Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

cakraka चक्रक – as, ā, am, resembling a wheel or circle, wheel-shaped, circular

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Cakraka, as, ā, am, resembling a wheel or circle, wheel-shaped, circular; (as), m. a logical form or proposition, arguing in a circle; a kind of serpent; N. of a Ṛṣi; (ā), f. a kind of plant having great curative properties.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

cakraka (von cakra) 1〉 adj. cirkelartig (in log. Sinne) ŚKDR. WILS. — 2〉 m. a〉 eine Art Schlange SUŚR. 2,265,17. — b〉 N. pr. eines Ṛṣi MBH. 13,253. — 3〉 f. ā eine best. Pflanze von wunderbarer Heilkraft SUŚR. 2,170,2. SUŚR. 2,171,21. — Vgl. cakrikā.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

cakraka 4〉 n. Kreislauf PAT. a. a. O. 1,252,a. 3,52,a. 6,55,2.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

cakraka — 1〉 *Adj. cirkelartig (in logischem Sinne) — 2〉 m. — a〉 eine Art Schlange. — b〉 *Dolichos biflorus MADANAV. 106,39. — c〉 N. pr. eines Ṛṣi. — 3〉 f. cakrakā eine best. Pflanze von wunderbarer Heilkraft. Nach MADANAV. 28,286. weisser Abrus. — 4〉 f. cakrikā — a〉 Truppe, Schaar. — b〉 Ränke. — 5〉 n. — a〉 eine best. Art zu fechten HARIV. 3,124,19. citraka v. l. — b〉 circulus in demonstrando MAHĀBH. 6,55,b.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

cakraka, cakrikā f. II. auch der Ring an einem Sonnenschirm SUBHĀṢITĀV. 3075. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

cakraka a. [cakramiva kāyati kai-ka] Wheel-shaped, circular. — kaḥ Arguing in a circle (in logic).

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.26–29*1: Cakra, Śaṅkha, Vāmāvartta, Vartmagati and Gadā 1 occurrence

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