# चक्र (cakra) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chakra चक्र (cakra) is a Sanskrit word meaning the wheel, a potter's wheel, an oil-mill, a circle, an astronomical circle, a mystical circle or diagram. Its 59 recorded definitions are grouped into 13 contexts, among them Proper Names, Wheel and Related Implements, Astronomical/Astrological Circles and Diagrams. - **Roots:** चर् (car), 1. कृ (1. kṛ) - **Etymology:** E. कृ to do or make, with the reduplicate initial letter, affix क, or चक to repel, &c. with रक aff — E. kṛ to do or make, with the reduplicate initial letter, affix ka, or caka to repel, &c. with raka aff - **SLP1:** `cakra` **IAST:** cakra **Devanagari:** चक्र - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/chakra/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** चाक्र (cākra), चक्रा (cakrā) ## Meanings by context ### Proper Names (14 definitions) - pertaining to a sacred bathing place *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Tīrtha, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) x, 78, 19 [ ID=70354 ] - a people *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( pl. ) N. of a people, Mahābhārata (Title) vi, 352 [ ID=70356 ] - A man's name. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( g. अश्वा (aśvā) दि (di) ) N. of a man, Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad (Title) iii, 4, 1 Sch. [ ID=70357 ] - of another man *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of another man, Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) lvi, 144 [ ID=70358 ] - a Naga *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a Nāga, Mahābhārata (Title) i, 2147 [ ID=70359 ] - one of Skanda's attendants *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of one of Skanda's attendants, Mahābhārata (Title) ix, 2539 and 2542 [ ID=70360 ] - of a mountain *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of a mountain, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) v, 20, 15; Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) liv, 16 [ ID=70361 ] - a serpent *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 171-1 ] Cakra 1, a serpent. § 63 (Sarpasattra): I, 57, 2147 (of Vāsuki's race). [ ID=1898 ] - companions of Skanda *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > Cakra 2, companions of Skanda. § 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 ε, 2539 (given to Skanda by Viṣṇu), 2542 (another, given to Skanda by Tvaṣṭṛ), [ ID=1899 ] - a people *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > Cakra 4, pl. ( °āḥ ), a people. § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9 μ, 352 (in Bhāratavarṣa). [ ID=1901 ] - a son of Satyabhama and Krishna *The Purana Index* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 1-570 ] Cakra (I) — a son of Satyabhāmā and Kṛṣṇa. M. 47. 17. [ ID=4505 ] - a hill of Kushadvipa *The Purana Index* > Cakra (III) — Mt. a hill of Kuśadvīpa. Bhā. V. 20. 15. [ ID=4507 ] - a sacred bathing place visited by Balarama *The Purana Index* > Cakra (IV) — a tīrtha visited by Balarāma. Bhā. X. 78. 19. [ ID=4508 ] - a mountain that entered the sea from fear of Indra *The Purana Index* > Cakra (V) — a Mt. that entered the sea from fear of Indra — also Cakravat. Br. II. 18. 78; M. 121. 72. [ ID=4509 ] ### Wheel and Related Implements (13 definitions) - the wheel *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 380,3] चक्र (cakra) n. ( Ved. rarely m.; g. अर्धर्चा (ardharcā) दि (di); fr. √ चर् (car) ?; √ 1. कृ (kṛ), Pāṇini (Author) vi, 1, 12, Kāśikā-vṛtti (Title) ) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot [ Ṛg-veda (Title) ], of Time [ i, 164, 2 - 48 ]; ° क्रं -√ चर् (car) (°kraṃ-√car), to drive in a carriage, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) vi ), Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. [ ID=70328 ] - a potter's wheel *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a potter's wheel, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xi; Yājñavalkya (Author) iii, 146 ( cf. - भ्रम (-bhrama) &c.) [ ID=70329 ] - an oil-mill *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > an oil-mill, Manu-smṛti (Title) iv, 85; Mahābhārata (Title) xii, 6481 & 7697 [ ID=70331 ] - a wheel *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > चक्री (cakrī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. a wheel ( instr. sg. ° क्रिया (°kriyā); gen. du. ° क्र्योस् (°kryos) ), Ṛg-veda (Title) [ ID=70363 ] - performed twice *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( du. ° क्रियौ (°kriyau) ), Kāṭhaka (Literary category) xxix, 7 [ ID=70364 ] - A wheel or circular discus. