Kshetrin, Kṣetrī, Kshetri, Kṣetrin: 17 definitions
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Kshetrin means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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 Kṣetrī and Kṣetrin can be transliterated into English as Ksetri or Kshetri or Ksetrin or Kshetrin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraKṣetrī (क्षेत्री):—One of the sixty-eight Siddhauṣadhi, as per Rasaśāstra texts (rasa literature). These drugs give siddhi (success) in mercurial operations. Even so, they are more powerful than rasa (mercury) itself. These may perform all the kāryas (‘effects’) and grant dehasiddhi (‘perfection of body’) and lohasiddhi (‘transmutation of base metals’) both.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of HeroesKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्) (Cf. Kṣetriṇī) refers to “that which is connected with a holy site”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, [while describing the Space Circle (ākāśacakra)]: “Now, the Space Circle outside [this] is like a dark blue lotus [in color]. Sky-going Yoginīs are in the middles of the thirty-six spokes [of the circle], as follows—[...] [They] dwell in the upakṣetra (“near to the field”) [holy sites], are [inhabitants of] the third continent, and are excellent. Residing in this continent, they belong to the class of sky-going females. It is the Radiance Level. [All twelve levels are] connected with their respective [classes of holy] sites (kṣetriṇī) such as the pīṭha. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykṣētrī (क्षेत्री).—m (kṣatriya S) The second of the four great classes of the Hindu people, or an individual of it, a Kshatriya. 2 S A peasant, cultivator, farmer.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkṣētrī (क्षेत्री).—m A peasant. See kṣatriya.
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 dictionaryKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्).—a. [kṣetra-ini]
1) Owing a field; cultivating land.
2) Agricultural. -m.
1) An agriculturist, a cultivator; यावत्सस्यं विनश्येत्तु तावत्स्यात्क्षेत्रिणः फलम् (yāvatsasyaṃ vinaśyettu tāvatsyātkṣetriṇaḥ phalam) Y.2.161.
2) A (nominal) husband; आहुरुत्पादकं केचिदपरे क्षेत्रिणं विदुः (āhurutpādakaṃ kecidapare kṣetriṇaṃ viduḥ) Manusmṛti 9.32. Ś.5.
3) The soul.
4) The Supreme Soul; क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत (kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 13.33.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्).—mfn. (-trī-triṇī-tri) Owning or having a field, cultivating it, &c. m. (-trī) 1. A husband. 2. A cultivator, a husbandman. E. kṣetra a field, and ini aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्).—i. e. kṣetra + in, m. 1. The owner of a field, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 51. 2. A husband, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 132.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्).—[masculine] the same; soul.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrī (क्षेत्री):—[from kṣetra] f. only [dative case] triyai for triyāt ([Atharva-veda ii, 10, 1]), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa ii, 5, 6, 1]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्):—[from kṣetra] mfn. owning a field, cultivating land, agricultural, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] m. the owner of a field, [Manu-smṛti ix, 51 f.; Yājñavalkya ii, 161] (cf. also a-kṣ)
3) [v.s. ...] an agriculturist, husbandman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a husband, [Manu-smṛti ix, 32; Śakuntalā v]
5) [v.s. ...] the soul, [Bhagavad-gītā xiii, 33]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्):—(trī) 5. m. A husbandman.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kṣetrin (क्षेत्रिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khetti.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKṣētri (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಿ):—
1) [noun] a person who earns a living by farming; one who manages or operates a farm; a farmer.
2) [noun] a man with reference to the woman to whom he is married; a husband.
3) [noun] the spiritual entity in living beings; the individual soul.
4) [noun] the Supreme Being.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Akshetrin, Grahakshetrin, Grihakshetrin, Kurukshetrin.
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