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चक्र m. n. (Ved. rarely m.; g. अर्धर्चा-दि; fr. √ चर्?; √ 1.कृ, [Pāṇ. 6-1, 12] ; [Kāś.] ) the wheel (of a carriage, of the sun's chariot [[RV.] ], of time [i, 164, 2-48]; °क्रं॑-√ चर्, to drive in a carriage, [ŚBr. vi] ), [RV.] &c. -भ्रम a potter's wheel, [ŚBr. xi] ; iii, 146">[Yājñ. iii, 146] (cf. &c.) a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (esp. that of विष्णु), [MBh.] ; [R.] ; [Suśr.] ; ---10--- ; ---11--- an oil-mill, iv. 85">---12--- ; xii, 6481 & 7697">---13--- कलाप a circle, ---14--- ; ---15--- &c. (-, ‘the circle of a peacock's tail’ ii, 14">---16--- ) राशि an astronomical circle (e.g. -, the zodiac), [VarBṛS.] ; [Sūryas.] a mystical circle or diagram, ---19--- -बन्ध = q.v. , 13 a/b">---20--- a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, [Hariv. 652] -व्यूह ‘a form of military array (in a circle)’ see circular flight (of a bird), ii, 57">[Pañcat. ii, 57] a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, [VarBṛS. xx] ; [VarBṛ.] ; [Laghuj.] मूलाधार a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, other words. From Latin videlicet">viz. 1. , the parts about the pubis; 2. स्वा-धिष्ठान, the umbilical region; 3. मणि-पूर, the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. अनाहत, the root of the nose; 5. विशुद्ध, the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. आज्ञा-ख्य, the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows) -पात also title or epithet).">N. of a metre (= ) a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron. ), [Laghuj.] ; xiii, 20">[Sūryas. xiii, 20] ; xi, 10 ff.">[Gol. xi, 10 ff.] °क्रावली m. (also m., [L.] ) a troop, multitude, [MBh. v, ix] (, q.v. ), [Hariv.] ; ---32--- &c. the whole number of (in comp. ), xi, 127">---33--- f. a troop of soldiers, army, host, [MBh.] (ifc. f(आ). , iii, 640), [BhP. i, ix] ; [Cāṇ.] a number of villages, province, district, [L.] (fig. ) range, department, xxx, 33">[VarBṛS. xxx, 33] the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm, [Yājñ. i, 265] ; ---40--- ; ix, 20, 32">[BhP. ix, 20, 32] ; [VP.] चक्र n. n. (number.">pl. ) the winding of a river, [L.] a whirlpool, [L.] चक्रिका a crooked or fraudulent device (cf. ), ---45--- the convolutions or spiral marks of the शाल-ग्राम or ammonite, [W.] also title or epithet).">N. of a medicinal plant or drug, [Suśr. vf.] of a तीर्थ, 78, 19">---48--- चक्र m. m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck (anas Casarca">anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. -वाक॑), ix, 443">[MBh. ix, 443] ; viii, 58">[Bālar. viii, 58] ; lxxii, 40">[Kathās. lxxii, 40] ; [ŚārṅgP.] (number.">pl. ) also title or epithet).">N. of a people, vi, 352">[MBh. vi, 352] अश्वादि (g. ) also title or epithet).">N. of a man, iii, 4">[BṛĀrUp. iii, 4] , 1 Sch. of another man, lvi, 144">[Kathās. lvi, 144] of a नाग, [MBh. i, 2147] of one of स्कन्द's attendants, ix, 2539 and 2542">---57--- of a mountain, 20, 15">---58--- ; liv. 16">[Kathās. liv. 16] चक्र [cf. अ-, अष्टा॑-, उच्चा-, ए॑क-, काल-, कू-, दण्ड-, दिक्-, धर्म-, महा-, मातृ-, रो॑ध-, विष्णु-, स-, सप्त॑-, हिरण्य-; त्रि- and सुचक्र॑; cf. also, κύκλος, Lat. part of Etymology of ">circus; Angl.Sax. part of Etymology of ">hveohl, Engl. part of Etymology of ">wheel.]
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