Punyakshetra, Punya-kshetra, Puṇyakṣetra: 11 definitions
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Punyakshetra has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Puṇyakṣetra can be transliterated into English as Punyaksetra or Punyakshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuṇyakṣetra (पुण्यक्षेत्र):—(pu + kṣetra) n. ein heiliges Gebiet, Wallfahrtsort; zur Erkl. von tīrtha [Halāyudha 5, 76.] von dharmāraṇya [BHAṬṬOTP.] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuṇyakṣetra (पुण्यक्षेत्र):—n. ein heiliges Gebiet , Wallfahrtsort.
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, Puṇya.
Ends with: Saptapunyakshetra.
Full-text (+10): Dvipadaka, Tungabhadra, Tamasa, Krishnaveni, Anathapindada, Shvetanadi, Pampa, Naimisha, Vegavati, Tamraparni, Yamuna, Kedara, Badara, Suvarnamukhari, Svarnamukhari, Narmada, Kanya, Shonabhadra, Punnakkhaya, Jahnavi.
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