कुरूक्षेत्र kurūkṣhētra

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.