kṣetra
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[mw] n. (2. kṣi) landed property, land, soil (kṣ/etrasya p/ati, lord of the soil, N. of a kind of tutelary deity RV. AV. ii, 8, 5; also kṣ/etrasya p/atnī, mistress of the soil, and kṣ/etrāṇām p/ati, the lord of the soil, N. of tutelary deities AV. ii, 12, 1 VS.... n. soil of merit, a Buddha buddha or any holy person DivyA7v. 332,1 60240 n. a field (e.g. traṃ-kṛ, to cultivate a field Mn. Ya1jn5. ii, 158; cf. sasya-kṣ) RV....
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√ati अति
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n. (2. kṣi) landed property, land, soil (kṣ/etrasya p/ati, lord of the soil, N. of a kind of tutelary deity RV. AV. ii, 8, 5; also kṣ/etrasya p/atnī, mistress of the soil, and...
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- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Total Occurrences
- 633
- Texts Appeared In
- 84
DCS: the being of one sort; identity | Monier-Williams: kzetra [ cf. a/-kz˚ , anya- and kuru-kzetra/ , karma-kz˚ , deva-kz˚ ,
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dhruvāṇi manyate mohād gṛhakṣetravasūni ca
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tad vīrāsīt puṇyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ trailokyaviśrutam
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kṣetratoyabhavā doṣā ratneṣu na laganti te