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क्षण m. 1.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 कलाs 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] ) क्षणं-√ कृ a leisure moment, vacant time, leisure (e.g. , to have leisure for, wait patiently for, [MBh.] ; cf. कृत-क्षण) क्षणं-√ कृ a fit or suitable moment, opportunity (, to give an opportunity, [MBh. iv, 666] ; cf. दत्त-क्षण and लब्ध-क्ष्°) a festival, [Megh.] ; [Daś.] ; [BhP. iii, 3, 21] a certain day of the fortnight (as the full moon, change of the moon, &c.), [Sarvad.] dependence, [L.] the centre, middle, [L.] क्षण n. n. an instant, moment, [Bhartṛ.] (= [Subh.] ) क्षण n. n. in a moment, [Ragh. xii, 36] ; [Śāntiś.] (cf. तत्-क्षणम्) क्षण n. n.ततः क्षणात् (= तत्-क्षणात्q.v. ), immediately upon that, [Kathās.] क्षणात्-क्षणात् , in this moment - in that moment, [Rājat. viii, 898] क्षण n. n.क्षणे क्षणे, every instant, every moment, [Rājat. v, 165 and 337.] क्षण 2a°णतु, °णन, &c. See √ क्षन्. क्षण m. 2bm. killing (= मारण), [Gal.]
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