Dharmakshetra

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Hindu religious site mythological location sacred place

Dharmakshetra is the sacred battlefield of Kurukshetra in the Indian epic Mahabharata, revered as a holy site where the Bhagavad Gita was spoken.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dharmakshetra canonical 1
Dharmakshetra (Dharmakṣetra) 1
Kurukshetra Tirtha 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious site ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ
sacred place ⓘ
appearsInChapter Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1, verse 1 ⓘ
associatedWithConcept dharma ⓘ
karma ⓘ
righteous war (dharma-yuddha) ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Krishna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Kauravas ⓘ
Pandavas ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Kurukshetra War ⓘ
associatedWithHero Arjuna ⓘ
associatedWithScriptureCategory Smriti texts ⓘ
associatedWithTeaching duty without attachment to results ⓘ
path of yoga as taught in the Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
associatedWithText Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus earthly manifestation of a sacred field ⓘ
culturalContext Indian epic tradition ⓘ
describedAs holy field of duty ⓘ
sacred battlefield ⓘ
describedIn Mahabharata ⓘ
epithetOf Kurukshetra battlefield ⓘ
surface form: Kurukshetra
genreContext Itihasa (epic history) ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Dharmakshetra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dharmakshetra (Dharmakṣetra)
hasCanonicalStatus canonical location in Hindu scripture ⓘ
hasEtymology Dharma (righteousness, duty) + Kshetra (field, region) ⓘ
hasFieldType battlefield ⓘ
sacred field ⓘ
hasPilgrimageStatus tirtha (pilgrimage site) ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn Haryana ⓘ
India ⓘ
Kurukshetra battlefield ⓘ
surface form: Kurukshetra
mentionedIn Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
partOf Kurukshetra battlefield ⓘ
referencedBy Vyasa ⓘ
relatedPlace Jyotisar ⓘ
Dharmakshetra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kurukshetra Tirtha
religion Hinduism ⓘ
sacredTo Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Hindus
spiritualSignificance place where the Bhagavad Gita was spoken ⓘ
symbolic field of moral and spiritual struggle ⓘ
symbolizes battle between righteousness and unrighteousness ⓘ
inner spiritual battlefield ⓘ
timePeriodContext Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
verseReference Bhagavad Gita 1.1 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurukshetra battlefield → alsoKnownAs → Dharmakshetra ⓘ
Jyotisar → partOf → Dharmakshetra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra pilgrimage circuit
Dharmakshetra → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Dharmakshetra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmakshetra (Dharmakṣetra)
Dharmakshetra → relatedPlace → Dharmakshetra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra Tirtha