The Sanskrit term Vijayakṣetra can be transliterated into English as Vijayaksetra or Vijayakshetra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Vijayakṣetra (विजयक्षेत्र) is the name of a sacred field located at Kāśmīra (Kashmir), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 39. Accordingly, as king Vīrabhuja said to Surakṣita: “do not attempt to brazen it out, but go to Kashmir [Kāśmīra] to wash away your [Surakṣita’s] sin (where are those holy fields, Vijayakṣetra, and Nandikṣetra the purifying, and the kṣetra of the boar), the land which was hallowed by Viṣṇu, the bow-handed god, where the stream of the Ganges bears the name of Vitastā, where is the famous Maṇḍapakṣetra, and where is Uttaramānasa; when your sin has been washed away by a pilgrimage to these holy places you shall behold my [king Vīrabhuja] face again”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Vijayakṣetra, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vijayakṣetra (विजयक्षेत्र):—[=vi-jaya-kṣetra] [from vi-jaya > vi-ji] n. Name of a sacred district in Kaśmīra (= vi-jaya n.), [Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vijayakshetra in German

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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, Vijaya.

Starts with: Vijayakshetrabhattagrahara.

Full-text: Vijayakshetrabhattagrahara, Vijayikshetra, Varahakshetra, Uttaramanasa, Nandikshetra, Mandapakshetra, Kashmira, Vijaya.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Vijayakshetra, Vijaya-kṣetra, Vijaya-ksetra, Vijaya-kshetra, Vijayakṣetra, Vijayaksetra; (plurals include: Vijayakshetras, kṣetras, ksetras, kshetras, Vijayakṣetras, Vijayaksetras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Chapter XXXIX < [Book VII - Ratnaprabhā]

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