Sukshma, Sūkṣma, Sūkṣmā, Shukshma, Śūkṣma: 40 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Shilpashastra
2. Shaivism
3. Ayurveda
4. Purana
5. Pancaratra
6. Jyotisha
7. Yoga
8. Shaktism
9. General definition
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
2. Tibetan Buddhism
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Sukshma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Sūkṣma and Sūkṣmā and Śūkṣma can be transliterated into English as Suksma or Sukshma or Shukshma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Sukshm.

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Wisdom Library: Elements of Hindu Iconograpy

According to the Aṃśumadbhedāgama, Sūkṣma (2nd class Vidyeśvara) has a pacific appearance, is of blue complexion and has three eyes and four arms. He is clothed in garments embroidered with gold lace and adorned with all ornaments. The front hands of Sūkṣma are held in the varada and abhaya poses, while the back hands carry the ṭaṅka and the śūla.

Source: archive.org: Illustrations of Indian Music and Dance in Western Indian Style

Sukṣma (सुक्ष्म) refers to one of the forty-seven tānas (tone) used in Indian music.—The illustration of Sukṣma (as a deity) according to 15th-century Indian art is as follows.—The colour of his body is yellow. His face is similar to the face of a goat. A viṇā is in his right hand and a fruit in his left hand.

The illustrations (of, for example Sukṣma) are found scattered throughout ancient Jain manuscripts from Gujarat. The descriptions of these illustrations of this citrāvalī are based on the ślokas of Vācanācārya Gaṇi Sudhākalaśa’s Saṅgītopaniṣatsāroddhāra (14^th century) and Śārṅgadeva’s Saṅgītaratnākara (13^th century).

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ṣaṭsāhasra-saṃhitā

Sūkṣmā (सूक्ष्मा):—One of the twelve guṇas associated with Vahni, the third seat of the Svādhiṣṭhāna-chakra. According to tantric sources such as the Śrīmatottara-tantra and the Gorakṣasaṃhitā (Kādiprakaraṇa), these twelve guṇas are represented as female deities. According to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā however, they are explained as particular syllables. They (e.g. Sūkṣmā) only seem to play an minor role with regard to the interpretation of the Devīcakra (first of five chakras, as taught in the Kubjikāmata-tantra).

Source: Wisdom Library: Śaivism

1) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) is the Sanskrit name of a deity presiding over Mṛtakeśvara, one of the sixty-eight places hosting a svāyambhuvaliṅga, which is one of the most sacred of liṅgas according to the Śaivāgamas. The list of sixty-eight svāyambhuvaliṅgas and presiding deities (e.g., Sūkṣma) is found in the commentary on the Jirṇoddhāra-daśaka by Nigamajñānadeva. The word liṅga refers to a symbol used in the worship of Śiva and is used thoughout Śaiva literature, such as the sacred Āgamas.

2) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to one of the “eight embodiments” (mūrtyaṣṭaka) of Śiva according to the Svacchandatantra 10.1161–1162 where they are identical with the eight vidyeśvaras (lords of knowledge). The eight embodiments are also mentioned in a copper-plate inscription found in Malhar, Chhattisgarh, written around 650 CE.

All these manifestations of Śiva (e.g., Sūkṣma) appear at the borders of various divisions of the universe according to the Lākula system.

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva

1) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) or Sūkṣmāgama refers to one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgama: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The Śaivāgamas are divided into four groups viz. Śaiva, Pāśupata, Soma and Lākula. Śaiva is further divided in to Dakṣiṇa, Vāma and Siddhānta (e.g., sūkṣma).

2) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) is the name of a deity who was imparted with the knowledge of the Sūkṣmāgama to by Sadāśiva through parasambandha, according to the pratisaṃhitā theory of Āgama origin and relationship (sambandha). The sūkṣma-āgama, being part of the ten Śivabhedāgamas, refers to one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgamas: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu.

Sūkṣma in turn transmitted the Sūkṣmāgama (through mahānsambandha) to Trimūrti, who then transmitted it to Hutāśana who then, through divya-sambandha, transmitted it to the Devas who, through divyādivya-sambandha, transmitted it to the Ṛṣis who finally, through adivya-sambandha, revealed the Sūkṣmāgama to human beings (Manuṣya). (also see Anantaśambhu’s commentary on the Siddhāntasārāvali of Trilocanaśivācārya)

Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the Mālinīvijayottaratantra

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to the Padārthādarśā of Rāghavabhaṭṭa.

