Kalacakra, Kālacakra, Kala-cakra: 27 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKālacakra (कालचक्र):—(2. kāla + cakra) n. Zeitrad d. i. die Zeit als ein sich beständig drehendes Rad gedacht: kālaścakravatparivartamānaḥ kālacakramucyate [Suśruta 1, 19, 21.] evaṃ kālavibhāgena kālacakraṃ pravartate [Mahābhārata 4, 1607. 2, 342.] ṣaṭcaiveme ṛtavaḥ kālacakram [3, 10663. 13, 1370.] kālacakraṃ ca yaddivyaṃ nityagaṃ dhruvamavyayam [Harivaṃśa 14081. 11773.] nakṣatrarāśibhirupalakṣitena kālacakreṇa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 22, 2.] evameṣa caranpārtha kālacakramatandritaḥ . prakarṣaṃsarvabhūtāni savitā parivartate .. [Mahābhārata 3, 11880.] Als m. ein Beiname der Sonne [151.] Nach dem Glauben der Jaina dreht sich das Zeitrad mit seinen 12 Speichen (ara) in [2000,000,000,000,000] Sāgara von Jahren ein Mal um (vgl. u. avasarpiṇī und utsarpiṇī) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 128.] Das Zeitrad, Schicksalsrad als Waffe (vgl. cakra) gedacht [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 5. 6, 73, 33.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 6, 10.] masc. pl. [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 7, 24.] Bei den Buddhisten führt ein Tantra den Namen kālacakra [Burnouf 539.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 505.]
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Kālacakra (कालचक्र):—[Mahābhārata 2, 456.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKālacakra (कालचक्र):——
1) n. die Zeit als ein beständig sich drehendes Rad. —
2) m. n. eine best. mythische Waffe. —
3) m. Beiname der Sonne. —
4) n. Titel eines buddh. Tantra.
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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Starts with: Kalacakradarsha, Kalacakradashaprakara, Kalacakrajataka, Kalacakraprakasha, Kalacakrasutra, Kalacakratantra.
Ends with: Kalakalacakra.
Full-text (+223): Gridhravaktra, Agnipata, Ghanaja, Nashakti, Sukamala, Shakrajala, Raudranetra, Gandhavajra, Shvetavastrin, Gandheccha, Pitadipta, Hariripu, Venunritya, Khagapatigamana, Shabdavajra, Sitadri, Sukarasya, Rupavajra, Valukambhas, Kalacakraprakasha.
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The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
Paritta and Tantra < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
(2) Mahasamaya Sutta < [Chapter 4 - Subject Matter of the Third Bhanavara]
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 22 [Nine Māṇas (measure of Time)] < [Chapter 1 - First Vimarśa]
The gods of northern Buddhism (by Alice Getty)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Figure 134 - Emanations of Akṣobhya: Kālacakra
Figure 215-216 - Four Animal-Faced Goddesses: Siṃhāsyā
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 2 - Date of the Kālacakra-tantra < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 26 - Bu ston < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
Chapter 12 - Disagreements in (Kālacakra) lineage accounts < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]
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