क्षामा kṣāmā
2 syllables SLP1 kzAmA

As a deity name

Name 202 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

As a Hindi name

क्षामा · noun · feminine

पृथ्वी । धरती । भूमि — Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "क्षामा" is क्षाम + -आ: क्षाम means "क्षीण । कृश । दुबलापतला", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "क्षामा" is क्षाम + -आ: क्षाम means "क्षीण । कृश । दुबलापतला", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a, earth, soil, ground

Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "kṣāmā" is the nominative of "kṣāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "kṣāmā" is the feminine form of "kṣāma" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षामन् (linked stem)

kṣāman a, n. earth, soil, ground, RV.

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षामन् (linked stem)

kṣāman See √ 1. kṣam.

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षाम (linked stem)

kṣāma See ib.

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षाम (linked stem)

kṣāma mf(ā)n. burning to ashes, charring, MaitrS. i, 8, 9

Alternative readings

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