kṣamā क्षमा – forbearance; patience

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Kṣamā (inst. case of 2. kṣam), on the earth, on the floor (included by Pāṇini among the indeclinables with svar, divā, &c.); [cf. Gr. χαμαί, χαμᾶ-ζε, χαμά-θεν, χθαμαλός.]

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kṣamā [kṣam-aṅ] 1 Patience, forbearance, forgiveness; kṣamā śatrau ca mitre ca yatīnāmeva bhūṣaṇaṃ H. 2; R. 1. 22; R. 18. 9; tejaḥ kṣamā vā naikāṃtaṃ kālajñasya mahīpateḥ Śi. 2. 83. 2 The earth. 3 An epithet of Durgā. Comp. — jaḥ the planet Mars. — bhuj, bhujaḥ a king.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

kṣamā kṣamā f. (kṣam) patience, tolérance, indulgence. — Terre. Nuit; cf. kṣapā. kṣamāvat a. patient, indulgent. kṣamitṛ a. mms. kṣamin a. mms.