Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kṣara क्षर – perishable

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

†kṣara ·a. melting away, perishable; n. the body.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Kṣara, as, ā, am, melting away, perishable; (as), m. a cloud; (am), n. water; a body.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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

kṣará (von kṣar) gaṇa jvalādi zu P. 3,1,140. 1〉 adj. f. ā was da zerrinnt, vergänglich (Gegens. akṣara, amṛta, śāśvata) ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,8. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,10. kṣaraṃ tvavidyā hyamṛtaṃ tu vidyā ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 5,1. BHAG. 8,4. BHAG. 15,16. sā tu śāśvatī na ca sā kṣarā MBH. 2,433. MBH. 14,523. MBH. 14,809. kṣarātmaka dass. MĀRK. P. 23,33. — 2〉 m. Wolke H. an. 2,399. MED. r. 11. — 3〉 n. a〉 Wasser diess. — b〉 Körper: tataḥ savedano jīvaḥ sadyaḥ pracyavate kṣarāt MBH. 14,470. — Vgl. akṣara.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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

kṣara — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) was da zerrinnt, vergänglich. — 2〉 *m. Wolke. — 3〉 n. — a〉 *Wasser. — b〉 (der vergängliche) Körper.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kṣara a. [kṣarati syaṃdate muṃcati vā, kṣar-ac] 1 Melting away. 2 Moveable. 3 Perishable; kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣara ucyate Bg. 15. 16. — raḥ A cloud. — raṃ 1 Water. 2 The body. 3 Ignorance. 4 The Supreme Being. 5 Cause and effect. Comp. — jaḥ a. (also kṣareja) a. produced by distillation or from a cloud. — bhāva a. mutable.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kṣara zerrinnend, vergänglich.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

kṣara kṣara a. (kṣar) qui s'écoule; au fig. qui se perd, qui s'évanouit, qui se dissipe; divisible, périssable. — S. m. nuage. — S. n. eau.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

SVU 4 occurrences
SVU 1.7-1.12: Triad and Freedom 3 occurrences

Direct occurrences

SVU 5.1–5.6: The Lord of Cosmic Origins 1 occurrence

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