योग—क्षेम n. m.sg. and
pl. (in later language also
m.du. and
n. sg.) the security or secure possession of what has been acquired, the keeping safe of property, welfare, prosperity, substance, livelihood,
[RV.] &c. &c. (generally explained as a
द्वंद्व meaning ‘acquisition and preservation of property’
cf. क्षेम-योग;
°मं-√ वह् with
dat. = to procure any one a livelihood, support, maintain,
[Śak.] )
the charge for securing property (from accidents), insurance,
[Mn. vii, 127] property destined for pious uses and sacrifices,
[Gaut. xxviii, 46] ;
[Mn. ix, 219] (others ‘the means of securing protection,
i.e. councillors, family priests and the like’)