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1E) [Printed book page 380,3] चक्र (cakra) [ cf. अ - (a-), अष्टा - (aṣṭā-), उच्चा - (uccā-), एक - (eka-), काल - (kāla-), कू - (kū-), दण्ड - (daṇḍa-), दिक् - (dik-), धर्म - (dharma-), महा - (mahā-), मातृ - (mātṛ-), रोध - (rodha-), विष्णु - (viṣṇu-), स - (sa-), सप्त - (sapta-), हिरण्य - (hiraṇya-); त्रि - (tri-) and सुचक्र (cakra) (sucakra); cf. also, κύκλος, Lat. circus; Angl.Sax. hveohl, Engl. wheel.] [ ID=70365 ] - 1. A wheel, potter's wheel, or discus. 2. An oil-press. 3. A circle or circling of birds. 4. A mystical circular diagram. 5. A multitude, host, flock, or troop. 6. A sphere of dominion. 7. A ruddy goose. *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 090-a1 ] चक्र (cakra) ca-kr-a, n.; V. sts. m. [runner: intv. √car] wheel; potterʼs wheel; discus ( esp. of Viṣṇu ); oil-press; circle; circling in the air ( of birds ); mystical circular diagram; multitude, host, flock; troop; sphere ( fig. ); (wheel of) dominion; m. ruddy goose; N. of several men; N. of a mountain; ī́, f. wheel. [ ID=7321 ] - 1. The wheel of a carriage. 2. A potter’s wheel. 3. A sharp circular missile weapon or disc. 4. An oil-mill. 5. A circle or ring. 6. A circular military array. 7. A bodily energy center. 8. A cycle of years. 9. The horizon. 10. A multitude. 11. An army. 12. A district or province. 13. A book section. 14. Sovereignty. 15. A whirlpool. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 261-08 ] चक्र (cakra) (I) n. 1. The wheel of a carriage, Yaj. i.351; 2. a potter’s wheel; 3. a sharp circular missile weapon, a disc (especially applied to the disc of Vishṇu); 4. an oil-mill; 5. a circle, a ring, कलापचक्र (cakra) ेषु निवेशिताननम् (kalāpacakreṣu niveśitānanam) Bt. i.16; 6. a form of military array in a circle; 7. a circle or depression of the body; 8. a cycle, a cycle of years; 9. the horizon; 10. a troop, a multitude; 11. an army, a host; 12. a group of villages, a province, a district; 13. section of a book; 14. realm, sovereignty; 15. a whirlpool. [ ID=13056 ] - 1. A wheel. 2. A potter's wheel. 3. A discus or sharp circular missile weapon. 4. An oil-press. 5. A circle. 6. A form of military array. 7. An astrological or mystical figure. 8. A multitude. 9. An army. 10. Dominion. 11. The ruddy goose. 12. The name of a people, a proper name, and a mountain. *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 0287-b ] चक्र (cakra) cakra, I. n. 1. A wheel, Man. 8, 291. 2. A potter's wheel, Yājñ. 3, 146. 3. A discus, or sharp circular missile weapon, especially of Viṣṇu, Rām. 1, 29, 6. 4. An oil-press, Man. 4, 84. 5. A circle, Rājat. 5, 230. 6. A form of military array, a circular posi- tion. 7. An astrological or mystical figure, Rājat. 5, 55 ( mātṛ- ). 8. A multitude, Rām. 6, 75, 39. 9. An army, MBh. 5, 1939. 10. Dominion, Bhāg. P. 9, 20, 32. II. m. 1. The ruddy goose, Anas casarca, MBh. 9, 443. 2. The name of a people, MBh. 6, 352. 3. A proper name, MBh. 1, 2147. 4. The name of a mountain, Bhāg. P. 5, 20, 15. — Comp. Eka-, I. adj., f. rā, protected by one sovereign, Bhāg. P. 3, 1, 20. II. m. a proper name, MBh. 1, 2533. III. f. kā, the name of a town, MBh. 1, 382. Kāla-, I. n. the wheel of ever-revolving time, MBh. 4, 1607. Page0288-a+ 43 II. m. the sun, MBh. 3, 151. Dik- cakra, i. e. diś-, n. the real horizon, Lass. 74, 1. Dharma-, n. the law, MBh 2, 456. Para-, n. the host of the enemy, MBh. 1, 6209. Mātṛ- (see 7. ). Rāśi-, n. the zodiac. Hiraṇya-, adj. having golden wheels, Chr. 294, 5 = Rigv. i. 88, 5. [ ID=4774 ] - 1. A wheel, literally or figuratively. 2. A discus, especially of Vishnu. 3. An orb or circle. 4. A troop, multitude, or army. 5. A circuit, district, province, or domain. 6. A kind of duck. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 164 ] चक्र (cakra) n. m. wheel ( lit. & fig. ), discus ( esp. of Viṣṇu); orb, circle; troop, multitude, army; circuit, district, province, domain. —m. a kind of duck, also a man's name; f. चक्र (cakra) ी (cakrī) wheel. [ ID=10117 ] - 1. Wheel or chariot wheel. 2. Wagon. *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 153-b ] cakrá, n. —1. wheel; chariot-wheel, wagon-wheel; —2. by synecdoche, wagon, in pīṭhacakra. [ prob. reduplicated form, ca-kra, fr. √*kṛ or *kḷ, ‘roll,’ cf. κυλίω, ‘roll’: w. ca-krá, cf. κύ-κλος, *κϝε-κλος, AS. hweohl, hweōl, Eng. wheel. ] [ ID=1449 ] - 1. The wheel of a carriage, the wheel of the sun's chariot, or the wheel of time. 2. A potter's wheel. 