क्षेत्र [ kṣetra ] [ kṣétra ] n. (√ 2. [ kṣi ] ) landed property , land , soil ( [ kṣétrasya páti ] , " lord of the soil " , N. of a kind of tutelary deity Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ii , 8 , 5 ; also [ kṣétrasya pátnī ] , " mistress of the soil " , and [ kṣétrāṇām páti ] , " the lord of the soil " , N. of tutelary deities Lit. AV. ii , 12 , 1 Lit. VS. xvi , 18)

" soil of merit " , a Buddha or any holy person Lit. DivyA7v.

a field (e.g. [ °traṃ-√ kṛ ] , " to cultivate a field " Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. ii , 158 ; cf. [sasya-kṣ ] ) Lit. RV.

place , region , country Lit. RV. Lit. AV. iii , 28 , 3 Lit. TS. vii Lit. Suśr. Lit. Megh. Lit. Vet.

a house Lit. L.

a town Lit. L.

department , sphere of action Lit. MBh. xiv , 126 Lit. R.

place of origin , place where anything is found Lit. Yogas. ii , 4 Lit. Suśr. Lit. BhP. viii , 12 , 33

a sacred spot or district , place of pilgrimage ( as Benares ; often ifc.) Lit. BrahmaP.

an enclosed plot of ground , portion of space , superficies (e.g. [ sv-alpa-kṣ ] , of a small circuit Lit. Yājñ. ii , 156)

(in geom.) a plane figure (as a triangle , circle , ) enclosed by lines , any figure considered as having geometrical dimensions Lit. Gol.

a diagram Lit. W.

a planetary orbit Lit. Gaṇit.

a zodiacal sign Lit. Sūryas.

an astrological mansion Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. VarBṛ. i , xi

(in chiromancy) certain portions marked out on the palm Lit. VarBṛS. lxviii , 1

" fertile soil " , the fertile womb , wife Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. ii , 127 Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Śak. Lit. BhP.

the body (considered as the field of the indwelling soul) Lit. Yājñ. iii , 178 Lit. Bhag. xiii , 1 and 2 Lit. Kum. vi , 77

(in Sāṃkhya phil.) = [ a-vyakta ] ( q.v.) Lit. Tattvas.

[ kṣetrī ] f. only dat. [ °triyaí ] for [ °triyā́t ] ( Lit. AV. ii , 10 , 1) Lit. TBr. ii , 5 , 6 , 1

[ kṣetra ] ( 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) . )