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....

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Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 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 dis- tillation or from a cloud. --bhāva a. mutable.

Root

√kṣara क्षर

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · sañcalane

to flow,to ooze,to drip

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 881
Texts: 72

DCS: a bow; an archer; a warrior | Monier-Williams: kzAra , ˚raka , ˚raRa , &c. See √ kzar .

Occurrences

Appears in 14 texts.

Astadhyayi Ayurvedadipika Carakasamhita Garudapurana Lingapurana Maitrayanisamhita Svetasvataropanisad Visnupurana Visnusmrti mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda

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Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 167 · 19.0%Suśrutasaṃhitā 135 · 15.3%Carakasaṃhitā 69 · 7.8%Mugdhāvabodhinī 69 · 7.8%Ānandakanda 38 · 4.3%

Concordance Sample

Manusmṛtisurface: kṣāra

śaucaṃ yathārhaṃ kartavyaṃ kṣārāmlodakavāribhiḥ

Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: kṣāra

pāśāvṛtadṛkkriyāvṛttiṣv aṇuṣu tattatpāśaśaktyanuvartanadvāreṇa janmadrāvaṇādiduḥ

Agastīyaratnaparīkṣāsurface: kṣāra

kṣārāmlair lepayed vajraṃ gharme ca pariśodhayet