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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्षयkṣayaSee under क्षि.

    See under क्षि.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • क्षयः kṣayḥ

      1. क्षि-अच्
      2. A house, residence, abode; यातनाश्च यमक्षये Ms.6.61; निर्जगाम पुनस्तस्मात्क्षयान्नारायणस्य ह Mb.
      3. Loss, decline, waste, wane, decay, diminution; आयुषः क्षयः R.3.69; धनक्षये वर्धति जाठराग्निः Pt.2.186; so चन्द्रक्षयः, क्षयपक्षः etc.
      4. Destruction, end, termination; निशाक्षये याति ह्रियैव पाण्डुताम् Ṛs.1.9; Amaru.6.
      5. Pecuniary loss; Ms.8.41.
      6. Fall (as of prices.)
      7. Removal.
      8. Universal destruction (प्रलय).
      9. Consumption.
      10. A disease in general.
      11. The negative sign or quantity, minus (in algebra).
      12. Family, race.
      13. The house of Yama.
      14. A part of the elephant's knee (गजजानुभागविशेषः); Mātaṅga Latin5.15.
      15. Power (क्षी क्षयैश्वर्ययोरित्यैश्वर्यार्थस्य क्षिधातो रूपम् -Commentary on Mb.12.33.2); उपपद्यति संयोगाद् गुणैः सह गुणक्षयात् Tbe same.

    • -यम् Name of the last year in the sixty years cycle.

    • -उपशमः complete annihilation of the desire of being active (Jaina).

    • -कर (also क्षयंकर)Adjective causing decay or destruction, ruinous.

    • -कालः

      1. time of universal destruction.
      2. the period of decline.

    • -कासः consumptive cough.

    • -तिथिः Feminine

    • -क्षयाहः the lunar day not beginning with the sun-rise, hence omitted in the calendar.

    • -पक्षः

      1. the dark fortnight. क्षयपक्ष इवैन्दवीः कलाः सकला हन्ति स शक्तिसंपदः Ki.2.37.
      2. a fortnight of 13 days.

    • -मासः the month in which two संक्रान्तिs occur and which is omitted in the adjustment of the lunar-solar calender.

    • -युक्तिः Feminine, -योगः an opportunity of destroying; Ki.2.9.

    • -रोगः consumption.

    • -वायुः the wind that is to blow at the destruction of the world.

    • -संपद् Feminine total loss, ruin.

    In the Gita16·918·25

    प्रभवन्त्युग्रकर्माणः क्षयाय जगतोऽहिताः ॥

    prabhavantyugrakarmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato'hitāḥ. — Leaning on that way of seeing life, and by its falsehood ruining their souls and their reason, the Asuric men become the centre or instrument of a… 16·9
    • क्षयायkṣayāyadative singular of the masculine noun kṣaya (destruction).
    • क्षयम्kṣayamaccusative singular of the masculine noun kṣaya (waste of effort) .
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  2. अक्षयakṣayaa.Undecaying, exempt from decay, imperishable, undying, unfailing, inexhaustible; सदोपयोगेऽपि गुरुस्त्वमक्षयो…

    [नास्ति क्षयो यस्य]

    1. Undecaying, exempt from decay, imperishable, undying, unfailing, inexhaustible; सदोपयोगेऽपि गुरुस्त्वमक्षयो निधिः Śi 1.28; स संधार्यः प्रयत्नेन स्वर्गमक्षयमिच्छता Ms.3.79; यज्ञनिर्वृत्तिमक्षयां 4.23; गया- यामक्षयवटे पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयं Vāyu Parasmaipada; त्रिसाधना शक्तिरिवार्थमक्षयं R.3. 13; मुनिभिः सार्धमक्षयैः Rām.7.18.12; Mb.9.176.
    2. Poor, without house or habitation, such as a hermit or संन्यासिन् (क्षयो वासः तच्छून्यः अनिकेतनः संन्यासी दरिद्रो वा.)

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -यः

      1. The Supreme Spirit परमात्मन्.
      2. Name of the 2th year in the cycle of Jupiter.

    • -या अक्षयं पुण्यं यत्रास्ति-अच् Name of a day which is said to confer undying religious merit; अमैव सोमवारेण रविवारेण सप्तमी । चतुर्थी भौमवारेण अक्षयादपि चाक्षया.

    • -गुणः, -पुरुहूतः Śiva (possessing imperishable qualities).

