क्षेत्रkṣetran. (√2. क्षि) landed property, land, soil (क्ष्/एत्रस्य प्/अति, "lord of the soil", N. of a kind of tutelary…
- neuter gender (√2. क्षि) landed property, land, soil (क्ष्/एत्रस्य प्/अति, "lord of the soil", Name of a kind of tutelary deity fg-veda AV. ii, 8, 5; also क्ष्/एत्रस्य प्/अत्नी, "mistress of the soil", and क्ष्/एत्राणाम् प्/अति, "the lord of the soil", Name of tutelary deities AV. ii, 12, 1 VS. xvi, 18)
- neuter gender "soil of merit", a Buddha बुद्ध or any holy person DivyA7v.
- neuter gender a field (exempli gratia, 'for example' that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्रं-√कृ, "to cultivate a field" Mn. Ya1jn5. ii, 158; confer, compare सस्य-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) fg-veda etc.
- neuter gender place, region, country fg-veda AV. iii, 28, 3 TS. vii Sus3r. Megh. Vet.
- neuter gender a house Lexicographers
- neuter gender a town Lexicographers
- neuter gender department, sphere of action MBh. xiv, 126 R. etc.
- neuter gender place of origin, place where anything is found Yogas. ii, 4 Sus3r. BhP. viii, 12, 33
- neuter gender a sacred spot or district, place of pilgrimage (as Benares etc.; often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') BrahmaP.
- neuter gender an enclosed plot of ground, portion of space, superficies (exempli gratia, 'for example' स्व्-अल्प-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, of a small circuit Ya1jn5. ii, 156)
- neuter gender (in geometry) a plane figure (as a triangle, circle, etc.) enclosed by lines, any figure considered as having geometrical dimensions Gol.
- neuter gender a diagram W.
- neuter gender a planetary orbit Gan2it.
- neuter gender a zodiacal sign Su1ryas.
- neuter gender an astrological mansion VarBr2S. VarBr2. i, xi
- neuter gender (in chiromancy) certain portions marked out on the palm VarBr2S. lxviii, 1
- neuter gender "fertile soil", the fertile womb, wife Mn. Ya1jn5. ii, 127 MBh. R. S3ak. BhP.
- neuter gender the body (considered as the field of the indwelling soul) Ya1jn5. iii, 178 Bhag. xiii, 1 and 2 Kum. vi, 77
- neuter gender (in Sa1m2khya सांख्य philosophy) Equivalent to अ-व्यक्त (quod vide) Tattvas.
- [confer, compare /अ-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, अन्य- and कुरु-क्षेत्र्/अ, कर्म-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, देव-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, धर्म-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, रण-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सिद्ध-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सु-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, सुरे*श्वरी-क्ष्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; confer, compare also Gothic haithi, Them. हैथ्जो; German Heide .]
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Source: Monier-Williams