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kshanti

kshanti noun: patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Noun

kshanti (uncountable)

  1. patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Origin of kshanti

From Sanskrit क्षान्ति (kṣānti).

Questions about kshanti

What does kshanti mean?
Kshanti means patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
What part of speech is kshanti?
Kshanti is a noun.

Words near kshanti in the dictionary

  1. KSer
  2. KSers
  3. KSF
  4. KSFs
  5. KSH
  6. kshanti
  7. kshatri
  8. kshatris
  9. kshatriya
  10. kshatriyahood
  11. kshatriyas

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