kṣetra क्षेत्र kṣétra n. (√ 2. kṣi) landed property, land, soil (kṣétrasya páti, ‘lord of the soil’, N. of a kind of tutelary deity, [RV.]; [AV. ii, 8, 5]; also kṣétrasya pátnī, ‘mistress of the soil’, and kṣétrāṇām páti, ‘the lord of the soil’, N. of tutelary deities, [AV. ii, 12, 1]; [VS. xvi, 18]) ‘soil of merit’, a Buddha or any holy person, [Divyāv.] a field (e.g. °traṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to cultivate a field’, [Mn.]; [Yājñ. ii, 158]; cf. sasya-kṣ°), [RV.] &c. place, region, country, [RV.]; [AV. iii, 28, 3]; [TS. vii]; [Suśr.]; [Megh.]; [Vet.] a house, [L.] a town, [L.] department, sphere of action, [MBh. xiv, 126]; [R.] &c. place of origin, place where anything is found, [Yogas. ii, 4]; [Suśr.]; [BhP. viii, 12, 33] a sacred spot or district, place of pilgrimage (as Benares &c.; often ifc.), [BrahmaP.] an enclosed plot of ground, portion of space, superficies (e.g. sv-alpa-kṣ°, of a small circuit, [Yājñ. ii, 156]) (in geom.) a plane figure (as a triangle, circle, &c.) enclosed by lines, any figure considered as having geometrical dimensions, [Gol.] a diagram, [W.] a planetary orbit, [Gaṇit.] a zodiacal sign, [Sūryas.] an astrological mansion, [VarBṛS.]; [VarBṛ. i], [xi] (in chiromancy) certain portions marked out on the palm, [VarBṛS. lxviii, 1] ‘fertile soil’, the fertile womb, wife, [Mn.]; [Yājñ. ii, 127]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Śak.]; [BhP.] the body (considered as the field of the indwelling soul), [Yājñ. iii, 178]; [Bhag. xiii, 1] and [2]; [Kum. vi, 77] (in Sāṃkhya phil.) = a-vyakta (q.v.), [Tattvas.] [cf. á-kṣ°, anya- and kuru-kṣetrá, karma-kṣ°, deva-kṣ°, dharma-kṣ°, raṇa-kṣ°, siddha-kṣ°, su-kṣ°, sureśvarī-kṣ°; cf. also Goth. haithi, Them. haithjo; Germ. Heide.] kṣetrada क्षेत्रद kṣetra—da m. a form of Bhairava, [L.] kṣetrajā क्षेत्रजा kṣetra—jā f. N. of several plants (= śvetakaṇṭakārī, śaśāṇḍulī, go-mūtrikā, śilpikā, caṇikā), [L.] kṣetraja क्षेत्रज kṣetra—ja mfn. produced in a field (as corn &c.), [L.] kṣetra—ja m. (scil. putra) ‘born from the womb’, a son who is the offspring of the wife by a kinsman or person duly appointed to raise up issue to the husband (this is one of the twelve kinds of issue allowed by the old Hindū law), [Baudh.]; [Gaut.]; [Mn. ix, 159 ff.]; [Yājñ. i, 68] and [69]; [ii, 128] kṣetra—ja mfn. (a quarrel) arisen about land, [Nār.] kṣetrapa क्षेत्रप kṣetra—pa m. a deity protecting the fields, [Pañcad.] = -da, [L.] kṣetratā क्षेत्रता kṣetra—tā f. the state of being a seat or residence, seat, place of residence, [Kathās. iii, 3.] kṣetrajñā क्षेत्रज्ञा kṣétra—jñā (ā), f. a girl fifteen years old who personates the goddess Durgā at a festival of this deity. kṣetrajña क्षेत्रज्ञ kṣetra—jñá mfn. knowing localities, [TBr. iii]; [AitBr.