kṣetra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field”).

Noun

kṣetra

1. field
2. cemetery, graveyard
3. area, sphere of action

Alternative forms

• setra

Derived terms

• kṣetrajñāna
• kṣetrapāla
• kṣetrāśrama
• setragamana

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦺꦠꦿ (sétra) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: setra (“field”)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (setra)
  • → Indonesian: setra (“graveyard, cemetery”)

Further reading

• "kṣetra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.