Kshetrajiva, Kṣētrājīva, Kṣetrājīva, Kshetra-ajiva: 8 definitions
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Kshetrajiva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Kṣētrājīva and Kṣetrājīva can be transliterated into English as Ksetrajiva or Kshetrajiva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṣētrājīva (क्षेत्राजीव).—a S That obtains a livelihood by the labors of the field, a cultivator, a peasant.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṣetrājīva (क्षेत्राजीव).—m. a cultivator, peasant.
Derivable forms: kṣetrājīvaḥ (क्षेत्राजीवः).
Kṣetrājīva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kṣetra and ājīva (आजीव). See also (synonyms): kṣetrakara, kṣetrakṛta.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrājīva (क्षेत्राजीव).—mfn.
(-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) A cultivator, a peasant. E. kṣetra a field, and jīva who lives, with āṅ prefixed; who gets a livelihood by the labours of the field.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣetrājīva (क्षेत्राजीव):—[from kṣetra] mfn. living by agriculture, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a cultivator, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrājīva (क्षेत्राजीव):—[kṣetrā+jīva] (vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) 1. m. A cultivator.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṣētrājīva (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಾಜೀವ):—[noun] a person who earns a living by farming.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Kshetra, Ajiva.
Full-text: Kshetrajivi, Kshetrakrita, Kshetrakara.
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