Ajnacakra, Ajna-cakra, Ājñācakra: 8 definitions
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Ajnacakra has 6 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Ajnachakra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchĀjñācakra (आज्ञाचक्र):—(ā + ca) n. ein bes. mystischer Kreis (der letzte unter den sechsen) [ŚRĪTATTVACINTĀMAṆI im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Ājñācakra (आज्ञाचक्र):—, ājñācakraṃ ca bhrūmadhye sthitaṃ māṇikyasaṃnibham . dvidalaṃ haṃ kṣaṃ iti ca mātṛkārṇopaśobhitam .. [Oxforder Handschriften 149,b,38. fg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungĀjñācakra (आज्ञाचक्र):—n. = ājñākhya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Prajnacakra.
Full-text: Shadadhara, Ajnakhya, Shirodhara, Nadicakra, Rupa, Yakshini, Ajna.
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Verse 141 [Pañca-devatākrama Sṛṣṭi] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
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Serpent Power (Kundalini-shakti), Introduction (by Arthur Avalon)
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