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cakra	चक्र	cakrá n. (Ved. rarely m.; g. ardharcādi; fr. √ car?; √ 1. kṛ, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 12], [Kāś.]) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot [[RV.]], of Time [[i, 164, 2]-[48]]; °kráṃ-√ car, to drive in a carriage, [ŚBr. vi]), [RV.] &c.
		a potter's wheel, [ŚBr. xi]; [Yājñ. iii, 146] (cf. -bhrama &c.)
		a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (esp. that of Viṣṇu), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.]; [BhP.]
		an oil-mill, [Mn. iv, 85]; [MBh. xii, 6481] & [7697]
		a circle, [R.]; [BhP.] &c. (kalāpa-, ‘the circle of a peacock's tail’, [Ṛtus. ii, 14])
		an astronomical circle (e.g. rāśi-, the zodiac), [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.]
		a mystical circle or diagram, [Tantr.]
		= -bandha, q.v., [Sāh. x, 13 a/b]
		a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, [Hariv. 652]
		‘a form of military array (in a circle)’, see -vyūha
		circular flight (of a bird), [Pañcat. ii, 57]
		a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, [VarBṛS. xx]; [VarBṛ.]; [Laghuj.]
		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)
		N. of a metre (= -pāta)
		a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron.), [Laghuj.]; [Sūryas. xiii, 20]; [Gol. xi, 10 ff.]
		(also m., [L.]) a troop, multitude, [MBh. v], [ix] (°krāvalī, q.v.), [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.
		the whole number of (in comp.), [Sarvad. xi, 127]
		a troop of soldiers, army, host, [MBh.] (ifc. f(A). , [iii, 640]), [BhP. i], [ix]; [Cāṇ.]
		a number of villages, province, district, [L.]
		(fig.) range, department, [VarBṛS. xxx, 33]
		the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm, [Yājñ. i, 265]; [MBh. i], [xiii]; [BhP. ix, 20, 32]; [VP.]
		cakrá n. (pl.) the winding of a river, [L.]
		a whirlpool, [L.]
		a crooked or fraudulent device (cf. cakrikā), [L.]
		the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, [W.]
		N. of a medicinal plant or drug, [Suśr. v f.]
		of a Tīrtha, [BhP. x, 78, 19]
		cakrá m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. -vāká), [MBh. ix, 443]; [Bālar. viii, 58]; [Kathās. lxxii, 40]; [ŚārṅgP.]
		(pl.) N. of a people, [MBh. vi, 352]
		(g. aśvādi) N. of a man, [BṛĀrUp. iii, 4], 1 Sch.
		of another man, [Kathās. lvi, 144]
		of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 2147]
		of one of Skanda's attendants, [MBh. ix, 2539] and [2542]
		of a mountain, [BhP. v, 20, 15]; [Kathās. liv, 16]
		[cf. a-, aṣṭā́-, uccā-, éka-, kāla-, kū-, daṇḍa-, dik-, dharma-, mahā-, mātṛ-, ródha-, viṣṇu-, sa-, saptá-, hiraṇya-; tri- and sucakrá; cf. also, κύκλος, Lat. circus; Angl.Sax. hveohl, Engl. wheel.]
cakrakā	चक्रका	f. a kind of plant having great curative properties (white Abrus, [L.]), [Suśr. iv, 30, 3] and [19]
cakraka	चक्रक	mfn. resembling a wheel or circle, circular, [W.]
		m. a kind of serpent (cf. cakra-maṇḍalin), [Suśr. v, 4, 34]
		Dolichos biflorus, [L.]
		N. of a Ṛṣi, [MBh. xiii, 253]
		m. (also) the ring on an umbrella, [Subh.]
		n. a particular way of fighting, [Hariv. iii, 124, 19] (v.l. citraka)
		arguing in a circle, [Pat.]
cakralā	चक्रला	f. a kind of Cyperus, [L.]
cakrala	चक्रल	mfn. (cf. cakkala) crisp, curled (barbara), [L.]
cakrabhṛt	चक्रभृत्	cakra—bhṛt m. ‘discus-bearer’, Viṣṇu, [Rājat. i, 38.]
cakradṛś	चक्रदृश्	cakra—dṛś mfn. ‘circular-eyed’, N. of an Asura, [BhP. viii, 10, 21.]
cakravat	चक्रवत्	cakra—vat mfn. furnished with wheels, wheeled, [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 12], [Kāś.]
		armed with a discus, [W.]
		circular, [W.]
		cakra—vat m. an oil-grinder, [Mn. iv, 84]
		N. of Viṣṇu, [W.]
		a sovereign, emperor, [W.]
