क्षत्रविद्या (kSatravidyA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 क्षत्रविद्या f.
  the science of the warrior caste.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 क्षत्र—विद्या f.
  (Pāṇ.  iv,  2,  60
 Pat.
 
 g. ऋग्-अयनादि) the knowledge or science possessed by the Kṣatriya or military order (=  धनुर्-वेद Comm. ),  ChUp.
    vii,  1,  2 ff. 

Apte Hindi

Hindi

क्षत्रविद्या
स्त्री*
  - -
"युद्धकला,  युद्धशास्त्र"

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L R Vaidya

English

 kzatra-vidyA {% f. %} military science.

Vedic Reference

English

 Kṣatra-vidyā,  ‘the science of the ruling class, ’ is mentioned
in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.^1 Śaṅkara glosses the term with
dhanur-veda,  ‘the science of the bow, ’ which is the most
probable sense.^2
1) vii. 1,  2. 4
 2,  1
 7,  1.
2) Hopkins,  Journal of the American Oriental Society,  13,  104.

Capeller

German

 क्षत्रविद्या die Wissenschaft des Kriegerstandes.

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