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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्षेमkṣemaa.Conferring happiness, ease or comfort, good, beneficial, well; धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्यु- स्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत्…

    [क्षि-मन् Uṇ.1.138]

    1. Conferring happiness, ease or comfort, good, beneficial, well; धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्यु- स्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् Bg.1.46.
    2. Prosperous, at ease, comfortable; विविशुस्ते वनं वीराः क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम् Mb.3.11.72.
    3. Secure, happy; विविक्तक्षेमसेवनम् Bhāg.3.28.3. मः, मम् Peace, happiness, ease, welfare, well-being; वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाश्चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासति Ki.1.17; वैश्यं क्षेमं समागम्य (पृच्छेत्) Ms.2.127; अधुना सर्वजलचराणां क्षेमं भविष्यति Pt.1.
    4. Safety, security; क्षेमेण व्रज बान्धवान् Mk.7.7 safely; Pt.1.146.
    5. Preserving, protection; आदिदेशाथ शत्रुघ्नं तेषां क्षेमाय राघवः R.15.6.
    6. Keeping what is acquired; Compare योगक्षेम; तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् Bg.9.22.
    7. Final beatitude, eternal happiness.
    8. Basis, foundation; क्षेमे तिष्ठाति घृतमुक्षमाणा Av.3. 12.1.
    9. Residence, resting-place; Av.13.1.27.
    10. A star, asterism (नक्षत्र).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -मः, -मा A kind of perfume.

    • -मा An epithet of Durgā.

    • -मम् Name of one of the seven वर्षाs in Jambu-dvīpa. शिवं यवसं सुभद्रं शान्तं क्षेमममृतमभयमिति वर्षाणि Bhāg.5.2.3.

    • -आश्रमः the order of a householder (गार्हस्थ्य); वेत्ति ज्ञानविसर्गं च निग्रहानुग्रहं यथा । यथोक्तवृत्तेर्धीरस्य क्षेमाश्रमपदं भवेत् ॥ Mb.12.66.6.

    • -इन्द्रः Name of a celebrated poet of Kashmir (author of ब्रहत्कथा, भारत- मञ्जरी etc.).

    • -कर, -कार (also क्षेमंकर) Adjective propitious, causing peace or security.

    • -शूरः 'A hero in safe-places', a carpet-knight, a boaster; किं क्षेमशूरैर्विबुधैरसंयुगविकत्थनैः Bhāg.1.4.36.

    In the Gita1·459·22

    धार्तराष्ट्रा रणे हन्युस्तन्मे क्षेमतरं भवेत् ॥

    dhārtarāṣṭrā raṇe hanyustanme kṣemataraṁ bhavet. — It is more for my welfare that the sons of Dhritarashtra armed should slay me unarmed and unresisting. (I will not fight.) 1·45
    • क्षेमतरम्kṣemataram Nominativesingular of the compound degree of the neuter form of the adjective kṣema (better, prosperous).
    • योग-क्षेमम्yoga-kṣemamaccusative singular of the neuter compound noun yoga-kṣema (every good, every getting and having) [yoga here means obtaining what is not obtained and kṣema indicates the preservation of what has been obtained].
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. क्षेमkṣema[kshé-ma] a. comfortable, agreeable; quiet; safe; m. abode; place; rest, security; prosperity: -m te, hail to…

    [kshé-ma] adjective comfortable, agreeable; quiet; safe; masculine abode; place; rest, security; prosperity: -m te, hail to you! instrumental singular or plural peacefully, happily, safe and sound.

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  2. क्षेमकरkṣemakara[kshema-kara] a. affording peace and security; -kâra, -krit, -m-kara, a. id.

    [kshema-kara] adjective affording peace and security; -kâra, -krit, -m-kara, adjective the same

