Ahikshetra, Ahikṣetra, Ahi-kshetra: 6 definitions
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Ahikshetra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ahikṣetra can be transliterated into English as Ahiksetra or Ahikshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: archive.org: The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval IndiaAhikṣetra—Same as Ahicchatra.
Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptionsAhikṣetra (अहिक्षेत्र) is a place name ending in kṣetra mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. Ahikṣetra is also known as Ahichatra or Ahicchatra in the way that kṣetra is changed to chatra or cchatra.
Source: archive.org: The ocean of story (history)Ahikṣetra (अहिक्षेत्र) is another name for Ahicchatrā, referred to in the Mahābhārata, Ādiparva, sect. clxviii, as Chhatravatī, and is the ’O-hi-chi-ta-lo of Hiuen Tsiang (a.d. 629). [Ahicchatrā] has been identified by Cunningham (Ancient Geography of India, vol. i, p. 359 et seq.) with Rāmnagar, twenty miles west of Bareli, in Rohilkhand.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAhikṣetra (अहिक्षेत्र).—Name of a country in the east.
Derivable forms: ahikṣetraḥ (अहिक्षेत्रः).
Ahikṣetra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ahi and kṣetra (क्षेत्र). See also (synonyms): ahikṣatra.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kshetra, Ahi.
Full-text: Ahicchatra, Ahichatra, Ahikshatra, Keralamahatmiya, Kshetra.
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Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 12 - Country of Kiu-pi-shwang-na (Govishana) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 13 - Country of ’O-hi-chi-ta-lo (Ahikshetra) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
Chapter 14 - Country of Pi-lo-shan-na (Virashana) < [Book IV - Fifteen Countries]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 15 - Kampilya as a Centre of Learning < [Part 4 - Some Aspects of Life in Caraka’s Times]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]
Topographical Lists from the Mahābhārata < [Book II]