Kurukshetra, Kurukṣetra, Kuru-kshetra: 27 definitions

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Kurukshetra has 25 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kurukṣetra can be transliterated into English as Kuruksetra or Kurukshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Kurukshetra in Sanskrit glossary

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

Kurukṣetra (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 Fassung

Kurukṣetra (कुरुक्षेत्र):——

1) n. Nomen proprium eines Landes. —

2) m. Pl. die Bewohner dieses Landes.

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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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