कर्मक्षेत्र karmkṣhētr
Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.
How to read the transliteration
This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
A few reading pointers:
- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
- A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.
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Earlier definition
Definition
The field of karma, the field of actions: the world here below where we can perform actions and experience their good or bad fruits (happiness or unhappiness).
(Mahābhārat) The battlefield where the Kauravs and the Pāṇḍavs fought.
(Bābā) The battlefield of the mind where the soul triumphs over vices.
Usual translation
- field of action
Origin of the definition
Action (with its fruit, and implications of merit); an act, deed.
(moral) duty or obligation.
A religious observance, action or rite (as sacrifice, ablution, funeral obsequies).
Fate (as the consequence of previous acts); fortune, lot.
Result, effect.
कर्म-क्षेत्र karmă-kṣetr [S.], m. 1. = कर्मभूमि, see s.v. कर्म. 2. sphere of functions or duties. कर्मभूमि, f. the region of religious actions: mythol. an epithet of Bhārata, Airāvata, and Videha; India, the world.
Karmakshetra. Field of actions; physical world.
Field, ground, range, region, area.
Kurukshetra (Karmkshetra) The field of actions: 1) the field where the final battle of the Mahabharat war took place; 2) the field of the intellect where the soul wins the vices; 3) the entire world as the field where the soul sows the seeds of actions and reaps the results.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
91 occurrences
In 67 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
10 occurrences
In 8 on 1112 murlis
Mamma
7 occurrences
In 5 on 122 murlis
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