka, *kṣārāṣṭaka und *˚pūrvadaśaka n. eine Gruppe von 6, 8 und 10 ätzenden Stoffen. Vgl. Comm. zu ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,8,10. — 3〉 *m. — a〉 Glas. — b〉 Melasse. — c〉 ein beissender Mensch.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kṣāra 3〉c〉 zu streichen; vgl. ZACH. Beitr. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

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kṣāra II. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kṣāra a. [kṣar-jvalā bā˚ ṇa] 1 Corrosive, caustic, acid, pungent, saline. 2 Flowing, oozing. — raḥ 1 Juice, essence. 2 Treacle, molasses. 3 Any corrosive or acid substance; kṣate kṣāramivāsahyaṃ jātaṃ tasyaiva darśanaṃ U. 4. 7; kṣāraṃ kṣate prakṣipan Mk. 5. 18; (kṣāraṃ kṣate kṣip &c. has become proverbial, and means ‘to aggravate the pain which is already unbearable,’ ‘to make bad worse’, ‘to add insult to injury’). 4 Glass. 5 Salt. 6 Ashes. 7 A rogue, cheat. — raṃ 1 Black salt. 2 Water. Comp. — acchaṃ sea-salt. — aṃjanaṃ an alkaline unguent. — aṃbu n. an alkaline fluid. — udaḥ, -udakaḥ, -udadhiḥ, -samudraḥ the salt ocean. — kardamaḥ 1 a pool of saline mud. 2 N. of a hell. — tailaṃ oil cooked with alkaline ingredients. — trayaṃ, -tritayaṃ natron, salt-petre and borax. — nadī a river of alkaline water in hell. — bhūmiḥ f., — mṛttikā saline soil; kimāścaryaṃ kṣārabhūmau prāṇadā yamadūtikā Udb. — melakaḥ an alkaline substance. — rasaḥ a saline flavour. — śreṣṭhaṃ alkaline earth.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kṣāraḥ &c. See under kṣar.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kṣāra ätzend, salzig schmeckend; scharf. m. (n.) ein ätzender, scharfer Stoff.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kṣāra kṣāra m. (kṣar) suc, essence; mélasse; sirop. Fondant [pour les métaux, pour le verre, etc.]; sel, borax, soude, potasse, cendres; le produit de la fusion; verre, cristal. Au fig. filou, escroc. — S. n. sel artificiel ou médicinal. kṣāraka m. suc, essence. Bouton de fleur qui s'entr'ouvre. Blanchisseur, laveur. Cage pour l'oiseau; nasse ou huche pour le poisson. kṣāradru m. cf. ghaṇṭāpāṭali. kṣārapatra n. chenopodium album, bot. kṣāramadhya m. achyranthes aspera, bot. kṣāramṛttikā f. terre saline. kṣārayāmi (c. de kṣar) faire écouler; relâcher. Punir (?). kṣārāccha n. (accha) sel marin.

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

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