3. A discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially the weapon of Vishnu. 4. An oil-mill. 5. A circle or ring. 6. A military array in a circle. 7. The circular flight of a bird. 8. A mystical or astrological body circle or depression. 9. An astrological or astronomical diagram or sphere, including the zodiac. 10. A cycle or cycle of years and seasons. 11. The horizon. 12. A hexagonal constellation. 13. A troop, multitude, army, or host. 14. A province, district, region, circuit, or realm. 15. Range or department. 16. A section of a book. 17. Sovereignty. 18. A whirlpool. 19. The winding of a river. 20. The spiral marks of an ammonite shell. 21. A particular plant or drug. 22. A crooked or fraudulent device. 23. A specific poetic metre. 24. The ruddy goose or Brahmany duck. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 0310-c ] चक्र (cakra) cakra, am, n. (fr. rt. kram or rt. 1. kṛ? reduplicated), the wheel of a carriage, the wheel of the Sun's chariot, or (metaphorically) the wheel of Time (in these senses sometimes as, m. in Ved.); a potter's wheel; a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (espe- cially applied to the favourite weapon of Viṣṇu); an oil-mill; a circle; any circle or ring (e. g. kalāpa- cakra, the circle of a peacock's tail); a form of military array (in a circle); circular flight (of a bird &c.); a circle or depression of the body for mystical, astrological, or chiromantic purposes, (six of these are enumerated one above the other, viz. 1. mūlā- dhāra, the parts about the pubis; 2. svādhiṣṭhāna, the umbilical region; 3. maṇi-pūram, the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. anāhatam, the root Page0311-a+ 81 of the nose; 5. vi-śuddham, the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. ājñākhyam, the fontenelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures: various facul- ties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows); a general N. for a diagram of various circular forms used for astrological or astronomical purposes, a sphere or astronomical circle in general (e. g. rāśi- cakram, the zodiac); a cycle, a cycle of years, the cycle of the seasons; the horizon; a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon; a troop, a multitude (in this sense m. and n.); an army, a host; a province, number of villages, region, district, circuit; range, de- partment in general; section of a book; the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty; a realm; a whirlpool; the winding of a river; the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, a kind of petrified shell; the flower of the plant Tagara; N. of a particular plant or drug; a crooked or fraudulent device [cf. cakrikā ]; N. of a metre consisting of four lines of fourteen syllables each, = cakra-pāta; the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck, Anas Casarca (in this sense m.); N. of a people (m. pl.); N. of a man (m.); of a Nāga (m.); N. of one of the attendants of Skanda (m.); N. of a mountain (m.); ( ī ), f., Ved. a wheel; ( ā ), f., N. of two plants, = karkaṭa-śṛṅgī and nāgara-mustā. At the end of an adj. comp. the f. will end in ā; [cf. a-cakra, uccā-c°, eka-c°, kāla- c°, kū-c°, daṇḍa-c°, dharma-c°, sa-c°, &c. cf. also Gr. κύκλος.] —Cakra-kāraka, am, n. a kind of perfume, apparently a dried shell-fish, see nakhī. —Cakra-kulyā, f., N. of a plant [cf. citra-parṇī ] said to be a species of fern, commonly Cākuliya (Hemionites Cordifolia). —Cakra-gaja, as, m., N. of a plant, = cakra-marda. —Cakra-gaṇḍu, us, m. a round pillow. —Cakra-gati, is, f. rotation, revolu- tion. —Cakra-guccha, as, m. the tree Jonesia Aśoca; [cf. aśoka. ] —Cakra-goptṛ, tā, m. the protector of a wheel; ( tārau ), m. du. two men whose business is to preserve the wheels of a carriage from damage; [cf. cakra-rakṣa. ] —Cakra-grahaṇa, am, ī, n. f. (?) ‘an army-holder,’ a rampart, an intrenchment. —Cakra-cara, as, ā, am, going in a circle, epithet of a class of superhuman beings; a juggler, = cakrā- ṭa (?). —Cakra-cārin, ī, iṇī, i, going in a circle, walking from one place to another. —Cakra-cūḍā- maṇi, is, m. a round jewel in a coronet or diadem; a honorific title of Vopa-deva; N. of a man. —Cakra- jīvaka, as, m. or cakra-jīvin, ī, m. a potter (who lives by his wheel). —Cakra-talāmra (°tala-ām°), as, m. a kind of mango