    • -तृतीया the festival falling on the 1third day of the bright half of Vaiśākha (the first day of (सत्ययुग), which is said to secure permanence to all actions performed on that day (वैशाखे मासि राजेन्द्र शुक्ल- पक्षे तृतीयिका । अक्षया सा तिथिः प्रोक्ता कृत्तिकारोहिणीयुता ॥ तस्यां दानादिकं सर्वपक्षयं समुदाहृतम्).

    • -नीवी Feminine a permanent endowment. Buddhist Inser.

    • -मतिः name of a Buddhist.

    • -लोकः the heaven.

    Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. क्षयkṣaya[ksháy-a] a. dwelling; m. abode, seat; tribe, people.
    1. [ksháy-a] adjective dwelling; masculine abode, seat; tribe, people.
    2. [kshay-a] masculine decrease; depreciation; decline, loss, destruction; end: accusative with verbs of going: decrease, come to an end, be lost, perish; -kara, -kartri, -krit, adjective destroying (--˚).
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  2. अक्षयakṣaya[a-kshaya] a. imperishable; -tva, n. -ness, exemption from decay; -loka, m. heaven.

    [a-kshaya] adjective imperishable; -tva, neuter -ness, exemption from decay; -loka, masculine heaven.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्षयkṣayasee √1. 2. and 4. क्षि .
    1. see √1. 2. and 4. क्षि .
    2. (fg-veda). 3.
    3. (the accent is on the last syllable in the sense "destruction", accord, to Pa1n2. iii, 3, 56 and vi, 1, 63).
    4. masculine gender "dominion" Sa1y. (on fg-veda vii, 46, 2) .
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dwelling, residing fg-veda iii, 2, 13; viii, 64, 4
    6. masculine gender an abode, dwelling-place, seat, house (confer, compare उरु- and सु-क्ष्/अय, राथ-, दिविक्षय्/अ) fg-veda VS. v, 38 TS. Pa1n2. MBh. R. BhP.
    7. masculine gender the house of Yama यम (confer, compare यम-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, वैवस्वत-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    8. masculine gender abode in Yama यम 's dominion commentator or commentary on R. (edition Bombay edition) ii, 109, 11
    9. masculine gender (Equivalent to क्षित्/इ) family, race fg-veda i, 123, 1.
    10. masculine gender (Pa1n2. 6-1, 201) loss, waste, wane, diminution, destruction, decay, wasting or wearing away (often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') Mn. MBh. etc.
    11. masculine gender fall (as of prices, opposed to वृद्धि exempli gratia, 'for example' क्षयो वृद्धिश् च पण्यानाम्, "the fall and rise in the price of commodities") Ya1jn5. ii, 258
    12. masculine gender removal W.
    13. masculine gender end, termination (exempli gratia, 'for example' निद्रा-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, the end of sleep R. vi, 105, 14; दिन-क्षये, at the end of day MBh. i, 699 R. iv, 3, 10; जीवित-क्षये, at the end of life Das3.; आयुषः क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied the same Ragh.; क्षयं √गम्, √या, √इ, or उप√इ, to become less, be diminished, go to destruction, come to an end, perish Nal. R. Sus3r. VarBr2S. Das3. Amar. Hit.; क्षयं√नी, to destroy R. v, 36, 51)
    14. masculine gender consumption, phthisis pulmonalis Sus3r. Hcat.
    15. masculine gender sickness in general Lexicographers
    16. masculine gender the destruction of the universe Pan5cat.
    17. masculine gender (in algebra) a negative quantity, minus A1ryabh.
    18. masculine gender Equivalent to -मास Jyot.
    19. masculine gender Equivalent to क्षया*ह Gan2it.
    20. masculine gender Name of a prince VP.
    21. neuter gender Name of the last year in the sixty years' Br2ihaspati बृहस्पति cycle VarBr2S.
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  2. अक्षयakṣayamf(आ)n. exempt from decay, undecaying
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender exempt from decay, undecaying
    2. masculine gender Name of the twentieth year in the cycle of Jupiter
    3. masculine gender Name of a mountain Hariv.
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  3. अक्षयगुणakṣayaguṇamfn. possessing imperishable qualities
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective possessing imperishable qualities
    2. masculine gender S3iva शिव .
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  4. अक्षयताakṣayatāf. imperishableness.

    feminine imperishableness.

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  5. अक्षयतृतीयाakṣayatṛtīyāf. N. of a festival (the third day of the bright half of Vais3a1kha वैशाख, which is the first day of the…

    feminine Name of a festival (the third day of the bright half of Vais3a1kha वैशाख, which is the first day of the Satya-yuga सत्य-युग, and secures permanency to actions then performed).

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  6. अक्षयत्वakṣayatvan. imperishableness.

    neuter gender imperishableness.

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