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. क्षेमkṣemamf(आ)n. (√2. क्षि) habitable
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (√2. क्षि) habitable
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender giving rest or ease or security MBh. R.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender at ease, prosperous, safe W.
    4. masculine gender basis, foundation VS. xviii, 7 AV. iii, 12, 1 and iv, 1, 4 S3Br. xiii KapS. i, 46
    5. masculine gender residing, resting, abiding at ease fg-veda x AV. xiii, 1, 27
    6. masculine gender iii
    7. masculine gender viii
    8. mn. (Vedic or Veda only masculine gender; gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि), safety, tranquillity, peace, rest, security, any secure or easy or comfortable state, weal, happiness fg-veda AV. VS. Mn. MBh. etc. (क्ष्/एम & य्/ओग [or प्र-य्/उज्], rest and exertion, enjoying and acquiring fg-veda VS. xxx, 14 Pa1rGr2. MBh. xiii, 3081; confer, compare क्षेम-योग and योग-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; क्षेमं ते, "peace or security may be to thee" [this is also the polite address to a Vais3ya वैश्य, asking him whether his property is secure Mn. ii, 127], S3a1ntis3. ii, 18)
    9. mn. final emancipation Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a kind of perfume (Equivalent to चण्डा) Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender Ease or Prosperity (personified as a son of Dharma धर्म and S3a1nti शान्ति VP.; as a son of Titiksha1 तितिक्षा BhP. iv, 1, 51)
    12. masculine gender Name of a prince MBh. i, 2701 DivyA7v. xviii
    13. masculine gender of a son of S3uci शुचि and father of Su-vrata सु-व्रत BhP. ix, 22, 46
    14. masculine gender Name of a kind of college (मठ) Ra1jat. vi, 186
    15. masculine gender in security, safely R. Mr2icch. Pan5cat. BhP.
    16. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' with यथा R. ii, 54, 4)
    17. masculine gender Name of Durga1 दुर्गा Lexicographers
    18. masculine gender of another deity (Equivalent to क्षेमं-करी) Devi1P.
    19. masculine gender of an Apsaras अप्सरस् MBh. i, 4818
    20. neuter gender Name of one of the seven Varshas वर्ष s in Jambu1-dvi1pa जम्बू-द्वीप BhP. v, 20, 3.
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  2. अयोगक्षेमayogakṣema(/अ-योग) m. no secure possession of what has been acquired, no prosperity S3Br. and AitBr.

    (/अ-योग) masculine gender no secure possession of what has been acquired, no prosperity S3Br. and AitBr.

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  3. क्षेमंकरkṣemaṃkaramfn. (= -कार Pa1n2. 3-2, 44) = -कर Ca1n2. (= S3a1rn3gP.) Bhat2t2. vi, 105
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Equivalent to -कार Pa1n2. 3-2, 44) Equivalent to -कर Ca1n2. (Equivalent to S3a1rn3gP.) Bhat2t2. vi, 105
    2. masculine gender Name of a king of the Trigartas त्रिगर्त s MBh. iii, 15731
    3. masculine gender of a son of Brahma-datta ब्रह्म-दत्त (Udayana उदयन) Buddh.
    4. masculine gender of the author of a recension of Sin6ha7s.
    5. masculine gender of a mythical Buddha बुद्ध DivyA7v. xviii
    6. masculine gender Name of another goddess Devi1P.
    7. masculine gender of the sister of Brahma-datta ब्रह्म-दत्त 's son Kshemam2-kara क्षेमं-कर Buddh.
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  4. क्षेमंकरिन्kṣemaṃkarinm. the Bra1hman2i1 ब्राह्मणी kite or Coromandel eagle (bird of good omen), Falco pondicerianus Gal.

    masculine gender the Bra1hman2i1 ब्राह्मणी kite or Coromandel eagle (bird of good omen), Falco pondicerianus Gal.

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  5. क्षेमंकरीkṣemaṃkarīf. Durga1 दुर्गा VP. v, 1, 83

    feminine Durga1 दुर्गा VP. v, 1, 83

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  6. क्षेमकkṣemakam. a kind of perfume (= चौर) L.
    1. masculine gender a kind of perfume (Equivalent to चौर) Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender Name of a Na1ga नाग MBh. i, 1556
    3. masculine gender of a Rakshas रक्षस् Hariv.
    4. masculine gender of an attendant of S3iva शिव Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender of an old king MBh. ii, 117
    6. masculine gender of a son of Alarka अलर्क (also called Suni1tha सुनीथ) Hariv. 1749
    7. masculine gender of a son of Nira1mitra निरामित्र MatsyaP.
    8. masculine gender of the last descendant of Pari1kshit परीक्षित् in the Kali-yuga कलि-युग VP. BhP. ix, 22, 42 feminine
    9. neuter gender Name of a Varsha वर्ष in Plaksha-dvi1pa प्लक्ष-द्वीप ruled by Kshemaka क्षेमक VP. ii, 4, 5.
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  7. क्षेमकरkṣemakaramfn. conferring peace or security or happiness MBh. xiv, 973

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective conferring peace or security or happiness MBh. xiv, 973

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