tree. —Cakra-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a Tīrtha. —Cakra-taila, am, n. oil pre- pared from the plant Cakra (cakra-marda ?). —Cakra-daṃṣṭra, as, m. a hog (having curved tusks). —Cakra-datta, as, m., N. of an author. —Cakra-dantī, f., N. of a plant; [cf. dantī. ] —Cakradantī-vīja, as, m., N. of a plant, = jaya- pāla and dantī-vīja. —Cakra-dīpikā, f., N. of a literary work. —Cakra-dṛś, k, m., N. of an Asura. —Cakra-deva, as, m., N. of a warrior. —Cakra- dvāra, as, m., N. of a mountain. —Cakra-dhanus, us, m., N. of a Ṛṣi. —Cakra-dhara, as, ā, am, bearing a wheel, having a wheel, a wheel-bearer; carrying a discus; driving in a carriage; ( as ), m. a N. of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (as holding a discus in one hand); a sovereign, ruler, the governor of a province, the owner of many villages; a village tumbler or juggler; a snake; N. of a man. —Cakra-dharman, ā, m., N. of a prince of the Vidyā-dharas. —Cakra- dhāra = cakra-dhara above. —Cakra-dhārā, f. the periphery of a wheel. —Cakra-nakha, as, m. a kind of perfume, = vyāghra-nakha. —Cakra-nadī or cakra-ṇadī, f., N. of a river. —Cakra-nābhi, is, f. the nave of a wheel. —Cakra-nāman, ā, m. a pyritic ore of iron, see mākṣika. —Cakra-nāyaka, as, m. the leader of a troop; a kind of perfume, = cakra-nakha. —Cakra-nārāyaṇī-saṃhitā, f., N. of a literary work. —Cakra-nemi, is, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda. —Cakra-pad- māṭa, as, m., N. of the plant Cassia Tora, = cakra- marda. —Cakra-parivyādha, as, m. the plant Page0311-b+ 81 Cathartocarpus Fistula; [cf. āragbadha. ] —Cakra- parṇī, f. a plant, commonly Cākuliya, Hemionites Cordifolia; [cf. cakra-kulyā. ] —Cakra-pāṇi, is, m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (holding a discus in one hand); N. of an author; (sometimes cakra- pāṇin. ). —Cakrapāṇi-datta, as, m., N. of an author of a lexicon; [cf. candrodaya. ] —Cakra-pāta, as, m. a kind of metre, = cakra. —Cakra-pāda or cakra-pādaka, as, m. a carriage (having wheels for feet); an elephant (having circular feet). —Cakra- pāla, as, m. the superintendent of a province; one who carries a discus; a circle; the horizon. —Cakra- pura, am, n., N. of a town built by Cakra-mardikā. —Cakra-puṣkariṇī, f., N. of a sacred tank at Kāśi or Benares; [cf. cakra-tīrtha and maṇi- karṇikā. ] —Cakra-phala, am, n. a missile weapon, a kind of discus. —Cakra-bāndhava, as, m. the sun (‘friend of the ruddy goose,’ these birds being supposed to couple only in the day-time). —Cakra- bāla and cakra-vāla, as, am, m. n. a ring, circle [cf. bālī and vālaka ]; the horizon (usually n.); a mass, a multitude, a number, assemblage; ( as ), m. a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the orb of the earth like a wall and to be the limit of light and darkness (perhaps a bank of clouds shaped like mountains on the horizon); [cf. cakra- vāṭa and cakra-vāḍa. ] —Cakra-bāladhi, is, m. a dog, ‘having a curved tail.’ —Cakra-bhānu, us, m., N. of a Brāhman. —Cakra-bhṛt, t, m. ‘discus- bearer,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Cakra-bhedinī, f. night (‘dividing the ruddy geese,’ the male and female of these birds being condemned to be sepa- rated at night); [cf. cakra-bāndhava. ] —Cakra- bhrami, is, m. f. (?) a grindstone. —Cakra-bhrānti, is, f. the whirling round of the wheels (of a chariot). —Cakra-maṭha, as, m., N. of a college built in a circular form by Cakra-varman. —Cakra-maṇḍalin, ī, m. a large snake, the Boa Constrictor, (the body of the snake or its spots being compared to a wheel.) —Cakra-manda, as, m., N. of a Nāga. —Cakra-marda, as, m. the plant Cassia Tora. —Cakra-mardaka, as, m. Cassia Tora; ( ikā ), f., N. of the wife of Lalitāditya. —Cakram-āsaja, as, ā, am, Ved. stopping the wheels (of the chariot). —Cakra-mukha, as, m. ‘having a curved mouth,’ a hog. —Cakra-muṣala, as, ā, am, (a battle) car- ried on with the discus and club. —Cakra-melaka, as or am (?), m. or n., N. of a place in Kaśmīra. —Cakra-mauli, is, m., N. of a Rākṣasa. —Cakra- yāna, am, n. any wheel-carriage. —Cakra-yoga, as, m. applying a splint or similar instrument by means of pulleys in case of dislocation of the thigh. —Cakra-rakṣa, as, m. = cakra-goptṛ, q. v. —Cakra-rada, as, m. a hog, a boar (‘having curved tusks’); [cf. cakra-mukha. ] —Cakra-lak- ṣaṇā, f. the plant Cocculus Cordifolius, = guḍūcī. —Cakra-latāmra, as, m. a kind of mango tree; (another reading for cakra-talāmra. ) —Cakra-vat, ān, atī, at, furnished with