Shatcakra, Ṣaṭcakra, Shash-cakra: 7 definitions
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Shatcakra has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ṣaṭcakra can be transliterated into English as Satcakra or Shatcakra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shatchakra.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchṢaṭcakra (षट्चक्र):—n. sg. die sechs mystischen Kreise am Körper (mūlādhāra, svādhiṣṭhāna, maṇipūra, anāhata, viśuddha und ājñākhya) [Oxforder Handschriften 88], b, [38. 89], a, [13. fgg. 149], b, [18. fg. 236], a, [7 v. u.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 3, 70. 2, 8, 6.] prabheda m. Titel einer Schrift [Notices of Skt. Mss. 120.] bheda m. [243.] bhedaṭippanī und bhedavivṛtiṭīkā ebend.
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: Sat, Cakra, Shash.
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Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) (by Arthur Avalon)
Verse 24 < [Section 4]
Summary of the Ājñā Cakra (verses 31a-38) < [Section 6]
Serpent Power (Kundalini-shakti), Introduction (by Arthur Avalon)
Cidgaganacandrika (study) (by S. Mahalakshmi)
Verse 97 [Piṇḍamantra] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 140 [Ṣaṭcakra Mānasa Sthiti] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Verse 96 [Praṇava produced by Cakrapañcaka in Kuṇḍalinī] < [Chapter 3 - Third Vimarśa]
Paduka-panchaka (the five-fold footstool) (by Arthur Avalon)
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Gitartha Samgraha (critical Study) (by Partha Sarathi Sil)
1. Significance of the Saṅgraha ślokas of the Gītārthasaṅgraha < [Chapter 4 - Critical Study of the Gītārthasaṅgraha]