		N. of a mountain, [Hariv. 12408] and [12847]; [R. iv, 43, 32]
		cakra—vat n. a chariot, [Baudh. i, 3, 34]
		cakra—vat ind. like a wheel, in rotation, [W.]
cakrabhānu	चक्रभानु	cakra—bhānu m. N. of a Brāhman, [Rājat. vi, 108.]
cakradhārā	चक्रधारा	cakra—dhārā f. the periphery of a wheel, [W.]
cakradhāra	चक्रधार	cakra—dhāra for -dhara, q.v.
cakradhara	चक्रधर	cakra—dhara mfn. or m. bearing a wheel, wheel-bearer, [Pañcat. v, 3, 10/11 ff.] (once -dhāra)
		= -bhṛt, [MBh. i, 6257]; [Mṛcch. v, 3]; [Ragh. xvi, 55]
		driving in a carriage (?, ‘a snake’ or ‘a governor’ Sch.; cf. [Mn. ii, 138] and [Yājñ. i, 117]), [MBh. xiii, 7570]
		cakra—dhara m. a sovereign, emperor, [iii], [xii], [Hariv. 10999]
		governor of a province, [L.]
		= caraka, [VarBṛ. xv, 1], Sch.
		a snake, [Rājat. i, 261]
		a village tumbler (cf. cakrāṭa), [W.]
		N. of a man, [Karmapr.], Sch.
		of other men, [Kathās.] &c.
		of a locality, [Rājat. iv, 191.]
cakraphala	चक्रफल	cakra—phala n. a missile weapon (kind of discus), [L.]
cakraṇadī	चक्रणदी	cakra—ṇadī f. = -nadī, g. girinady-ādi.
cakrabālā	चक्रबाला	cakra—bālā f. Hibiscus cannabinus, [Npr.]
cakracara	चक्रचर	cakra—cara m. pl. ‘going in a circle’, N. of a class of superhuman beings, [iii, 8214]; [xiii, 6493 ff.]
		‘a juggler’ (cf. cakrāṭa) or ‘a potter’ (Sch.), [VarBṛS. x, 12.]
		cakra—cara m. ‘circle-goer’, one who goes by turns (to the houses of Brāhmans, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas, scil. for alms), [Baudh.] (Sch.)
cakradeva	चक्रदेव	cakra—deva m. ‘having the wheel (of a war-chariot) for his deity’, N. of a warrior, [MBh. ii, 621]; [Hariv. 6626] and [6642 f.]
cakragaja	चक्रगज	cakra—gaja m. Cassia Tora, [L.]
cakragati	चक्रगति	cakra—gati f. rotation, revolution, [W.]
cakrajāti	चक्रजाति	cakra—jāti f. = -bandha.
cakramauli	चक्रमौलि	cakra—mauli ‘having a circular diadem’, N. of a Rākṣasa, [R. vi, 69, 14.]
cakramaṭha	चक्रमठ	cakra—maṭha m. N. of a college (built in a circular form by Cakra-varman), [Rājat. v, 403.]
cakramukha	चक्रमुख	cakra—mukha m. = -daṃṣṭra, [L.]
cakranābhi	चक्रनाभि	cakra—nābhi f. the nave of a wheel, [Suśr.]
cakranakha	चक्रनख	cakra—nakha m. = -kāraka, [L.]
cakranadī	चक्रनदी	cakra—nadī f. (g. girinady-ādi) N. of a river, [BhP. v, 7, 9.]
cakranemi	चक्रनेमि	cakra—nemi f. ‘wheel-felly’, N. of one of the mothers attending on Skanda, [MBh. ix, 2623.]
cakrapāṇi	चक्रपाणि	cakra—pāṇi m. ‘discus-handed’, Viṣṇu, [ṢaḍvBr. v, 10]; [MBh. vi, 1900]
		(°ṇin), [Hariv. 8193] and [8376]
		N. of a medical author
cakrapāda	चक्रपाद	cakra—pāda m. ‘wheel-footed’, a carriage, [L.]
		‘circular-footed’, an elephant, [L.]
cakrapāla	चक्रपाल	cakra—pāla m. the superintendent of a province, [W.]
		one who carries a discus, [W.]
		a circle, [W.]
		the horizon, [W.]
		N. of a poet, [Kṣem.]
cakrapāta	चक्रपात	cakra—pāta m. a metre of 4 × 14 syllables.
cakrapatha	चक्रपथ	cakra—patha m. a road for wheels, carriage-road, [MBh.]
cakrapura	चक्रपुर	cakra—pura n. N. of a town (built by Cakra-mardikā, [Rājat. iv, 213]), [Kathās. cxxiii, 213.]
cakrarāja	चक्रराज	cakra—rāja m. N. of a mystical diagram, [Rudray.]
cakrarada	चक्ररद	cakra—rada m. = -daṃṣṭra, [L.]
cakrasenā	चक्रसेना	cakra—senā f. N. of a princess, [Kathās. liv, 111.]
