# एकचक्र (ekacakra)

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एकचक्र (ekacakra) is a Sanskrit word meaning having one wheel, possessing only one army, governed by one king, the name of a Danava, the name of a town of the Kicakas, the name of a city, one-wheeled. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Name of a place (town/city/village), One-wheeled (adjective), Name of a Dānava/Asura.

- **SLP1:** `ekacakra`  **IAST:** ekacakra  **Devanagari:** एकचक्र
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekachakra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ekachakra/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** एकचक्रा (ekacakrā)

## Meanings by context

### Name of a place (town/city/village) (4 definitions)
- the name of a town of the Kicakas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 227,3] एक (eka) — चक्रा (—cakrā) f. N. of a town of the Kīcakas, MBh. [ ID=39213 ]
- The name of a city  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 170 ] एकचक्र (ekacakra) m. ( - क्रः (-kraḥ) ) The name of a city: see हरिगृह (harigṛha). E. एक, चक्र (eka, cakra) a circle. [ ID=8094 ]
- The name of a city.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 140-a ] एक - चक्र (eka-cakra) ( क्रः ) ((kraḥ)) 1. m. The name of a city. [ ID=7511 ]
- The name of a city  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 139-b ] एकचक्र (ekacakra) m. ( - क्रः (-kraḥ) ) The name of a city: see हरिगृह (harigṛha). E. एक, चक्र (eka, cakra) a circle. [ ID=8090 ]

### One-wheeled (adjective) (4 definitions)
- having one wheel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 227,3] एक (eka) — चक्र (—cakra) mf( आ (ā) )n. having one wheel (said of the sun's chariot), Ṛg-veda (Title) i, 164, 2; Atharva-veda (Title) ix, 9, 2; x, 8, 7 [ ID=39210 ]
- one-wheeled  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 057-a1 ] एकचक्र (ekacakra) eka-cakra, a. one-wheeled: -vart-in, a. moving on one wheel; a. sole monarch: -i-tā, f. abst. ɴ.; -cakṣus, a. one-eyed ( also of a needle ); -cará, a. living alone; solitary; m. N. of Śiva; -cāriṇī, f. faithful wife or mistress (devoted to a single man); -citta, n. one and the same thought, unanimity; thought directed to one and the same object; a. of one mind; thinking of one object only, absorbed; thinking only of ( —° ): -tā, f. unanimity; intentness Page57a-2 on one object only, -ī-bhū, become unanimous; -cchattra, a. having only one royal umbrella, ruled by a single king; -jāta, pp. begotten by the same father or parents; of equal birth; -jāti, a. having but one birth; m. Śūdra. [ ID=5081 ]
- 1. Having only one wheel. 2. Governed by only one king.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 152-02 ] एक - चक्र (eka-cakra) (I) a. 1. having only one wheel; 2. governed by only one king. [ ID=7386 ]
- having only one wheel  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 099 ] एकचक्र (ekacakra) a. having (only) one wheel. [ ID=6356 ]

### Name of a Dānava/Asura (3 definitions)
- the name of a Danava  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > एक (eka) — चक्र (—cakra) m. N. of a Dānava, MBh.; VP. &c. [ ID=39212 ]
- an Asura  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 284-2 ] Ekacakra, an Asura. § 92 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2533 (son Page285-a+ 63 of Danu).—§ 130 (do.): I, 67, 2657 ( mahāsuraḥ, incarnate as king Prativindhya). [ ID=3872 ]
- a son of Danu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > एकचक्र (ekacakra) [Printed book page 1-275 ] Ekacakra — a son of Danu. Bhā. VI. 6. 31; Br. III. 6. 7; M. 6. 19; Vā. 68. 7; Vi. I. 21. 5. [ ID=2193 ]

### The Sun's Chariot (noun) (1 definition)
- the chariot of the Sun  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एक - चक्र (eka-cakra) (II) m. the chariot of the Sun. [ ID=7387 ]

### Under a single ruler (adjective) (1 definition)
- possessing only one army, governed by one king  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > possessing only one army, governed by one king (as the earth), BhP. [ ID=39211 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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