क्षण [ kṣaṇa ] [ kṣaṇa ]1 m. any instantaneous point of time , instant , twinkling of an eye , moment Lit. Nal. Lit. Śak. Lit. Ragh.

a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kalās or four minutes Lit. L. ; or (in astron.) to 48 minutes Lit. VarBṛS. ; or 4/5 or 24/35 seconds Lit. BhP. iii , 11 , 7 and 8)

a leisure moment , vacant time , leisure (e.g. [ kṣaṇaṃ-√ kṛ ] , to have leisure for , wait patiently for Lit. MBh. ; cf. [ kṛta-kṣaṇa ] )

a fit or suitable moment , opportunity ( [ kṣaṇaṃ-√ kṛ ] , to give an opportunity.Lit. MBh. iv , 666 ; cf. [ datta-kṣaṇa ] and [ labdha-kṣ ] )

a festival Lit. Megh. Lit. Daś. Lit. BhP. iii , 3 , 21

a certain day of the fortnight (as the full moon , change of the moon , ) Lit. Sarvad.

dependence Lit. L.

the centre , middle Lit. L.

[ kṣaṇa ] n. an instant , moment Lit. Bhartṛ. ( = Lit. Subh.)

[ kṣaṇam ] ind. acc. for an instant Lit. R. vi , 92 , 35 Lit. BrahmaP. Lit. Vet.

n. in a moment Lit. Ragh. xii , 36 Lit. Śāntiś. ( cf. [ tat-kṣaṇam ] )

[ kṣaṇeṇa ] ind. instr. in a moment Lit. Nal. Lit. R.

[ kṣaṇāt ] ind. abl. after an instant , immediately , at once Lit. Mn. Lit. R. Lit. Śak.

n. [ tataḥ kṣaṇāt ] (= [ tat-kṣaṇāt ] q.v.) , immediately upon that Lit. Kathās.

[ kṣaṇāt-kṣaṇāt ] , in this moment - in that moment Lit. Rājat. viii , 898

[ kṣaṇeṣu ] ind. immediately , at once Lit. R. vi , 55 , 19

n. [ kṣaṇe kṣaṇe ] , every instant , every moment Lit. Rājat. v , 165 and 337.