wheels, wheeled; armed with a discus; circular, being in the form of a ring or circle; ( ān ), m. the proprietor of an oil-mill or one in which seeds are bruised; an epithet of Viṣṇu; a sovereign, an emperor; N. of a moun- tain; ( vat ), ind. like a wheel, in rotation, going round or revolving like a wheel. —Cakravarti-tā, f. or cakravarti-tva, am, n. the mark or state of a universal emperor; see the next. —Cakra-vartin, ī, m. a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll every- where without obstruction; an emperor, a sovereign of the world, a supreme ruler, the ruler of a Cakra or country described as extending from sea to sea, (twelve princes beginning with Bharata are especially considered as Cakra-vartins); ( ī, inī, i ), supreme, holding the highest rank; ( inī ), f. a fragrant plant, commonly Cakāvat [cf. janī ]; the plant Nardos- tachys Jaṭāmāṃsī; another plant, = alaktaka. —Ca- kra-varman, ā, m., N. of a king of Kaśmīra; [cf. cākravarmaṇa. ] —Cakra-vāka, as, m. the ruddy goose, commonly called the Brāhmany duck, Anas Casarca; ( ī ), f. the female of this bird; [cf. cakra, cakra-sāhvaya, cakrāhva, cakrāhvaya, &c.] Page0311-c+ 81 —Cakravāka-bandhu, us, m. the sun; [cf. cakra- bāndhava. ] —Cakravāka-vatī, f. probably N. of a river (abounding in Cakra-vākas). —Cakravākin, ī, inī, i, filled with Cakra-vākas. —Cakravākopakū- jita (°ka-up°), as, ā, am, made resonant with the cooing or cry of the Cakra-vāka. —Cakra-vāṭa, as, m. a limit, a boundary; a lamp-stand; engaging in an action; [cf. cakra-bāla. ] —Cakra-vāḍa, as, m. a fabulous range of mountains, see cakra-bāla; (am), n. a circle. —Cakra-vāta, as, m. a whirlwind, a hurricane, = cakra-vāla; [cf. cakra-bāla. ] —Cakra- vimala, as or am, m. or n. (?), N. of a plant. —Cakra-vṛddhi, is, f. interest upon interest; wages for transporting goods in a carriage. —Cakra- vyūha, as, m. any circular array of troops. —Cakra- śata-pattra, as or am, m. or n. (?), N. of a plant. —Cakra-śreṇī, f. = aja-śṛṅgī, the plant Odina Pinnata, bearing a curved fruit. —Cakra-saṃvara, as, m., N. of a Buddha, = vajra-ṭīka. —Cakra-sak- tha, as, ā, am, having crooked thighs, bow-legged. —Cakra-sañjaña, am, n. tin. —Cakra-sāhvaya, as, m. = cakra, = cakra-vāka, Anas Casarca. —Cakra-sena, as, m., N. of the son of Tārā- candra and father of Siṃha. —Cakra-svāmin, ī, m. an epithet of Viṣṇu; [cf. cakra-dhara. ] —Cakra- hasta, as, m. an epithet of Viṣṇu (‘discus-handed’). —Cakra-hrada, as, m., N. of a lake. —Cakrā- kāra, as, ā, am, or cakrākṛti (°ra-āk°), is, is, i, circular, round. —Cakrākī, a various reading for cakrāṅkī, q. v. —Cakrāṅkitā (°ra-aṅ°), f. a kind of plant. —Cakrāṅkī, f. a goose; [cf. cakrāṅga. ] —Cakrāṅga (°ra-aṅ°), as, m. a gander (having a curved neck); a carriage [cf. cakra-pāda ]; ( ī ), f. a goose; N. of several plants, = kaṭu-rohiṇī; N. of another plant, = Enhydra Heloncha ( hila-mocikā ); another plant, = karkaṭa-śṛṅgī; another plant, Cocculus Tomentosus, = vṛṣa-parṇī or su-dar- śanā; another plant, Rubia Munjista (mañjiṣṭhā); (am), n. a parasol. —Cakrāṭa (°ra-aṭa), as, m. a juggler, a snake-catcher, snake-charmer, one who exhibits snakes and pretends to cure their bites; a knave, a cheat, a rogue; a gold coin or certain weight of gold, a Dīnār. —Cakrādhivāsin (°ra-adh°), ī, m. the orange-tree. —Cakrāyudha (°ra-āy°), as, m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (whose weapon is the discus). —Cakrāyodhya (°ra-ay°), as, m., N. of a prince. —Cakrāvarta (°ra-āv°), as, m. turning round, whirling or rotatory motion. —Cakrāhva (°ra-āh°), as, m. = cakra-vāka, Anas Casarca; = cakra-marda, Cassia Tora; ( ā ), f. Cocculus To- mentosus; [cf. cakrāṅgā. ] —Cakrāhvaya (°ra- āh°), as, m. = cakrāhva, Anas Casarca. —Cakrī- vat, ān, atī, at, furnished with wheels, wheeled; ( ān ), m. an ass; N. of a king. —Cakreśvara (°ra- īś°), as, m. lord of the discus, an epithet of Viṣṇu; ( ī ), f. a female deity peculiar to the Jainas, one of their Vidyā-devīs or goddesses of wisdom, executing the orders of the first Arhat. [ ID=18101 ] - The wheel of a chariot or wagon *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 1-252 ] Cakra, the ‘wheel’ of a chariot or wagon, is repeatedly mentioned from the Rigveda 1 onwards, often in a metaphorical sense. The wheel was fixed on the axle ( Akṣa ) when the chariot was required for use; this required considerable strength, as is shown by a reference in the Rigveda. 