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kṣaṇika , adj. , empty (of the hands): read in Mv ii.252.14 kṣaṇikena ( Senart °tena with 1 ms. , v.l. kṣamikena) hastena gṛhaṃ gacchati, hato bhavati, went home empty-handed and was depressed (of a fowler who caught no birds); iii.171.6 , read svakaṃ ca hastaṃ kṣaṇikaṃ (so 1 ms. , v.l. kṣeṇikaṃ; Senart em. implausibly) paśyati (having given away a beautiful lotus, and now regretting the gift); repeated 171.9 . Is this an extension of the mg. of JM. khaṇika, idle, unemployed, out of work (which is itself derived from Skt. kṣaṇin, at leisure )? In any case the two Mv passages confirm each other; kṣaṇika is certainly the true form in both, and the mg. is certain.