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cakra | n. (Ved. rarely m.; gaRa ardharcādi-;fr. car-?;1. kṛ- ) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot[ ],of Time [ ]; kr/aṃ-car-,to drive in a carriage ) etc.  |
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cakra | n. a potter's wheel (see -bhrama-etc.)  |
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cakra | n. a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (especially that of viṣṇu-)  |
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cakra | n. an oil-mill  |
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cakra | n. a circle etc. (kalāpa--,"the circle of a peacock's tail" )  |
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cakra | n. an astronomical circle (exempli gratia, 'for example' rāśi--,the zodiac)  |
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cakra | n. a mystical circle or diagram,  |
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cakra | n. equals -bandha- q.v  |
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cakra | n. a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons  |
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cakra | n. "a form of military array (in a circle)" See -vyūha-  |
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cakra | n. circular flight (of a bird)  |
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cakra | n. a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon  |
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cakra | n. a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, viz. 1. mūlādhāra-,the parts about the pubis;2. svādhiṣṭhāna-,the umbilical region;3. maṇi-pūra-,the pit of the stomach or epigastrium;4. anāhata-,the root of the nose;5. viśuddha-,the hollow between the frontal sinuses;6. ājñākhya-,the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures;various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows)  |
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cakra | n. Name of a metre (equals -pāta-)  |
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cakra | n. a circle or a similar instrument (used in astronomy)  |
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cakra | n. (also m. ) a troop, multitude (krāvalī-, q.v) etc.  |
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cakra | n. the whole number of (in compound)  |
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cakra | n. a troop of soldiers, army, host (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-)., )  |
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cakra | n. a number of villages, province, district  |
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cakra | n. (figuratively) range, department  |
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cakra | n. the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm  |
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cakra | n. (plural) the winding of a river  |
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cakra | n. a whirlpool  |
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cakra | n. a crooked or fraudulent device (see cakrikā-)  |
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cakra | n. the convolutions or spiral marks of the śāla-grāma- or ammonite  |
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cakra | n. Name of a medicinal plant or drug  |
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cakra | n. of a tīrtha-  |
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cakra | m. the ruddy goose or Brahmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; see -vāk/a-)  |
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cakra | m. (plural) Name of a people  |
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cakra | m. (gaRa aśvādi-) Name of a man, , 1 Scholiast or Commentator  |
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cakra | m. of another man  |
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cakra | m. of a nāga-  |
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cakra | m. of one of skanda-'s attendants  |
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cakra | m. of a mountain  |
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cakra | m. (dual number kriyau-)  |
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cakra | m. ([ confer, compare a--, aṣṭ/ā--, uccā--, /eka--, kāla--, kū--, daṇḍa--, dik--, dharma--, mahā--, mātṛ--, r/odha--, viṣṇu--, sa--, sapt/a--, hiraṇya--; tri--and sucakr/a-; confer, compare also, , Latin circus; Anglo-Saxon hveohl,Engl.wheel.])  |