2 The wheel consisted normally of spokes ( Ara ), and a nave ( Nābhi ), 3 in the opening ( Kha ) of which the end of the axle ( Āṇi ) was inserted. An indication of the importance attached to the strength of the wheel is the celebration of the car of the god Pūṣan as having a wheel that suffers no damage. 4 The usual number of wheels was two, 5 but in seven passages of the Rigveda 6 a chariot is called ‘three-wheeled,’ in a few others ‘seven- wheeled,’ 7 while in one of the Atharvaveda 8 it is styled ‘eight- wheeled.’ Zimmer 9 argues that these epithets do not refer to real chariots, pointing out that in all the passages where tri-cakra, ‘three-wheeled,’ occurs there is a mythical reference. On the other hand, Weber 10 thinks that there might have been chariots with three wheels, one being in the centre between the two occupants. This is not very conclusive; at any rate, the seven-wheeled and the eight-wheeled chariots can hardly be regarded as indicating the existence of real vehicles with that number of wheels. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 11 the potter's wheel ( kaulāla- cakra ) is referred to. [ Footnote: 1) i. 130, 9; 155, 6; 164, 2. 11. 14; 174, 5; iv. 1, 3, etc.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. xi. 7, 4; xix. 53, 1. 2, etc.] [ Footnote: 3) Rv. viii. 41, 6.] [ Footnote: 4) Rv. vi. 54, 3.] [ Footnote: 5) Rv. viii. 5, 29; Chāndogya Upani- ṣad, iv. 16, 5; Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, i. 4.] [ Footnote: 6) i. 118, 2; 157, 3; 183, 1; viii. 58, 3; x. 41, 1; 85, 14 (all of the Aśvins' chariot); iv. 36, 1 (of a chariot made by the Ṛbhus, who are three in number).] [ Footnote: 7) Rv. i. 164, 3, 12; ii. 40, 3.] [ Footnote: 8) xi. 4, 22.] [ Footnote: 9) Altindisches Leben, viii., ix.] [ Footnote: 10) Proceedings of the Berlin Acadcmy, 1898, 564, quoting Virchow, Zeistchrift für Ethnologie, 5, 200.] [ Footnote: 11) xi. 8, 1, 1. Cf. Zimmer, op. cit., 247.] [ ID=948 ] ### Astronomical/Astrological Circles and Diagrams (5 definitions) - an astronomical circle *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > an astronomical circle ( e.g. राशि - (rāśi-), the zodiac), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title); Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=70333 ] - a mystical circle or diagram *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a mystical circle or diagram, Tantra literature [Cologne Addition] (Literary category) [ ID=70334 ] - a hexagonal constellation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) xx; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka (Title); Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira (Title) [ ID=70339 ] - a circle or a similar instrument used in astronomy *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron. ), Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira (Title); Sūryasiddhānta (Title) xiii, 20; Golādhyāya (subtitle) xi, 10 ff. [ ID=70342 ] - the wheel of nakshatras and planets *The Purana Index* > Cakra (VI) — the wheel of nakṣatras, and planets. Vā. 50. 93; 58. 23; Vi. IV. 13. 85 and 98. [ ID=4510 ] ### Ruddy Goose (Bird) (5 definitions) - the ruddy goose or Brahmany duck *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > चक्र (cakra) m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck ( Anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. - वाक (-vāka) ), Mahābhārata (Title) ix, 443; Bālarāmāyaṇa (Title) viii, 58; Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) lxxii, 40; Śārṅgadhara-paddhati (Title) [ ID=70355 ] - 1. The ruddy or Brahmani goose. 2. An army or host. 3. A realm or region. 4. A multitude or heap. 5. A wheel. 6. A potter's wheel. 7. An oil mill. 8. A discus or circular missile weapon. 9. A whirlpool. 10. A province or district. 11. A circular military array. 12. A mystical astrological diagram. 13. A bodily energy center. 14. A cycle of years. 15. A celestial sphere or circle. 16. The horizon. 17. The spiral marks of the ammonite. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक (ka) (caka) ्र (cakra) [Printed book page 312 ] चक (ka) (caka) ्र (cakra) m. ( - क (ka) ्रः (-kraḥ) ) 1 The ruddy or Brahmani goose, ( Anas casarca.) n. ( - क (ka) ्रं (-kraṃ) ) 1 An army, a host. 2 A realm, a region. 3 A multitude, a heap. 4 A wheel. 5 A potter's wheel. 6 An oil mill, &c. 7 A discus or sharp circular missile weapon. 8 A whirlpool. 9 A province, a number of villages, a district. 10 A form of military array, a circular position. 11 A diagram of various sorts for calculating nativities or foretelling events. 