Kshetriya, Kṣetriya: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kṣetriya can be transliterated into English as Ksetriya or Kshetriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣetriya (क्षेत्रिय).—a. [kṣetra-gha cf. P.V.2.92 Vārt.1,2.]
1) Relating to a field.
2) Curable in a future body, or incurable in the present life, irremediable; दण्डोऽयं क्षेत्रियो येन मय्यपातीति साऽब्रवीत् (daṇḍo'yaṃ kṣetriyo yena mayyapātīti sā'bravīt) Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.32 क्षेत्रियरोगं सखि हृदन्तः (kṣetriyarogaṃ sakhi hṛdantaḥ)
-yam 1 An organic disease.
2) Meadow grass, pasturage.
3) (pl.) The surrounding parts of any place; यदि स्थ क्षेत्रियाणाम् (yadi stha kṣetriyāṇām) Av.2.14.5.
-yaḥ 1 A medicament.
2) An incurable disease.
3) An adulterer.
4) Physicking, operating.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetriya (क्षेत्रिय).—n.
(-yaṃ) 1. Meadow grass, herbage, pasturage. 2. Physicking, operating. m.
(-yaḥ) 1. An adulterer. 2. A medicament, what is fit to be administered in medicine. 3. An incurable disease. E. kṣetra a field, the body, gha aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetriya (क्षेत्रिय).—[adjective] belonging to a place. [masculine] husband; [neuter] [plural] environs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣetriya (क्षेत्रिय):—[from kṣetra] mfn. ‘organic’ (as a disease), incurable (‘curable in a future body id est. incurable in the present life’ [Pāṇini 5-2, 92]), [Kāvyaprakāśa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. one who seduces other men’s wives, adulterer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) an organic and incurable disease, [Atharva-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] m. meadow grass, herbage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] n. [plural] (āṇi) the environs of a place, [Atharva-veda ii, 14, 5.]
6) Kṣetrīya (क्षेत्रीय):—[from kṣetra] [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati, to desire another man’s wife, [Śāntiśataka i, 26].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetriya (क्षेत्रिय):—(yaṃ) 1. n. Meadow grass; physicking. m. An adulterer; a medicament; incurable disease.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryKṣetrīya (क्षेत्रीय) [Also spelled kshetriy]:—(a) territorial, zonal, regional.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKṣetrīya (क्षेत्रीय):—adj. 1. of/related to the cultivating field; produced in the field; 2. having a field; 3. regional; local;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Kshetriyanashana, Kshetriyata, Kshetriyati.
Ends with: Bhukshetriya, Janakshetriya, Lokakshetriya, Sukshetriya, Upakshetriya.
Full-text (+37): Kshattrabandhu, Kshetriyanashana, Nihkshatra, Bahuja, Rajanya, Dvijalingin, Caturvarnya, Parashurama, Nabhi, Kshetriy, Anantaraja, Kshattrin, Rajanyaka, Pulkasa, Pratilomaja, Kshetrin, Kshattradharmma, Ghac, Anulomaja, Pahnava.
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter IV - Account of kings, divisions, mountains, rivers, and inhabitants of the other Dvipas < [Book II]
Chapter XI - Legend of Dhruva, the son of Uttanapada < [Book I]
Chapter VI - Origin of the four castes < [Book I]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
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