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kṣāra

mf(A)n. (g. jvalādi) caustic, biting, corrosive, acrid, pungent, saline, converted to alkali or ashes by distillation (fr. √ kṣai?), [R.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.] &c.

sharp, keen (as the wind), [Kāvyād. ii, 104]

m. any corrosive or acrid or saline substance (esp. an alkali such as soda or potash), caustic alkali (one species of cautery), [Kāty.]; [Yājñ. iii, 36]; [MBh.] &c.

juice, essence, [W.]

treacle, molasses, [L.]

glass, [L.]

n. any corrosive or acrid substance, [Kathās. xciii, 14]

a factitious or medicinal salt (commonly black salt, viḍ-lavaṇa and kṛṣṇa-l°), [W.]

water, [W.]

flowing water, flow, [MānGṛ.]

, °raka, °raṇa, &c. See √ kṣar.