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to the “subtle (method)”, according to the Svacchandatantra verse 4.79b-81b.—Accordingly, “Next there is the initiation for the purpose of the purification of the cosmic path for those who seek the fruit of [either] enjoyment or liberation. The subtle method (sūkṣma—vidhānam ucyate sūkṣmaṃ) that causes the cutting of the bonds is explained. The Guru asks the candidate seeking benefits [about] the two-fold [option]. Whatever fruit he desires, accordingly he should start the propitiation of Mantras”.

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म, “subltle”) refers to one of the three “yogic methods” (upāya), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 6.6-8]—“The method (upāya) is threefold: gross (sthūla), subltle (sūkṣma), and highest (para). The sthūla [method consists of] sacrifice, oblation, mantra recitation, [and] meditation, together with mudrās, the mohanayantras, and so forth. The king of mantras [i.e., oṃ juṃ saḥ] brings about [relief]. The sukṣma [method contains] yoga of the cakras, etc., and by upward momentum [of breath] through the channels. The para [method], is Mṛtyujit, which is universal and bestows liberation”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म, “subtle”).—One of the twenty Gurvādiguṇa, or, ‘ten opposing pairs of qualities of drugs’.—Sūkṣma is the characteristic of a drug referring to the ‘subtleness’, while its opposing quality, Sthūla, refers to its ‘coarseness’. It is a Sanskrit technical term from Āyurveda (Indian medicine) and used in literature such the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā.

The quality of Sūkṣma, present in drugs and herbs, increases the Vāta (bodily humour in control of motion and the nervous system) and the Pitta (bodily humour in control of digestion and metabolism). It exhibits a predominant presence of the elements Ether (ākāśa), Air (vāyu) and Fire (agni).

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to “minute (objects)”, and is mentioned in verse 2.39 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] nor shall one continuously look at minute [viz., sūkṣma], glittering, impure, and unpleasant (objects). One shall not indulge in the selling, preparing, offering, and accepting of liquor”.

Note: Sūkṣma (“minute”) has been rendered by śin-tu phra (“very minute”).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

1) Sukṣma (सुक्ष्म):—Minuteness / penetrating; one of the gurvadi gunas; caused due activated akash, agni & vayu; denotes physiological & pharmacological minuteness & penetration;

2) [sukṣmaḥ] The property of the substance which causes minuteness and decrease body mass

3) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म):—[sūkṣmaṃ] Minute, Poison penetrates into and deranges the minutest capillaries owing to its extreme subtle essence.

Source: National Mission for Manuscripts: Traditional Medicine System in India

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म, “subtle”) and Sthūla (“gross”) refers to one of the ten counterpart-couples of the twenty Śārīraguṇa (or Gurvādiguṇa), which refers to the “twenty qualities of the body”—where guṇa (property) represents one of the six divisions of dravya (drugs).—Śārīraka-guṇas are twenty in number. There are ten guṇas with their opposite guṇas. [...] Sūkṣma (“subtle”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of air, space and the associated actions of “pervading/vivaraṇa”; while Sthūla (“gross”) has the predominant bhūta (element) of earth and is associated with the action “covering/saṃvaraṇa”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—A notorious Dānava, who was born to Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Danu. The King Jayadratha, was the rebirth of this Dānava. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 18).

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to the “subtle”, and is used to describe Śiva, according the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.15. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On arrival there, after paying respects to the lord [Śiva] with great excitement we lauded Him with various hymns with palms joined in reverence. The Devas said: [...] O lord of everything, we bow to Thee who art beyond the perception of the sense-organs; who hast no support; who art the support of all; who hast no cause; who art endless; the primordial and the subtle (sūkṣma)”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—A Dānava.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 6. 9; Vāyu-purāṇa 68. 9.

1b) A third Yogaiśvarya and Pañcabhūtāmtaka; indiriyas, manas, buddhi, and ahaṅkāra.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 13. 5.

1c) Seven in number; these with the bhūta result in aiśvarya and aiśvarya results in its turn in rāga or desire while Brahmā is virāga or void of rāga the sūkṣma bhāva is Prasthūla bhāva.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 12. 27-32.

