# सहस्रार (sahasrāra)

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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 — E. sahasra, and ara a spoke
- **SLP1:** `sahasrAra`  **IAST:** sahasrāra  **Devanagari:** सहस्रार
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahasrara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sahasrara/declensions.md

## 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)*
  > सहस्र (ra) ा (sahasrā) र (ra) m. n. a kind of cavity said to be found in the top of the head and to resemble a lotus reversed (fabled as the seat of the soul), L. [ ID=240801 ]
- The top of the head, the seat of the soul.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सहस्र (sahasra) ार (sahasrāra) [Printed book page 914 ] सहस्र (sahasra) ार (sahasrāra) n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) The top of the head, the seat of the soul. E. सहस्र (sahasra), and अर (ara) a spoke. [ ID=41404 ]
- Top of the head  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सहस्रार (sahasrāra) [Printed book page 835-a ] सहस्रार (sahasrāra) ( रं ) ((raṃ)) 1. n. Top of the head. [ ID=41137 ]
- The top of the head, considered the seat of the soul.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सहस्रार (sahasrāra) [Printed book page 777-b ] सहस्रार (sahasrāra) n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) The top of the head, the seat of the soul. E. सहस्र, (sahasra,) and अर (ara) a spoke. [ ID=43494 ]

### Thousand-spoked (adjective) (1 definition)
- thousand-spoked  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1196,3] सहस्र (ra) ा (sahasrā) र (ra) mfn. th° -spoked, BhP. [ ID=240800 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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