क्षेत्रज्ञkṣetrajña

क्षेत्रज्ञ (kṣetrajña) is a Sanskrit word meaning knowing localities, familiar with the cultivation of the soil, clever, dexterous, skilful, cunning, the soul, a form of Bhairava or Shiva. Its 19 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them The Individual Soul / Conscious Principle, Specific Proper Names or Roles, The Supreme Soul / Divine or Philosophical Principle.

Etymology: E. क्षेत्र a field, the body, &c, and ज्ञ who knows
Definitions: 19

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Meanings by context

The Individual Soul / Conscious Principle

6 definitions

the soul

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Clever or skillful. 2. A husbandman. 3. The soul. 4. A libertine.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The soul, a husbandman, or a libertine. 2. Clever.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Clever or skillful. 2. A husbandman. 3. The soul. 4. A libertine.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Conversant with. 2. The soul.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowing fields or places. 2. The soul.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Proper Names or Roles

4 definitions

a form of Bhairava or Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a prince

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a girl fifteen years old who personates the goddess Durga at a festival

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the son of Kshemadharman and father of Vidhisara

— The Purana Index

The Supreme Soul / Divine or Philosophical Principle

4 definitions

1. The soul. 2. The supreme soul. 3. A libertine. 4. A husbandman.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the supreme soul in the form of the individual soul, often identified with Krishna or Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. Purusha. 2. The four powers of knowledge, detachment, divine power, and righteousness. 3. The lord of Prakritis. 4. Called Mati through knowledge of the field.

— The Purana Index

1. Involuntary for his action and standing in its own natural place. 2. The twenty-four qualities from Mahat to vishesha.

— The Purana Index

Knower of Places / Husbandman

3 definitions

knowing localities

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

familiar with the cultivation of the soil

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Knowing localities. 2. Clever or dexterous.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Clever / Skilful / Generally Knowledgeable

2 definitions

clever, dexterous, skilful

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

cunning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.