2) Sūkṣmā (सूक्ष्मा).—A Śakti.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 35; 97.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.59.24, I.65, I.61.19) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Sūkṣma) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) or Sūkṣmaśāli refers to one of the ten varieties of “rice” (śāli) according to verse 25.60b-61 of the Īśvarasaṃhitā which deals with the classification of the places for building the fire-pits (kuṇḍa). Śāli represents one of the seven village-corns that are fit for food-offerings. Accordingly, “Śāli (e.g., sūkṣma) is important among them. Others are to be taken in its absence or that of others”.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) or Sūkṣmacchidra (Cf. Apṛthu) refers to a “small hole” at the bottom of a bowl, used in the creation of a water-clock.—(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhāskarācārya’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi).—According to Munīśvara (1603 A.D.) in his Marīci commentary on Bhāskara II: “The bowl should be so made that it has a large hole (pṛthu-chidra = mahārandhra) at the bottom. Through this statement it is indicated that the hole should be made in such a manner that, when the bowl is placed on the water of the basin and when water enters [the bowl], the hole is not blocked by any dirt that may be in the water of the basin. Because of the possibiliy of a small hole [i.e., sūkṣma-chidra] getting blocked by dirt an the like, assuming here a coalescene of the vowel a (akāra-praśleṣa) [by reading apṛthu] is not proper”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to a “subtle (difference)”, according to the Amṛtasiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Haṭhayoga textual tradition.—Accordingly, “Endowed with ten digits, in the middle of the sphere of the sun in the region of the stomach dwells fire, which digests food. Fire is the sun; the sun is fire. The two look almost the same [but] differ subtly (sūkṣma-bheda)”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to “subtle” and is used to describe Tūśnīnātha, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “That is the supreme solace, (the universal) cause, the imperishable Śiva. Unborn, it is omnipresent, subtle (sūkṣma), omniscient and facing everywhere. It is the primordial god called ‘Endless’ whose nature is emptiness and is without defect. Without beginning or end, it is tranquil, devoid of beginning, middle, or end”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Ashtanga Yoga: Yoga Sutrani Patanjali

sūkṣma = subtle; the subtle underlying principle

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to “thin-shaped (begging bowl made of stone)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[Digression on a case brought against the Buddha; B. The defense].—[6. Use of a Stone Bowl].—‘The Buddha forbade the Bhikṣus to use eight kinds of bowls (pātra)’.—[...] As for the stone (śaila) bowl, it is thick (audārika) or thin (sūkṣma). Thin, it does not retain bad grease and that is why the Buddha used it himself, but he does not allow the Bhikṣus to keep them because of their weight. A swallow of milk by the Buddha surpasses in power that of a myriad of perfumed white elephants (gandhahastin); this is why [the stone bowl] does not seem heavy for him, but out of compassion (karuṇā) for the Bhikṣus, he does not allow them to keep them. [...]”.

Source: WikiPedia: Mahayana Buddhism

Sūksma (सूक्स्म) refers to “subtle (laxity)”; Cf. Laya and Auddhatya, representing one of the “five faults” (ādīnava), connected with śamatha (“access concentration”), according to Kamalaśīla and the Śrāvakabhūmi section of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra.—Laxity (laya) may be coarse (audārika, rags-pa) or subtle (sūksma, phra-mo). Lethargy (styāna, rmugs-pa) is often also present, but is said to be less common.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to the “subtle”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “[...] Having recourse to the twofold yoga of the bindu (“drop”) and the subtle (sūkṣma), the very valuable, he should meditate on the twelve circles’ bindus in [those] shaped like a vajra. One thousand bindus are in the prongs, [which run] upward from the navel area. [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म, “subtle”) refers to one of the ten flaws (or transmigressions) requiring prāyaścitta (‘expiation’). Prāyaścitta means ‘purification’ of from the flaws or transmigressions.

Sūkṣma is a Sanskrit technical term defined according to the Tattvārthasūtra (ancient authorative Jain scripture) from the 2nd century, which contains aphorisms dealing with philosophy and the nature of reality.

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म, “fine”) refers to an attribute of certain sthāvara-jīvas (“immovable living things”), according to chapter 1.1 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.

Accordingly, in the sermon of Sūri Dharmaghoṣa:—“[...] the immovable jīvas [viz., sthāvara] having one sense are: earth, water, fire, air, and plants. The first four of these may be either fine (sūkṣma) or gross, (bādara). Plants are of two kinds: those that have one soul in one body (pratyeka) and those that have many souls in one body (sādhāraṇa); and those that have many souls in one body are also of two kinds, fine and gross”.

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 9: Influx of karmas

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—What is meant by subtle (sūkṣma) flaw? To hide the gross flaw and tell only the subtle flaws for repentance to the preceptor due to the fear of severe punishment) is called subtle (sūkṣma) flaw.