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [ŚBr. xiii]; [ChUp.] familiar with the cultivation of the soil (as a husbandman), [L.] clever, dexterous, skilful (with gen.), [MBh. i, 3653] cunning, [L.] kṣetra—jñá (as), m. ‘knowing the body’ i.e. the soul, the conscious principle in the corporeal frame, [ŚvetUp.]; [Mn. viii, 96]; [xii, 12] and [14]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv. 11297], &c. a form of Bhairava (or Śiva) N. of a prince, [BhP. xii, 1, 4] (vv.ll. kṣatraujas and kṣemārcis) kṣetrastha क्षेत्रस्थ kṣetra—stha mfn. residing at a sacred place, [W.] kṣetravid क्षेत्रविद् kṣetra—víd mfn. (= -jñá) familiar with localities, [RV.] (also compar. -vít-tara, [x, 25, 8]), [TS. v, 2, 8, 5] experienced, clever, skilful, [Kum. iii, 50] knowing the body (as the soul), [Tattvas.] kṣetra—víd m. (t) ‘knowing the cultivation of fields’, a husbandman, [W.] one who possesses spiritual knowledge, sage, [W.] the soul, [BhP. iv, 22, 37] (cf. á-kṣ°.) kṣetrabhāga क्षेत्रभाग kṣetra—bhāga m. a piece of land, [ChUp.] kṣetrabhūmi क्षेत्रभूमि kṣetra—bhūmi f. cultivated land, [W.] kṣetraphala क्षेत्रफल kṣetra—phala n. (in geom.) the superficial contents of a figure, [Gol.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch. kṣetradūtī क्षेत्रदूती kṣetra—dūtī f. id., [L.] kṣetragata क्षेत्रगत kṣetra—gata mfn. ‘relating to plane figures’, geometrical kṣetragṛha क्षेत्रगृह kṣetra—gṛha n. sg. field and house, [Mn. xi, 164] kṣetrajāta क्षेत्रजात kṣetra—jāta mfn. begotten on a wife by another, [Yājñ. ii, 128.] kṣetrajeṣa क्षेत्रजेष kṣetra—jeṣá m. contest for landed property, acquisition of land, [RV. i, 33, 15.] kṣetrakara क्षेत्रकर kṣetra—kara mfn. cultivating a field, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 21] kṣetra—kara m. a husband-man, [ib.] kṣetrapāla क्षेत्रपाल kṣetra—pāla m. a man employed to guard fields, [Pañcat.]; [MārkP.] &c. a tutelary deity (their number is given as 49 [Prayog.]), [Pañcat. iii]; [AgP.]; [Pañcad.] N. of Śiva kṣetrapada क्षेत्रपद kṣetra—pada n. a place sacred to a deity (gen.), [BhP. ix, 4, 20.] kṣetrapati क्षेत्रपति kṣetra—pati m. (g. aśva-patyādi) the owner of a field, landowner, landlord, farmer, [Hit.] = kṣetrasya páti (see s.v. kṣetra), [Kāṭh. xxiv, 10.] kṣetrarāśi क्षेत्रराशि kṣetra—rāśi m. quantity represented by geometrical figures. kṣetraruhā क्षेत्ररुहा kṣetra—ruhā f. a kind of gourd, [L.] kṣetrasāti क्षेत्रसाति kṣétra—sāti (kṣétra-), f. acquisition of fields or land, [RV. vii, 19, 3] (cf. [i, 112, 22.]) kṣetrasīmā क्षेत्रसीमा kṣetra—sīmā f. the boundary of a field or holy place, [W.] kṣetratara क्षेत्रतर kṣétra—tara (kṣétra-), n. any place or country very fit for being