Dharmakshetra, Dharmakṣetra, Dharma-kshetra: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dharmakṣetra can be transliterated into English as Dharmaksetra or Dharmakshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDharmakṣetra (धर्मक्षेत्र):—(dha + kṣe) n. das Gebiet des Gesetzes, Name eines heiligen Gebietes in der Gegend von Delhi, wo der grosse Kampf zwischen den Kuru und Pāṇḍava stattgefunden haben soll; gewöhnlich kurukṣetra genannt: dharmakṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanāvadhi [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 950.] dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ . māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva [Bhagavadgītā 1, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDharmakṣetra (धर्मक्षेत्र):——
1) n. das Gebiet des Gesetzes , Nomen proprium einer Oertlichkeit , = kurukṣetra. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. [VP.².4,175.]
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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Partial matches: Kshetra, Dharma, Tarma.
Full-text: Kurukshetra, Brahmavarta, Kshetra.
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