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) refers to a “minute body” and represents one of the various kinds of Nāma, or “physique-making (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8. What is the meant by minute body (sūkṣma) body-making karma? The rise of which causes a body to be such that neither it causes nor is caused by any as a hindrance to others is called minute body body-making karma.

The opposite-pair of sūkṣma (minute body) is bādara (gross body).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—a (S) Little, small, minute, atomic. 2 Thin, slender, delicate, slight. 3 Fine, rare, tenuous, attenuate, subtile. 4 Fine figuratively,--subtile, sharp, nice, exquisite, refined.

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sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—n S The subtile spirit the substratum of the expansion constituting the objective universe, the divine monad brahma. See brahma. 2 m An atom. 3 n A figure of rhetoric. Subtile or refined expression of intention or mind. See vācyālaṅkāra.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—a Little. Slender. Fine. Sharp.

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sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—n The subtle spirit-a term in Ve- danta philosophy. A figure of rhetoric. m An atom.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śūkṣma (शूक्ष्म).—a. = सूक्ष्म (sūkṣma) q. v.

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Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—a. [sūc-man suk ca neṭ; Uṇādi-sūtra 4.184]

1) Subtle, minute, atomic; जालान्तरस्थसूर्यांशौ यत् सूक्ष्मं दृश्यते रजः (jālāntarasthasūryāṃśau yat sūkṣmaṃ dṛśyate rajaḥ); मुख्य- क्रमेण प्रयोगव वनैकवाक्यता सूक्ष्मा (mukhya- krameṇa prayogava vanaikavākyatā sūkṣmā) ŚB. on MS.5.1.15.

2) Little, small; इदमुपहितसूक्ष्मग्रन्थिना स्कन्धदेशे (idamupahitasūkṣmagranthinā skandhadeśe) Ś.1.19; R.18.49.

3) Fine, thin, delicate, exquisite.

4) Nice.

5) Sharp, acute, penetrating.

6) Crafty, artful, subtle, ingenious.

7) Exact, precise, accurate, correct.

-kṣamaḥ 1 An atom.

2) The clearing-nut plant.

3) An epithet of Śiva.

-kṣmā 1 Sand.

2) Small cardamoms.

-kṣmam 1 The subtle all-pervading spirit, the Supreme Soul.

2) Minuteness.

3) One of the three kinds of power attainable by an ascetic; cf. सावद्य (sāvadya).

4) Craft, ingenuity

5) Fraud, cheating.

6) Fine thread &c.

7) Name of a figure of speech, thus defined by Mammaṭa :-कुतोऽपि लक्षितः सूक्ष्मोप्यर्थोऽन्यस्मै प्रकाश्यते । धर्मेण केनचिद्यत्र तत्सूक्ष्मं परिचक्षते (kuto'pi lakṣitaḥ sūkṣmopyartho'nyasmai prakāśyate | dharmeṇa kenacidyatra tatsūkṣmaṃ paricakṣate) || K. P.1.

8) The cavity of a tooth.

9) Marrow.

1) The Vedānta philosophy.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śūkṣma (शूक्ष्म).—mfn.

(-kṣmaḥ-kṣmā-kṣmaṃ) Minute, small, fine, subtile. m.

(-kṣmaḥ) 1. Fraud, dishonesty. 2. Universal spirit. E. sa substituted for śa in the more correct form sūkṣma, q. v.

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Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—mfn.

(-kṣmaḥ-kṣmā-kṣmaṃ) 1. Little, small. 2. Minute, atomic. 3. Fine, delicate. 4. Ingenious, subtle. 5. Sharp, acute. 6. Crafty, artful. 7. Exact, precise, accurate. 8. Deteriorated, declined. m.

(-kṣmaḥ) 1. An atom. 2. Clearing-nut plant, (Strychnos pota- torum.) n.

(-kṣmaṃ) 1. The Supreme Soul, the subtle and invisible spirit that pervades all existence. 2. Fraud, cheating. 3. Fine thread, &c. 4. A figure of rhetoric, the delicate or subtle expression of act or intention. 5. Subtlety, ingenuity, craft. 6. Minuteness. 7. One of the three kinds of power attainable by an ascetic. f.