cakrasena	चक्रसेन	cakra—sena m. N. of a son of Tārā-candra and father of Siṃha
cakrataila	चक्रतैल	cakra—taila n. oil prepared from the Cakra (-gaja ?) plant, [Suśr.]
cakravākī	चक्रवाकी	cakra—vākī (ī), f. the female of the Cakra (-vāka) bird, [Megh. 80]; [Kathās.]; [Sāh.]
cakravāka	चक्रवाक	cakra—vāká m. the Cakra bird (Anas Casarca; the couples are supposed to be separated and to mourn during night), [RV. ii, 39, 3]; [VS. xxiv f.]; [AV. xiv]; [MBh.] &c.
cakravāla	चक्रवाल	cakra—vāla n. (fr. -vāḍa) a circle, [MBh. i, 7021 ff.]; [Sūryapr.]
		= °la-yamaka, [Bhaṭṭ. x, 6], Sch.
		cakra—vāla m. n. a mass, multitude, number, assemblage, [MBh. i]; [Hariv. 4098]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
		cakra—vāla m. N. of a mythical range of mountains (encircling the orb of the earth and being the limit of light and darkness), [Buddh.] : [Kāvyād. ii, 99] (°lādri)
cakravāḍa	चक्रवाड	cakra—vāḍa m. fire, [Gal.]
		the mountain-range Cakra-vāla, [Kāraṇḍ. xxiii]
		cakra—vāḍa n. ‘a circle’, or ‘a troop, multitude’, [L.]
cakravāta	चक्रवात	cakra—vāta m. a whirlwind, [BhP. x.]
cakravāṭa	चक्रवाट	cakra—vāṭa m. a limit, boundary, [L.]
		a lamp-stand, [L.]
		engaging in an action (?, kriyāroha), [L.]
cakrayāna	चक्रयान	cakra—yāna n. any wheel-carriage, [L.]
cakrayoga	चक्रयोग	cakra—yoga m. applying a splint or similar instrument by means of pulleys (in case of dislocation of the thigh), [Suśr. iv, 3, 25.]
cakrabhaṅga	चक्रभङ्ग	cakra—bhaṅga m. break of a wheel, [Mn. viii, 291.]
cakrabhrama	चक्रभ्रम	cakra—bhrama mfn. turning like a wheel, [Mcar. vi, 12]
		cakra—bhrama m. = °mi, [Ragh. vi, 32]; [Sāṃkhyak. 67] (v.l.)
cakrabhrami	चक्रभ्रमि	cakra—bhrami f. rotation of a wheel, [Sāṃkhyak. 67]; [Ragh. (C) vi, 32.]
cakradhanus	चक्रधनुस्	cakra—dhanus m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [v, 3795.]
cakraśreṇī	चक्रश्रेणी	cakra—śreṇī f. Odina pinnata (bearing a curved fruit), [L.]
cakrabandha	चक्रबन्ध	cakra—bandha m. a stanza artificially arranged in a diagram, [Pratāpar.]
		cakra—bandha m. all that holds a wheel together, ib.
cakracārin	चक्रचारिन्	cakra—cārin mfn. flying in a circle (a bird), [Hariv. 3494.]
cakradantī	चक्रदन्ती	cakra—dantī f. N. of a plant, [L.]
cakradatta	चक्रदत्त	cakra—datta m. (= -pāṇi-datta), N. of an author
cakradvāra	चक्रद्वार	cakra—dvāra m. N. of a mountain, [MBh. xii, 12035.]
cakragaṇḍu	चक्रगण्डु	cakra—gaṇḍu m. a round pillow, [L.]
cakragoptṛ	चक्रगोप्तृ	cakra—goptṛ m. du. ‘wheel-protectors’ two men whose business is to preserve the wheels of a carriage from damage, [MBh. vii, 1627] (cf. -rakṣa.)
cakraguccha	चक्रगुच्छ	cakra—guccha m. ‘having circular clusters’, Jonesia Aśoka, [L.]
cakragulma	चक्रगुल्म	cakra—gulma m. ‘having a circular excretion’, a camel, [Npr.]
cakrahasta	चक्रहस्त	cakra—hasta m. (= -pāṇi) id., [W.]
cakrahrada	चक्रह्रद	cakra—hrada m. N. of a lake, [SkandaP.]
cakrajīvin	चक्रजीविन्	cakra—jīvin m. id., [W.]
cakrakulyā	चक्रकुल्या	cakra—kulyā f. a kind of fern (citra-parṇī), [L.]
cakramaulin	चक्रमौलिन्	cakra—maulin mfn. having the wheels turned upwards, [Hariv. 3415.]
cakramanda	चक्रमन्द	cakra—manda m. N. of a Nāga, [MBh. xvi, 120.]
cakramarda	चक्रमर्द	cakra—marda m. = -gaja, [Suśr. iv, 9, 11.]
