cl. 1. Ā. kṣámate (ep. also P. °ti; Ved. cl. 2. P. kṣamiti, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 34]; cl. 4. P. kṣāmyati [cf. Impv. Ā. 3. sg. kṣamyatām, [BhP. vi, 3, 30]] [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 74]; perf. cakṣame, [MBh.] &c., 3. pl. °mire, [ŚBr.]; 1. du. cakṣaṇvahe & 1. pl. °ṇmahe, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 65], Sch.; fut. 2nd kṣaṃsyate, °ti, kṣamiṣyati; aor. 2. sg. akṣaṃsthās, [Bhaṭṭ.]; inf. kṣantum, [MBh.] &c.), to be patient or composed, suppress anger, keep quiet, [RV. x, 104, 6]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to submit to (dat.), [ŚBr. iii]; [iv]; to bear patiently, endure, put up with (acc.), suffer, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; to pardon, forgive anything (acc.) to (gen. or dat.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (e.g. kṣamasva me tad, forgive me that, [Ragh. xiv, 58]); to allow, permit, suffer, [Sāh.] ([Kuval.]); (with Pot.), [Daś.]; to bear any one, be indulgent to, [MBh. iii, 13051]; [R. iv, 27, 22]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.] (Pass.), [Hit.]; to resist, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 33], Sch.; to be able to do anything (inf.), [Śiś. i, 38] and [ix, 65]; to seem good, [Divyāv. iv] : Caus. P. Ā. kṣamayati, kṣāmayate, to ask any one (acc.) pardon for anything (acc.), [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [Pañcat.]; (perf. kṣamayām āsa) to suffer or bear patiently, [R. v, 49, 11] (cf. kṣamāpaya);
[cf. Goth. hramja (?) Angl.Sax. hremman, ‘to hinder, disquiet’.]
kṣám f. (nom. kṣā́s acc. kṣā́m instr. kṣamā́ once jmā́ [[RV. vi, 52, 15]] dat. kṣe [? [RV. iv, 3, 6]], gen. abl. gmás, jmás, once kṣmás [[RV. i, 100, 15]], loc. kṣámi; du. nom. kṣā́mā [[RV. ii, 39, 7]; [x, 12, 1]; cf. dyā́va-kṣā́mā]; pl. nom. kṣāmas [[RV. viii, 70, 4]; kṣā́mīs fr. °mi, [SV.]], kṣā́s [[RV. iv, 28, 5]] acc. kṣā́s [[RV. x, 2, 6]] loc. kṣā́su, [RV. i, 127, 10] and [v, 64, 2]) the ground, earth, χθών [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr. vi]
[cf. kṣmā; cf. also Gk. χαμαί, χθαμαλός; Lat. humus, homo.]