(-kṣmā) 1. A kind of jasmine, (Jasminum auriculatum.) 2. Small cardamoms. 3. A perfume, consisting of a substance in small grains: see Elabaluka. E. sūc to inform or make known, man Unadi aff., suk ca neṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—i. e. perhaps su -kṣāma (but cf. also sūc), I. adj. 1. Little, small, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 254; [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 90. 2. A tomic, atom-like, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 7; 22. 3. Fine, delicate, tender, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 3; 52. 9; [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 395. 4. Subtle, exact, [Pañcatantra] 62, 12. ºmam, adv. Attentively, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 154, 10. Ii. m. 1. An atom. 2. Clearingnut plant, Strychnos potatorum. Iii. f. mā. 1. A kind of jasmine. 2. Small cardamoms. 3. A sort of perfume. Iv. n. 1. Fine thread. 2. The supreme soul. 3. Subtlety, craft. 4. Fraud.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म).—[adjective] fine, small, minute, subtile, intangible, inconceivable, atomic; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śūkṣma (शूक्ष्म):—incorrect for sūkṣma q.v.

2) Sukṣma (सुक्ष्म):—[=su-kṣma] [from su] mf(ā)n. consisting of good earth, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] ([Scholiast or Commentator])

3) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म):—mf(ā)n. ([probably] connected with sūci, p. 1241, col. 1) minute, small, fine, thin, narrow, short, feeble, trifling, insignificant, unimportant (with artha m. ‘a trifling matter’), [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata] etc.

4) acute, subtle, keen (understanding or mental operation; am ind.), [Kaṭha-upaniṣad; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

5) nice, exact, precise, [Colebrooke]

6) subtle, atomic, intangible, [Upaniṣad; Sāṃkhyakārikā; Mahābhārata] etc.

7) m. a [particular] figure of rhetoric (‘the subtle expression of an intended act’), [Catalogue(s)]

8) (with Śaivas) one who has attained a certain grade of emancipation, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

9) a mystical Name of the sound ī, [Upaniṣad]

10) Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]

11) of a Dānava, [ib.; Harivaṃśa]

12) m. or n. an atom, intangible matter, [Sāṃkhyakārikā; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Mahābhārata] etc.

13) m. the subtle all-pervading spirit, Supreme Soul, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) the Kataka or clearing-nut plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

15) = kṛtaka, or kaitava, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

16) Sūkṣmā (सूक्ष्मा):—[from sūkṣma] f. sand, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

17) [v.s. ...] small cardamoms, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

18) [v.s. ...] Name of two plants (= yūthikā or karuṇī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

19) [v.s. ...] of one of the 9 Śaktis of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

20) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म):—n. the cavity or socket of a tooth, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]

21) woven silk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

22) marrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

23) the Vedānta philosophy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śūkṣma (शूक्ष्म):—[(kṣmaḥ-kṣmā-kṣmaṃ) a.] Minute; fine. m. Fraud; universal spirit.

2) Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म):—[(kṣmaḥ-kṣmā-kṣmaṃ) a.] Little, small, minute, fine, subtle. m. An atom; clearing-nut plant. n. Supreme spirit; fine thread; fraud; subtlety. 1. f. A jasmine; small cardamoms; perfume.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṇha, Suhama, Suhuma.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sūkṣma (सूक्ष्म) [Also spelled sukshm]:—(a) subtle, minute; fine; thin; —[artha] subtle meaning; ~[tā] subtlety, minuteness, fineness, thinness; precision; ~[darśaka yaṃtra] a microscope; ~[darśikī] microscopy; ~[darśī] a microscope; keen observer, keen-eyed; ~[dṛṣṭi] keen-sighted; keen sight; •[tā] keen-sightedness; —[deha/śarīra] the subtle body.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sūkṣma (ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ):—

1) [adjective] very tiny; minute; subtle.

2) [adjective] not fat; thin or very thin.

3) [adjective] soft; tender.

4) [adjective] sharp; keen.

5) [adjective] skilful; sharp-minded.

6) [adjective] exact; precise.

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Sūkṣma (ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ):—

1) [noun] that which is very tiny, minute or subtle.

2) [noun] a thin or very thin, delicate thing.

3) [noun] a worthless thing; a paltry matter; a trifle.

4) [noun] sharp-mindedness; skill.

5) [noun] the Supreme Being.

6) [noun] an instance of cheating; deceit.

7) [noun] a good quality thread.

8) [noun] (rhet.) an expression that is characterised by precision.

9) [noun] (phil.) the subtleness of things.

10) [noun] (phil.) the subtle body (as diff. from the gross body).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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