As a deity name
Name 695 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 927 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 915 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
क्षण · noun · masculine
काला या समय का एक बहुत छोटा भाग · काफ · अवसर । मौका — Śabdasāgara
क्षण · kshaṇa · s.m.
An instant, the twinkling of an eye, a moment; a measure of time equal to thirty kalās or four minutes; a leisure moment, leisure, vacation from work; fit or suitable moment, opportunity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 837
क्षण · masculine
instant, blink of an eye (a short amount of time); moment
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi क्षण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Marwari छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那 /刹那 (chànà). Doublet of छिन (chin).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. kṣaṇa m. any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment, Nal.; Śak.; Ragh. &c.
a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kalās or four minutes, L.; or (in astron.) to 48 minutes, VarBṛS. &c.; or 4/5 or 24/35 seconds, BhP. iii, 11, 7 and 8)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kalās or four minutes, or (in astron.) to 48 minutes, &c.; or 4/5 or 24/35 seconds, and )
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1. kṣaṇa m. any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment, Nal.; Śak.; Ragh. &c.
a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kalās or four minutes, L.; or (in astron.) to 48 minutes, VarBṛS. &c.; or 4/5 or 24/35 seconds, BhP. iii, 11, 7 and 8)
a leisure moment, vacant time, leisure (e.g. kṣaṇaṃ-√ kṛ, to have leisure for, wait patiently for, MBh.; cf. kṛta-kṣaṇa)
a fit or suitable moment, opportunity (kṣaṇaṃ-√ kṛ, to give an opportunity, MBh. iv, 666; cf. datta-kṣaṇa and labdha-kṣ˚)
a festival, Megh.; Daś.; BhP. iii, 3, 21
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