Akshetra, Akṣetra: 9 definitions
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Akshetra has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Akṣetra can be transliterated into English as Aksetra or Akshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAkṣetra (अक्षेत्र):—1. (3. a + kṣetra) n. ein unfruchtbares Feld: akṣetre vījamutsṛṣṭamantaraiva vinaśyati [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 71.]
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Akṣetra (अक्षेत्र):—2. (3. a + kṣetra) adj. ohne Felder, unbebaut: taddhākṣetrataramivāsa [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 4, 1, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAkṣetra (अक्षेत्र):—1. n. kein Feld , unbeackerter Boden.
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Akṣetra (अक्षेत्र):—2. Adj. ohne Felder , unbebaut.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Akshetrajna, Akshetravid.
Ends with (+146): Abhavakshetra, Adhikarakshetra, Adishakshetra, Adivarahakshetra, Airavatakshetra, Akshakshetra, Anantashayanakshetra, Anilakshetra, Annakshetra, Antarikshakshetra, Anupakshetra, Anyakshetra, Apamakshetra, Apardhakshetra, Apramanabuddhakshetra, Apyakshetra, Ardhakshetra, Arkakshetra, Avanisutakshetra, Avataranakshetra.
Full-text (+32): Akkhitta, Akshetravid, Kshetrasannyasa, Akshetrajna, Urvashiramana, Tautesha, Akshetrin, Paundravardhana, Anaraka, Jodaka, Pakka, Vattaki, Akshaitrajnya, Nagin, Vadakina, Vardhakin, Kedara, Vaidyakshetra, Surinashīrampurnneka, Suryyakshetra.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.71 < [Section VIII - Improvement in the Status of Castes]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg Bühler)
Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika) (by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat)
Verse 13.3 < [Chapter 13 - Kshetra and Kshetrajna Yoga]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.1.159 < [Chapter 1 - Summary of Lord Gaura’s Pastimes]
Verse 1.2.2 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 106 - Glorification of Brāhmaṇas < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 343 - Importance of (Observing the Vow of) Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 5 - Sages and Devas Residing in Prabhāsa Kṣetra < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]