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Entry क्षाम

क्षामkṣāmaa.Scorched, signed.
[क्षै-कर्तरि क्त क्षायो मः ParasmaipadaVIII.2.53]
1. Scorched, signed.
2. Diminished, thin, wasted; emaciated, lean; क्षामक्षामकपोलमाननम् Ś.3.9; मध्ये क्षामा Me.84; क्षामच्छायं भवनमधुना मद्वियोगेन नूनम् 82,91.
3. Slight, little, small.
4. Weak, infirm.
Derived forms and compounds
- -मः An epithet of Viṣṇu.
- -मा The earth; द्यावा ह क्षामा Mbh. on ParasmaipadaI.2.64.
- -मम् Destruction.
- -आस्यम् unwholesome diet; अपथ्य- महितं रोग्यं क्षामास्यं परिकीर्तितम् (शब्दचन्द्रिका) -इष्टिन्यायः The rule according to which a conditional cause laying down a निमित्त must be so construed as to avoid it involving a नित्य or unavoidable circumstance. This is discussed and established by Jaimini and Śabara in MS.6.4.17-21.
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