kzayaH [ kzi-ac ] 1 A house, residence, abode; yAtanASca yamakzaye Ms. 6. 61 ; nirjagAma punastasmAtkzayAnnArAyaRasya ha Mb. 2 Loss, decline, waste, wane, decay, diminution; AyuzaH kzayaH R. 3. 69 ; Danakzaye varDati jAWarAgniH Pt. 2. 178 ; so caMdrakzayaH, kzayapakzaH &c. 3 Destruction, end, termination; niSAkzaye yAti hriyEva pAMqutAM Rs. 1. 9 ; Amaru. 60. 4 Pecuniary loss; Ms. 8. 401. 5 Fall (as of prices.) 6 Removal. 7 Universal destruction ( pralaya ). 8 Consumption. 9 A disease in general. 10 The negative sign or quantity, minus (in algebra). 11 Family, race. 12 The house of Yama. Comp. — kara (also kzayaMkara ) a. causing decay or destruction, ruinous. — kAlaH 1 time of universal destruction. 2 the period of decline. — kAsaH consumptive cough. — pakzaH the dark fortnight. — yuktiH f. , — yogaH an opportunity of destroying. — rogaH consumption. — vAyuH the wind that is to blow at the destruction of the world. — saMpad f. total loss, ruin.