cakranāman	चक्रनामन्	cakra—nāman m. = -sāhvaya, [Kād.]
		a pyritic ore of iron (mākṣika), [L.]
cakrapāṇin	चक्रपाणिन्	cakra—pāṇin for °ṇi, q.v.
cakrapakṣa	चक्रपक्ष	cakra—pakṣa m. a goose, [L.]
cakraparṇī	चक्रपर्णी	cakra—parṇī f. = -kulyā, [Npr.]
cakrarakṣa	चक्ररक्ष	cakra—rakṣa m. du. = -goptṛ, [MBh. i], [iv], [vi.]
cakraratna	चक्ररत्न	cakra—ratna n. an excellent wheel or disk (one of the 7 treasures of a king), [Dharmas. 85]
cakrasaktha	चक्रसक्थ	cakra—saktha mfn. bow-legged, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 198], [Kāś.]
cakratīrtha	चक्रतीर्थ	cakra—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha (cf. cakra), [VarP.]; [ŚivaP.]; [Prab. iv f.] &c.
cakratuṇḍa	चक्रतुण्ड	cakrá—tuṇḍa (°krá-), m. ‘circular-beaked’, a kind of mythical being, [Suparṇ. xxiii, 4]
		a kind of fish, [R. (B) iii, 73, 14.]
cakravākin	चक्रवाकिन्	cakra—°vākin mfn. filled with Cakra-vākas, [Ragh. xv, 30.]
cakravarta	चक्रवर्त	cakra—varta See -vṛtta.
cakravṛddhi	चक्रवृद्धि	cakra—vṛddhi f. interest upon interest, [Gaut.]; [Nār.]
		[Bṛhasp.]; [Mn. viii, 153]
		wages for transporting goods in a carriage, 156.
cakravṛtta	चक्रवृत्त	cakrá—vṛtta (°krá-), mfn. turned on a potter's wheel, [MaitrS. i, 8, 3]
		(a-cakravarta, for °vṛtta neg.), [ĀpŚr. vi, 3, 7] (cf. °kru-v°.)
cakravyūha	चक्रव्यूह	cakra—vyūha m. any circular array of troops, [MBh. i, 2754]; [vii, 1471] (cf. also 3108)
		N. of a Kiṃnara prince, [Kāraṇḍ. i, 29.]
cakrayodhin	चक्रयोधिन्	cakra—yodhin m. ‘discus-fighter’, N. of a Dānava, [VP. i, 21, 12.]
cakrabhedinī	चक्रभेदिनी	cakra—bhedinī f. ‘dividing the Cakra (-vāka) couples (cf. -bāndhava)’, night, [L.]
cakrabhrānti	चक्रभ्रान्ति	cakra—bhrānti f. rotation of the wheels (of a chariot), [W.]
cakradhāraṇa	चक्रधारण	cakra—dhāraṇa n. an axle, [L.]
cakradharman	चक्रधर्मन्	cakra—dharman m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara prince, [MBh. ii, 408.]
cakrabandham	चक्रबन्धम्	cakra—bandham ind. so as to fasten or bind in a particular way, [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 41], [Kāś.]
cakradīpikā	चक्रदीपिका	cakra—dīpikā f. ‘diagram-illuminator’, N. of a work, [Tantras. ii.]
cakrajīvaka	चक्रजीवक	cakra—jīvaka m. ‘living by his wheel’, a potter, [L.]
cakrakāraka	चक्रकारक	cakra—kāraka n. the perfume unguis odoratus, [Bhpr. v, 2, 80.]
cakramāsaja	चक्रमासज	cakra—m-āsajá mfn. stopping the wheels (of a chariot), [RV. v, 34, 6.]
cakramedinī	चक्रमेदिनी	cakra—medinī for -bhedinī, [Gal.]
cakramelaka	चक्रमेलक	cakra—melaka N. of a locality in Kaśmīr, [Kathās. cxxiii, 213] and [221]; [Rājat. vi, 108.]
cakramusala	चक्रमुसल	cakra—musala mfn. (a battle) carried on with the discus and club, [Hariv. 5346] (cf. 5648).
cakranāyaka	चक्रनायक	cakra—nāyaka m. the leader of a troop, [Rājat. ii, 106]
		= -kāraka, [L.]
cakrapālita	चक्रपालित	cakra—pālita m. N. of a man.
cakrasaṃjña	चक्रसंज्ञ	cakra—saṃjña n. tin, [L.]
cakrasvāmin	चक्रस्वामिन्	cakra—svāmin m. (cf. -bhṛt) Viṣṇu.
cakravāladhi	चक्रवालधि	cakra—vāladhi m. ‘curved-tail’, a dog, [L.] (cf. vakr°.)
cakravālaka	चक्रवालक	cakra—°vālaka n. a kind of rhetorical figure, [Pratāpar.]

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