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kālacakra

kāla—cakra n. the wheel of time (time represented as a wheel which always turns round), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

a given revolution of time, cycle [according to the Jainas, the wheel of time has twelve Aras or spokes and turns round once in 2000000000000000 Sāgaras of years; cf. ava-sarpiṇī and ut-s°]

the wheel of fortune (sometimes regarded as a weapon), [R.]

N. of a Tantra, [Buddh.]

kāla—cakra m. N. of the sun, [MBh. iii, 151]