Kshatra, Kṣatra: 16 definitions

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Kshatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Kshatra has 15 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kṣatra can be transliterated into English as Ksatra or Kshatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kṣatra (क्षत्र):—

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Kṣātra (क्षात्र):—(von kṣatra)

1) adj. f. ī der zweiten Kaste eigenthümlich, ihr zukommend: karman [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 35.] [BHĀG. 18, 43.] dharma [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 87.] [Mahābhārata 1, 314.] [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 21, 11.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 109, 20.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 13.] bala [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 54, 14.] [Mahābhārata 3, 979.] hṛdaya [1320.] pathin [Kirātārjunīya 5, 49.] ghora [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 8, 36.] kṣātrīṃ tanuṃ samutsṛjya tato vipratvameṣyasi [Mahābhārata 13, 5781.] —

2) n. = kṣatra die zweite Kaste; die Herrscherwürde: (rāmeṇa) kṣātramutsādya vīreṇa hradāḥ pañca niveśitāḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 5097.] kṣātreṇāpi hi saṃsṛṣṭaṃ tejaḥ śāmyati vai dvije [13, 3026.] kva cāraṇyaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ kva jaṭāḥ kva ca pālanam [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 106, 17. 3, 13, 24.] yadā ca bhavanādrāmaścāpapāṇirvinirgataḥ . kṣātramevābhisaṃdhāya dharmādvicalitaḥ katham .. [5, 84, 10.]

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Kṣatra (क्षत्र):—vgl. noch citra .

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Kṣātra (क्षात्र):—

1) śīla [Kathāsaritsāgara 66, 16.] dharmapraśaṃsā [Oxforder Handschriften 13,a,25.]

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Kṣātra (क्षात्र):—

2) [Mahābhārata 3, 5097] hat die ed. Bomb. kṣatra .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kṣatra (क्षत्र):——

1) n. — a) Sg. und Pl. Herrschaft , Obergewalt , Macht , imperium. — b) Sg. und Pl. die Gesammtheit der Herrschenden. — c) der herrschende , fürstliche Stand , die zweite Kaste. — d) Fürstenwürde. — e) ein Angehöriger der zweiten Kaste. — f) *Reichthum. — g) *Wasser. — h) *Körper. — i) *Tabernaemontana coronaria [Rājan 10,145.] chattra v.l. —

2) *f. ī eine Angehörige der zweiten Kaste.

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Kṣātra (क्षात्र):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) der zweiten Kaste eigenthümlich , ihr zukommend.

2) n. Herrscherwürde.

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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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