As a deity name
Name 1000 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 569 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patience, forbearance, indulgence (one of the sāmānya-dharmās i.e. an obligation to all castes, ), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṣamāyai" is the dative of "kṣamā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kṣamāyai" is the dative of "kṣama" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
kṣamā (ā), f. patience, forbearance, indulgence (one of the sāmānya-dharmās i.e. an obligation to all castes, Viṣṇ.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
kṣamāṃ √ kṛ, to be indulgent to, have patience or bear with (prati, MBh. iii, 1027; or gen., Śāntiś.)
kṣama mf(ā)n. (g. pacādi) patient (said of the earth, perhaps with reference to 2. kṣam), AV. xii, 1, 29
ifc. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 1, Vārtt. 8) enduring, suffering, bearing, submissive, resisting, MBh.; Śak.; Kum. v, 40
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