Kshama is from the Sanskrit Kṣamā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Kshama is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Kṣamā forgiveness patience earth-endurance + Sanskrit kṣam to endure + foundational central in Hindu virtue-heritage + foundational Kṣamā foundational-central one of ten-Yamas ethical-restraints in Patanjalis Yoga Sutras alongside Ahiṃsā + Satya + Asteya + Brahmacarya + Aparigraha + Śauca + Santoṣa + Tapas + Svādhyāya + foundational central in Manusmriti 6.92 ten-fold Dharma + foundational central in Jain Kṣamā-Pana forgiveness-Paryushana + foundational central Bhūmi-Kṣamā earth-endurance epithet + foundational pan-Hindu Jain heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.
Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.
Kshama does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kshama reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.