Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [kṣar-jvalā bāº ṇa] 1 Corro- sive, caustic, acid, pungent, saline.
2 Flowing, oozing. raḥ 1 Juice, essence.
2 Treacle, molasses.
3 Any corrosive or acid substance; kṣate kṣāramivāsahyaṃ jātaṃ tasyaiva darśanaṃ U. 4. 7; kṣāraṃ kṣate prakṣipan Mk. 5. 18; (kṣāraṃ kṣate kṣip &c. has become proverbial, and means ‘to aggravate the pain which is already unbearable,’ ‘to make bad worse’, ‘to add insult to in-...