सहस्रारsahasrāra

सहस्रार (sahasrāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning thousand-spoked, the top of the head, the seat of the soul, the top of the head, considered the seat of the soul. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Top of the head / Seat of the soul (Sahasrara Chakra), Thousand-spoked (adjective).

Etymology: E. सहस्र, and अर a spoke
Definitions: 5

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Meanings by context

Top of the head / Seat of the soul (Sahasrara Chakra)

4 definitions

a cavity in the top of the head resembling an inverted lotus, fabled as the seat of the soul

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The top of the head, the seat of the soul.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Top of the head

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The top of the head, considered the seat of the soul.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Thousand-spoked (adjective)

1 definition

thousand-spoked

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.