12 A ring, circle or depression of the body for mystical, astrological or cheiromantic purposes; six such are enumerated, or Mūlādhāra the parts about the pubis, above that is the Svādhiṣṭhānam or umbilical region, and above that the Maṇipūram or pit of the stomach or epigastrium, Anāhatam is the root of the nose, Viśuddham the hollow between the frontal sinuses, and the Ājñākhyam the fontenelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows. 13 A cycle, a cycle of years. 14 (In Astronomy,) A sphere or circle, as राशिचक (ka) (caka) ्र (cakra) ं (cakraṃ) (rāśicakraṃ) the zodiac; प्राक (ka) ् (prāk) चक (ka) (caka) ्र (cakra) ं (cakraṃ) an epicycle. 15 The horizon. 16 The spiral marks of the Śālagrāma or ammonite. E. क (ka) ृ (kṛ) to do or make, with the reduplicate initial letter, affix क (ka), or चक (ka) (caka) to repel, &c. with रक (ka) (raka) aff. [ ID=14568 ] - 1. The ruddy goose. 2. An army. 3. A realm. 4. A heap. 5. A discus. 6. A wheel. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) [Printed book page 273-a ] चक्र (cakra) ( क्रः - क्रं ) ((kraḥ-kraṃ)) 1. m. The ruddy goose. n. An army; a realm; a heap; a discus; a wheel; a goose. [ ID=14023 ] - 1. The ruddy goose. 2. A multitude or troop. *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक्र (cakra) (II) m. 1. The ruddy goose (also called चक्र (cakra) वाक (cakravāka) ); 2. a multitude, a troop. [ ID=13057 ] - 1. The Brahmani goose. 2. An army or host. 3. A realm, region, province, or district. 4. A multitude or heap. 5. A wheel. 6. A potter's wheel. 7. An oil mill. 8. A discus or sharp circular missile. 9. A whirlpool. 10. A circular military array. 11. An astrological diagram for calculating nativities. 12. A mystical body circle or plexus. 13. A cycle of years. 14. An astronomical sphere or circle. 15. The horizon. 16. The spiral marks of the ammonite. *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > चक् (cak) र (cakra) [Printed book page 257-b ] चक् (cak) र (cakra) m. ( - क्रः (-kraḥ) ) 1. The ruddy or Brahmani goose, (Anas casarca.) n. ( - क्रं (-kraṃ) ) 1. An army, a host. 2. A realm, a region. 3. A multitude, a heap 4. A wheel. 5. A potter's wheel. 6. An oil mill, &c. 7. A discus or sharp circular missile weapon. 8. A whirlpool. 9. A province, a number of villages, a district. 10. A form of military array, a circular position. 11. A diagram of various sorts for calculating nativities or foretelling events. 12. A ring, circle or depression of the body for mystical, astrological or cheiromantic purposes; six such are enumerated, or Muladhara the parts about the pubis, above that is the Swadhishthanam or umbilical region, and above that the Munipuram or pit of the stomach or epigastrium, Anahatam is the root of the nose, Visuddham the hollow between the frontal sinuses, and the Ajnyakhyam the fontenelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows. 13. A cycle, a cycle of years. 14. (In Astronomy,) A sphere or circle, as राशिचक् (cak) र (cakra) ं (rāśicakraṃ) the zodiac; प्राक्चक् (cak) र (cakra) ं (prākcakraṃ) an epicycle. 15. The horizon. 16. The spiral marks of the Salagram or ammonite. E. कृ (kṛ) to do or make, with the reduplicate initial letter, affix क, (ka,) or चक् (cak) to repel, &c. with रक् (rak) aff. [ ID=14560 ] ### Miscellaneous Abstract or Figurative Senses (4 definitions) - See bandha. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > = - बन्ध (-bandha), q.v., Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title) x, 13 a/b [ ID=70335 ] - the name of a meter *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a metre (= - पात (-pāta) ) [ ID=70341 ] - range, department *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( fig. ) range, department, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) xxx, 33 [ ID=70347 ] - a crooked or fraudulent device *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a crooked or fraudulent device ( cf. चक्रिका (cakrikā) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70351 ] ### Specific Circular Motions or Natural Formations (4 definitions) - circular flight of a bird *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > circular flight (of a bird), Pañcatantra (Title) ii, 57 [ ID=70338 ] - the winding of a river *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > चक्र (cakra) n. ( pl. ) the winding of a river, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70349 ] - a whirlpool *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a