Dharmalib

kṣapā

[kṣapayati ceṣṭāṃ; kṣi-ṇic ac] 1 A night; vigamayatyunnidra eva kṣapāḥ Ś. 6. 4; R. 2. 20; Me. 110. --2 Turmeric. --Comp. --aṭaḥ 1. night-stalker. --2. a demon, goblin; tataḥ...

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [kṣapayati ceṣṭāṃ; kṣi-ṇic ac] 1 A night; vigamayatyunnidra eva kṣapāḥ Ś. 6. 4; R. 2. 20; Me. 110. --2 Turmeric. --Comp. --aṭaḥ 1. night-stalker. --2. a demon, goblin; tataḥ kṣapāṭaiḥ pṛthupiṃ- galākṣaiḥ Bk. 2. 30. --āṃdhyaṃ night-blind- ness. --karaḥ, --nāthaḥ 1. the moon. --2. camphor. --ghanaḥ a dark cloud. --caraḥ a demon, goblin.

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Root

√kṣi क्षि

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · kṣaye

to decay, to get killed, to get destroyed, to wane, to go away, to reduce, to shrink

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech
NOUN
Occurrences
75
Texts
27

DCS: name of a particular fabulous being | Monier-Williams: kzapA/ See 4. kza/p .

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Appears in 41 texts.

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Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: kṣapāḥ

tās tāḥ kṣapāḥ preṣṭhatamena nītā mayaiva vṛndāvanagocareṇa

Rāmāyaṇasurface: kṣapā

lokakāntasya kāntatvaṃ śītaraśmer iva kṣapā

Rāmāyaṇasurface: kṣapāḥ

ṛtavaś caiva pakṣāś ca māsāḥ saṃvatsarāḥ kṣapāḥ

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