cakra
English
Noun
cakra (plural cakras)
- Alternative form of chakra.
Anagrams
Balinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Javanese cakra (“wheel; discus”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá).
Noun
cakra (Balinese script ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ)
Derived terms
- cakrabawa
- cakrawarti
Further reading
- “cakra” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay cakera, cakra, from Classical Malay چکرا (cakera), چکرا (cakra), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of cakram and siklus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.k(ə.)ra/
- Hyphenation: ca‧kra
Noun
cakra
- the wheel
- a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishu
- chakra, spiritual energy nexuses
Synonyms
Further reading
- “cakra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
cakra
- romanization of ꦕꦏꦿ
Malay
Etymology
Noun
cakra (plural cakra-cakra)
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.kra/
- Hyphenation: ca‧kra
Noun
cakra
Derived terms
- añakra
- cinakra
- cinakrakĕn
- macakra 290:7.1
- pañakra
- bhāwacakra
- cakra-paricakra
- cakrabhuwana
- cakrabhāwa
- cakrabyūha
- cakradala
- cakralakṣaṇa
- cakramakah
- cakrapāṇi
- cakrarakṣaka
- cakrasaṅkrānti
- cakrawarti
- cakrawartitanaya
- cakrawartyawān
- cakrawat
- cakrawāka
- cakrawṛddhi
- cakrāsana
- cakrāyudha
- cakrāṅga
- cakrāṅgī
- gaṇacakra
- jyoticakra
- mudracakra
- paracakra
- paricakra
- rathacakra
Descendants
Further reading
- "cakra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.