Cakracara, Cakrācāra, Cakracāra, Cakra-cara, Cakra-acara: 5 definitions
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Cakracara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chakrachara.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCakracara (चक्रचर):—(cakra + cara) adj. im Kreise herumgehend, Bez. einer Art überirdischer Wesen: nāgāḥ suparṇāśca siddhāścakracarāstathā [Mahābhārata 3, 8214. 13, 6493. 6497.] Viell. = cakrāṭa Giftbeschwörer [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCakracara (चक्रचर):—m. —
1) Pl. bestimmte im Kreise sich bewegende (d. i. keinen festen Wohnsitz habende) überirdische Wesen). —
2) Zauberer ([KERN] ) oder Töpfer u.s.w. (Comm.).
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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Partial matches: Cakra, Cara, Acara.
Full-text: Cakrata.
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