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Entry क्षीण

क्षीणkṣīṇaSee under क्षि.
See under क्षि.
Derived forms and compounds
- क्षीण kṣīṇa, Past passive participle
  
  क्षि-क्त
  
  Thin, emaciated, waned, become lean, diminished, worn away, expended; भार्यां क्षीणेषु वित्तेषु (जानीयात्) H.1.7; so क्षीणः क्षीणोऽपि शशी; K. Parasmaipada क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति Bg.9.21.
  
  Slender, delicate; क्षीणेन मध्येऽपि सतोदरेण Name7.81.
  
  Small, little.
  
  Poor, miserable; यो वै प्रियसुखे क्षीणः Mb.12.295.13.
  
  Powerless, weak.
  
  Wasted away, decreased, lost, diminished.
  
  Dead, destroyed; अक्षीणभक्तिः क्षीणेऽपि नन्दे Mu.2.21.
  
  Injured, broken, torn;
- -कोश Adjective One whose wealth is exhausted; आरब्धै- र्व्यसनैंर्भूम्ना क्षीणकोशः क्षणे क्षणे Rāj. T.5.166.
- -चन्द्रः the moon on the wane.
- -धन Adjective reduced to poverty, impoverished.
- -पाप Adjective one who is purified after having suffered the consequence of sin.
- -पुण्य Adjective one who has enjoyed all his stock of merit, and must work to acquire more in another birth.
- -मध्य Adjective slender-waisted.
- -वासिन् Adjective inhabiting a dilapidated house. (-Masculine) a dove or pigeon.
- -विक्रान्त Adjective destitute of courage or prowess-वृत्ति Adjective deprived of the means of support, out of employ; Ms.8.341.
- -शक्ति, -बल Adjective weakened in strength, subsided (as a disease); उपेक्षितः क्षीणबलोऽपि शत्रुः Pt.1.235.
In the Gita9·21

क्षीणे पुण्ये मर्त्यलोकं विशन्ति ।

kṣīṇe puṇye martyalokaṁ viśanti, — They, having enjoyed heavenly worlds of larger felicities, the reward of their good deeds exhausted, return to mortal existence. Resorting to the… 9·21
- क्षीणेkṣīṇelocative singular of the neuter form of the adjective kṣīṇa (exhausted).
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