As a deity name
Name 799 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 198 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a field (e.g. ˚traṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to cultivate a field’, cf. sasya-kṣ˚), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kṣetrāya" is the dative of "kṣetra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kṣetra n. (√ 2. kṣi) landed property, land, soil (kṣetrasya pati, ‘lord of the soil’, N. of a kind of tutelary deity, RV.; AV. ii, 8, 5; also kṣetrasya patnī, ‘mistress of the soil’, and kṣetrāṇām pati, ‘the lord of the soil’, N. of tutelary deities, AV. ii, 12, 1; VS. xvi, 18)
‘soil of merit’, a Buddha or any holy person, Divyāv.
Alternative readings
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