क्षान्ति

From the root क्षम् (kṣam, “to have patience, to forgive”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɑːn.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɑːn̪.t̪i/

क्षान्ति • (kṣānti) stem, f

1. patience, forbearance, endurance
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 18.42:

     शमो दमस् तपः शौचं क्षान्तिर् आर्जवम् एव च ।
     ज्ञानं विज्ञानम् आस्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥

     śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca.
     jñānaṃ vijñānam āstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam.

     Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, patience, straightness,
     knowledge, wisdom and religiousness are the natural deeds of a Brāhmaṇa.

   • Udānavarga 14.11:

     न हि वैरेण वैराणि शाम्यन्तीह कदाचन ।
     क्षान्त्या वैराणि शाम्यन्येष धर्मः सनातनः ॥

     na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
     kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanyeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.

     For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
     Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal law.

2. forgiveness

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨎𐨟𐨁 (kṣaṃti), 𑀔𑀁𑀢𑀺 (khaṃti), 𑀙𑀸𑀢𑀺 (chāti)
  • Niya Prakrit: 𐨐𐨿𐨮𐨌𐨎𐨟𐨁 (kṣāṃti)
  • Prakrit: 𑀔𑀁𑀢𑀺 (khaṃti)
    • Northwestern:
      • Sindhi: khā̃di

        Arabic script: کَاندِ

        Devanagari script: खाँदि

    • Southern:
      • Dhivehi: ކެތް (ket̊)
    • Western:
      • Gujarati: ખાંત (khā̃t)
• Pali: khantī
  • → Burmese: ခန္တီ (hkanti)
  • → Khmer: ខន្តី (khɑntəy)

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षान्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 326, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “क्षान्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 623
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣānti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 191