क्षय [ kṣaya ] [ kṣayá ]3 m. ( Lit. Pāṇ. 6-1 , 201) loss , waste , wane , diminution , destruction , decay , wasting or wearing away ( often ifc.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ( 1325,3 )

  the accent is on the last syllable in the sense "destruction" , accord, to Lit. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 56 and vi, 1, 63.

  fall (as of prices , opposed to [ vṛddhi ] e.g. [ kṣayo vṛddhiś ca paṇyānām ] , " the fall and rise in the price of commodities " ) Lit. Yājñ. ii , 258

  removal Lit. W.

  end , termination (e.g. [ nidrā-kṣ ] , the end of sleep Lit. R. vi , 105 , 14 ; [dina-kṣaye ] , at the end of day Lit. MBh. i , 699 Lit. R. iv , 3 , 10 ; [ jīvita-kṣaye ] , at the end of life Lit. Daś. ; [ āyuṣaḥ kṣ ] id. Lit. Ragh. ; [ kṣayaṃ ] √ [ gam ] , √ [ yā ] , √ [ i ] , or [ upa√ i ] , to become less , be diminished , go to destruction , come to an end , perish Lit. Nal. Lit. R. Lit. Suśr. Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Daś. Lit. Amar. Lit. Hit. ; [ kṣayaṃ√ nī ] , to destroy Lit. R. v , 36 , 51)

  consumption , phthisis pulmonalis Lit. Suśr. Lit. Hcat.

  sickness in general Lit. L.

  the destruction of the universe Lit. Pañcat.

  (in alg.) a negative quantity , minus Lit. Āryabh.

  = [ -māsa ] Lit. Jyot.

  = [ kṣayāha ] Lit. Gaṇit.

  N. of a prince Lit. VP.

  [ kṣayā ] f. N. of a Yoginī Lit. Hcat.

  [ kṣaya ] n. N. of the last year in the sixty years' Bṛihaspati cycle Lit. VarBṛS.