cultivated, [ŚBr. i.] kṣetrabhakti क्षेत्रभक्ति kṣetra—bhakti f. the division of a field, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 46], [Kāś.] kṣetraṃjaya क्षेत्रंजय kṣetra—ṃ-jayá mfn. conquering landed property,[Maitr. ii, 2, 11]. kṣetraliptā क्षेत्रलिप्ता kṣetra—liptā f. a minute of the ecliptic kṣetrarakṣa क्षेत्ररक्ष kṣetra—rakṣa m. a man employed to guard fields from depredation, [Pañcat.] kṣetrasādhas क्षेत्रसाधस् kṣetra—sā́dhas m. one who divides the fields, who fixes the landmarks, [RV. iii, 8, 7] and [viii, 31, 14] ([Nir. ii, 2]). accord. to some, ‘bestowing a field’ kṣetrasiṃha क्षेत्रसिंह kṣetra—siṃha (or kheta-s°), m. N. of various kings, [Inscr.] kṣetradharman क्षेत्रधर्मन् kṣetra—dharman m. N. of a prince, [VP.] kṣetradūtikā क्षेत्रदूतिका kṣetra—dūtikā f. Solanum diffusum, [Bhpr.] kṣetradevatā क्षेत्रदेवता kṣetra—devatā f. ‘the deity of the fields’, N. of a serpent, [Pañcat.] kṣetragaṇita क्षेत्रगणित kṣetra—gaṇita n. ‘calculating plane figures’, geometry. kṣetrakarman क्षेत्रकर्मन् kṣetra—karman n. ‘soil-cultivation’ kṣetrasamāsa क्षेत्रसमास kṣetra—samāsa m. N. of a Jaina work. kṣetratattva क्षेत्रतत्त्व kṣetra—tattva n. a part of the work Smṛti-tattva. kṣetravasudhā क्षेत्रवसुधा kṣetra—vasudhā f. cultivated land, [R. iii, 4, 17.] kṣetracirbhiṭā क्षेत्रचिर्भिटा kṣetra—cirbhiṭā f. a kind of gourd, [L.] kṣetrakarkaṭī क्षेत्रकर्कटी kṣetra—karkaṭī f. a kind of gourd, [L.] kṣetrakarṣaka क्षेत्रकर्षक kṣetra—karṣaka m. soil-plougher, husbandman, [Gaut. xvii, 6.] kṣetraparpaṭī क्षेत्रपर्पटी kṣetra—parpaṭī f. id., [L.] kṣetraparpaṭa क्षेत्रपर्पट kṣetra—parpaṭa m. Oldenlandia biflora or another species, [L.] kṣetrasaṃhitā क्षेत्रसंहिता kṣetra—saṃhitā f. any geometrical work like Euclid, [W.] kṣetrasambhūta क्षेत्रसम्भूत kṣetra—sambhūta m. ‘growing on the fields’, a kind of grass, [L.] kṣetrasambhavā क्षेत्रसम्भवा kṣetra—sambhavā f. a kind of gourd (= śaśāṇḍulī), [L.] kṣetrasambhava क्षेत्रसम्भव kṣetra—sambhava m. ‘growing on the fields’, Abelmoschus esculentus, [L.] Ricinus communis kṣetravitṛṇṇī क्षेत्रवितृण्णी kṣetra—vitṛṇṇī f. a clod of earth taken from the field, [BaudhP.] kṣetrakarmakṛt क्षेत्रकर्मकृत् kṣetra—ka°rma-kṛt m. a husbandman, [Kathās. xx, 11.] kṣetrapālarasa क्षेत्रपालरस kṣetra—pāla—rasa m. a kind of medicinal drug, [L.] kṣetrayamānikā क्षेत्रयमानिका kṣetra—yamānikā f. N. of a plant (= vacā), [L.] kṣetravyavahāra क्षेत्रव्यवहार kṣetra—vyavahāra m. ascertainment of the dimensions of a plane figure, [Līl.] (in geom.) drawing a figure, [W.] geometrical demonstration, [W.] kṣetragatopapatti क्षेत्रगतोपपत्ति kṣetra—ga°topapatti f. a geometrical proof. kṣetraliptīkaraṇa क्षेत्रलिप्तीकरण kṣetra—li°ptī-karaṇa n. reducing to minutes of the ecliptic.