# क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati)

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क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) is a Sanskrit word meaning the owner of a field, landowner, landlord, or farmer, lord of the field, a landowner, farmer, or master of a field, a farmer, the lord or owner of a field, a landowner or landlord. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Human Owner, Master, or Landlord of a Field, A Human Farmer (Cultivator of Land), Deity (Divine Lord of the Field).

- **Etymology:** E. क्षेत्र, and पति master — E. kṣetra, and pati master
- **SLP1:** `kzetrapati`  **IAST:** kṣetrapati  **Devanagari:** क्षेत्रपति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshetrapati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kshetrapati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Human Owner, Master, or Landlord of a Field (6 definitions)
- The owner of a field, landowner, landlord, or farmer.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 332,2] क्षेत्र (kṣetra) — पति (—pati) m. ( g. अश्व - पत्यादि (aśva-patyādi) ) the owner of a field, landowner, landlord, farmer, Hit. [ ID=60293 ]
- A landowner, farmer, or master of a field.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्षेत्र (kṣetra) पति (pati) (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 267 ] क्षेत्र (kṣetra) पति (pati) (kṣetrapati) m. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) A landowner, a farmer, the master of a field. E. क्षेत्र (kṣetra), and पति (pati) master. [ ID=12491 ]
- a landowner or landlord  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 222-19 ] क्षेत्र - पति (kṣetra-pati) m. a land-owner, a landlord. [ ID=11038 ]
- A landowner, farmer, or master of a field.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्षेत्रपति (pati) (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 219-b ] क्षेत्रपति (pati) (kṣetrapati) m. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) A land-owner, a farmer, the master of a field. E. क्षेत्र, (kṣetra,) and पति (pati) master. [ ID=12485 ]
- the lord or owner of a field  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 142 ] क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) m. the lord or owner of a field. [ ID=8932 ]
- master of a field, farmer  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 147-b ] kṣetra-pati, m. master of a field; farmer. [ ID=1299 ]

### A Human Farmer (Cultivator of Land) (1 definition)
- A farmer.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > क्षेत्रपति (kṣetrapati) [Printed book page 230-b ] क्षेत्र - पति (kṣetra-pati) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 1. m. A farmer. [ ID=11944 ]

### Deity (Divine Lord of the Field) (1 definition)
- lord of the field  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = क्षेत्र (kṣetra) स्य पति (kṣetrasya pati) (see s.v. क्षेत्र (kṣetra) ), Kāṭhaka (Literary category) xxiv, 10. [ ID=60294 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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