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Entry क्षान्ति

क्षान्तिkṣāntif.Patience, forbearance, forgiveness; क्षान्तिश्चेद्वचनेन किम् Bh.2.21; अहिंसा क्षान्ति- रार्जवम् Bg.13.7;18.42.
[क्षम्-भावे क्तिन्]
1. Patience, forbearance, forgiveness; क्षान्तिश्चेद्वचनेन किम् Bh.2.21; अहिंसा क्षान्ति- रार्जवम् Bg.13.7;18.42.
2. The state of saintly abstraction.
In the Gita13·8 18·42

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।

amānitvamadambhitvamahiṁsā kṣāntirārjavam, — A total absence of wordly pride and arrogance, harmlessness, a candid soul, a tolerant, long-suffering and benignant heart, purity of mind and body… 13·8
- क्षान्तिःkṣāntiḥnominative singular of the feminine noun kṣānti (benignity).
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