whirlpool, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70350 ] - the spiral marks of the Shalagrama or ammonite *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=70352 ] ### Troop, Multitude, Army, or Military Array (4 definitions) - a form of military array in a circle *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ‘a form of military array (in a circle)’, see - व्यूह (-vyūha) [ ID=70337 ] - A troop or multitude *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (also m., Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) a troop, multitude, Mahābhārata (Title) v, ix ( ° क्रा (°krā) वली (valī), q.v. ), Harivaṃśa (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=70343 ] - the whole number of *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the whole number of (in comp. ), Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) xi, 127 [ ID=70344 ] - a troop of soldiers, army, or host *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a troop of soldiers, army, host, Mahābhārata (Title) ( ifc. f( आ (ā) )., iii, 640 ), Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) i, ix; Cāṇakya (Author) [ ID=70345 ] ### Discus Weapon (3 definitions) - a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishnu *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a discus or sharp circular missile weapon ( esp. that of Viṣṇu), Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Suśruta (Title); Pañcatantra (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=70330 ] - the discus of Krishna *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > *Cakra 3, the discus of Kṛṣṇa. § 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 4, 127 ( °prabhṛtibhiḥ puruṣavigrahaiḥ ). [ ID=1900 ] - the discus of Hari *The Purana Index* > Cakra (II) — the Discus of Hari (Trailokyamohana) 1 filed off from the tejas of the sun by Viśvakarman; cut off Rāhu's head. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. I. 9. 4; VI. 8. 23; VII. 1. 45. IX. 5. 1. Br. III. 72. 11; IV. 44. 116; Vā. 51. 38; 55. 12; 84. 83.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 11. 29; 45. 15-16; 129. 35; 149. 8; 150. 73; 151. 8; 152. 2; 153. 198; 177. 9; 178. 13; 217. 32; 215. 14. Vi. III. 2. 11; IV. 15. 13; V. 17. 29.] [ ID=4506 ] ### Plant or Drug (2 definitions) - Name of a medicinal plant or drug *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of a medicinal plant or drug, Suśruta (Title) v f. [ ID=70353 ] - a kind of plant *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1B) [Printed book page 380,3] चक्रा (cakrā) ( आ (ā) ), ( आ (ā) ), f. a kind of Cyperus or another plant, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70362 ] ### Territory, Dominion, or Sovereignty (2 definitions) - 1. A number of villages. 2. A province or district. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a number of villages, province, district, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=70346 ] - 1. The rolling wheel of a monarch's chariot over his dominions. 2. Sovereignty. 3. A realm. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm, Yājñavalkya (Author) i, 265; Mahābhārata (Title) i, xiii; Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) ix, 20, 32; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=70348 ] ### Circle, Ring, or Orb (General) (1 definition) - a circle *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a circle, Rāmāyaṇa (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) &c. ( कला (kalā) प - (pa-), ‘the circle of a peacock's tail’, Ṛtusaṃhāra (Title) ii, 14 ) [ ID=70332 ] ### Mystical Body Circles (Chakras) (1 definition) - one of six mystical circles or depressions in the body *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, viz. 1. मूला (mūlā) धार (dhāra), the parts about the pubis; 2. स्वा (svā) धिष्ठान (dhiṣṭhāna), the umbilical region; 3. मणि - पूर (maṇi-pūra), the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. अनाहत (anāhata), the root of the nose; 5. विशुद्ध (viśuddha), the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. आज्ञा (ājñā) ख्य (khya), the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows) [ ID=70340 ] ### Temporal Cycle (Years, Seasons) (1 definition) - a cycle of years or seasons *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, Harivaṃśa (Title) 652 [ ID=70336 ] ## Sources Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. 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