Apte Dictionary

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Entry क्षर्

क्षर्kṣar1 P. [क्षरति-क्षरित] (Used transitively or intransitively)
1. 1 Parasmaipada क्षरति-क्षरित (Used transitively or intransitively)
2. To flow, glide.
3. To send or stream forth, pour out, emit; तेषु क्षरत्सु बहुधा मदवारिधाराः R.13.74; Bk.9.8.
4. To drop, trickle, ooze.
5. To waste away, wane, perish.
6. To become useless, have no effect; यज्ञोऽनृतेन क्षरति तपः क्षरति विस्मयात् Ms.4.237.
7. To melt.
8. To slip from, be deprived of (with Ablative). -Causal (क्षारयति-ते) To accuse, traduce (usually with आ). -With वि to melt away, dissolve.
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