Kurukshetra, Kurukṣetra, Kuru-kshetra: 27 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kurukṣetra can be transliterated into English as Kuruksetra or Kurukshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKurukṣetra (कुरुक्षेत्र):—(kuru + kṣetra) n. das Feld der Kuru, Nomen proprium einer Gegend: nyubjā iti hāpyenānetarhyācakṣate kurukṣetre [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 30.] kurukṣetre mī devā yajñaṃ tanvate [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 5, 13. 11, 5, 1, 4. 14, 1, 1, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 24, 6, 34.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 16, 12.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 5, 1.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 34. fg.] [JĀBĀLOP. ebend. 2, 73.] kurukṣetraṃ ca matsyāśca pañcālāḥ śūrasenakāḥ . eṣa brahmarṣideśo vai brahmāvartādanantaraḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 19.] kurukṣetraṃ prayāgaṃ ca himādriṃ vindhyamantarā [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 6.] = vinaśana der Ort wo die grosse Schlacht der Kuru und Pāṇḍava geschlagen wurde [14.] dharmakṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ dvādaśayojanāvadhi [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 950.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3739. 3, 5071. fgg.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 1.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna 2, 26.] [Harivaṃśa 1800.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 4.] kurukurukṣetra n. sg. das Land der Kuru und Kurukṣetra [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 7,] [Scholiast] Vgl. [ Kunde des Morgenlandes I, 351. III, 200.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 92, Nalopākhyāna 593, Nalopākhyāna 2.] [Mémoire géographique 287.] — m. pl. Nomen proprium des daselbst wohnenden, wegen seiner Tapferkeit gerühmten Volkstammes: kurukṣetrāṃśca matsyāṃśca pañcālān śūrasenajān . dīrghāṃll~ghūṃśca narānagrānīkeṣu yodhayet .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 193.]
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Kurukṣetra (कुरुक्षेत्र):—, kṣetrādhipa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 57.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKurukṣetra (कुरुक्षेत्र):——
1) n. Nomen proprium eines Landes. —
2) m. Pl. die Bewohner dieses Landes.
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Ends with: Kurukurukshetra.
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