Cakreshvara, Cakreśvara, Cakra-ishvara: 10 definitions
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Cakreshvara has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Cakreśvara can be transliterated into English as Cakresvara or Cakreshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Chakreshvara.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCakreśvara (चक्रेश्वर):—(cakra + īśvara)
1) m. der Herr des Discus, Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 276.] —
2) f. ī Nomen proprium einer Vidyādevī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 239.] vollbringt die Befehle des 1sten Arhant's [44.]
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Cakreśvara (चक्रेश्वर):—m. Weltherrscher, Kaiser; davon tva n. die Würde eines Weltherrschers, - Kaisers [Spr. 1626.] cakreśvara als Beiname Bhairava's [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 106] bedeutet Herr der Schaar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCakreśvara (चक्रेश्वर):—m. —
1) Beiname — a) Viṣṇu's. — b) Bhairava's. —
2) Weltherrscher. Nom.abstr. tva n.
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: Ishvara, Cakra.
Ends with: Bhillicakreshvara, Navacakreshvara, Viracakreshvara.
Full-text: Bhillicakreshvara, Cakkesara, Viracakreshvara, Cakreshvari, Bhilla, Candreshvara, Cakravartin, Kalatita, Kalacakra, Kala.
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