Karmakshetra, Karmakṣetra, Karman-kshetra: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Karmakṣetra can be transliterated into English as Karmaksetra or Karmakshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKarmakṣetra (कर्मक्षेत्र).—the land of religious acts, i. e. भरतवर्ष (bharatavarṣa); Bhāgavata 5.17.11. cf. कर्मभूमि (karmabhūmi).
Derivable forms: karmakṣetram (कर्मक्षेत्रम्).
Karmakṣetra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karman and kṣetra (क्षेत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarmakṣetra (कर्मक्षेत्र).—n. the seat of sacred works, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 17, 11.
Karmakṣetra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karman and kṣetra (क्षेत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKarmakṣetra (कर्मक्षेत्र):—[=karma-kṣetra] [from karma > karman] n. the place or region of (religious) acts, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 17, 11] (cf. -bhūmi below.)
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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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Partial matches: Kshetra, Karma.
Full-text: Akshetra, Karmabhumi, Kshetra.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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