क्षान्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬓ᭄ᬱᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ক্ষান্তি (Assamese script)
ক্ষান্তি (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ક્ષાન્તિ (Gujarati script)
ਕੑਸ਼ਾਨੑਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦏ꧀ꦰꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
ក្ឞាន្តិ (Khmer script)
ಕ್ಷಾನ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
ກ຺ຩານ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
ക്ഷാന്തി (Malayalam script)
𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢉᢔᠠᢗᠨᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
ᡬᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
က္ၑာန္တိ (Burmese script)
𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
କ୍ଷାନ୍ତି (Odia script)
ꢒ꣄ꢰꢵꢥ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ක්‍ෂාන‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
க்ஷாந்தி (Tamil script)
క్షాన్తి (Telugu script)
กฺษานฺติ (Thai script)
ཀྵཱ་ནྟི (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Noun

क्षान्ति • (kṣānti) stem, f

patience, forbearance, endurance, indulgence
- (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:
  5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්‍යන‍්තීහ කදාචන
  ක්‍ෂාන‍්ත්‍යා වෛරාණී ශම්‍යන‍්ති එෂ ධර්‍මඃ සනාතනඃ.
  5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
  Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.
  5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
  Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth.
  (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
  Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.”)
  (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of क्षान्ति (kṣānti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	क्षान्तिः kṣāntiḥ	क्षान्ती kṣāntī	क्षान्तयः kṣāntayaḥ
Vocative	क्षान्ते kṣānte	क्षान्ती kṣāntī	क्षान्तयः kṣāntayaḥ
Accusative	क्षान्तिम् kṣāntim	क्षान्ती kṣāntī	क्षान्तीः kṣāntīḥ
Instrumental	क्षान्त्या kṣāntyā	क्षान्तिभ्याम् kṣāntibhyām	क्षान्तिभिः kṣāntibhiḥ
Dative	क्षान्तये / क्षान्त्ये¹ / क्षान्त्यै² kṣāntaye / kṣāntye¹ / kṣāntyai²	क्षान्तिभ्याम् kṣāntibhyām	क्षान्तिभ्यः kṣāntibhyaḥ
Ablative	क्षान्तेः / क्षान्त्याः² kṣānteḥ / kṣāntyāḥ²	क्षान्तिभ्याम् kṣāntibhyām	क्षान्तिभ्यः kṣāntibhyaḥ
Genitive	क्षान्तेः / क्षान्त्याः² kṣānteḥ / kṣāntyāḥ²	क्षान्त्योः kṣāntyoḥ	क्षान्तीनाम् kṣāntīnām
Locative	क्षान्तौ / क्षान्त्याम्² kṣāntau / kṣāntyām²	क्षान्त्योः kṣāntyoḥ	क्षान्तिषु kṣāntiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants

Pali: khantī
- → Burmese: ခန္တီ (hkanti)
- → Khmer: ខន្តី (khɑntəy)
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀁𑀢𑀺 (kṣaṃti), 𑀔𑀁𑀢𑀺 (khaṃti), 𑀙𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀁 (chātiṃ)
- Prakrit: 𑀔𑀁𑀢𑀺 (khaṃti)
  - Northwestern:
    - Paisaci Prakrit:
      - Sindhi: khā̃di
        Arabic script: کَاندِ‎
        
        Devanagari script: खाँदि
  - Southern:
    - Helu Prakrit:
      - Dhivehi: ކެތް‎ (ket̊)
  - Western:
    - Sauraseni Prakrit:
      - Gujarati: ખાંત (khā̃t)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ksanti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 191

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