कुरूक्षेत्र kurūkṣhētra

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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.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • 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.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

'The field of the Kurus,' name of a region or extensive plain near Dehli, the scene of the great battles between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas.

Usual translation

  1. Kurukshetra

Origin of the definition

क्षेत्र kṣhētra (sanskrit)

Field, ground, range, region, area.

S کرو कुरु kuru, and H. कुरू kurū, s.m. Name of an ancient sovereign of Dehli and the surrounding country; name of the territory governed by him; and of the people of that country; name of the most northerly of the four Mahādvīps or principal divisions of the known world (called also uttar kuru; by other systems, it is considered one of the nine varshas or divisions of the known world; in each case, however, it is the country beyond the northernmost range of mountains extending to the frozen ocean): — kuru-bans, s.m. = kuru-vaṅś, q.v.: — kuru-kshetra, vulg. kuru-ćhetr, s.m. 'The field of the Kurus,' name of a region or extensive plain near Dehli, the scene of the great battles between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas; — the inhabitants of that country: — kuru-vaṅś, vulg. kuru-baṅs, s.m. The race of Kuru: — kuru-vaṅśī, vulg. kuru-baṅsī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Belonging to the race of Kuru; a man of that race.

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.

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Created
Tuesday 8 November 2022
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