Category: C

cakkana ¦ v.l. for cakana.

‘a form of military array (in a circle)’, see -vyUha

cakk ¦ cl. 10. P. kayati, to suffer, Dhātup. xxxii, 56;to give or inflict pain (?), ib.

a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon, VarBṛS. xx; VarBṛ.; Laghuj.

cakka ¦ v.l. for caka.

N. of a metre (= -pAta)

cakkala ¦ mfn. (for cakrala) round, circular (?), Uṇ. i, 108, Sch.

a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other, viz…. read more cakra:- cakra/

cakkalaka ¦ n. a series of 4 Ślokas (= caturBiH kulaka), Rājat. vii, 193; Śiś. xix, 29, Sch.; Śrīkaṇṭh. iii,… read more cakkalaka:- cakkalaka

caknasa ¦ m. (√ knas), Vop. xxvi, 30.

a potter’s wheel, ŚBr. xi; Yājñ. iii, 146 (cf. -Brama &c.)

cakra/ ¦ n. (Ved. rarely m.; g. arDarcAdi; fr. √ car?; √ kf, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 12, Kāś.) the wheel… read more cakra:- cakra/

an oil-mill, Mn. iv, 85; MBh. xii, 6481 & 7697

a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (esp. that of Viṣṇu), MBh.; R.; Suśr.; Pañcat.; BhP.

cakora—vrata ¦ n. ‘habit of a Cakora bird’, enjoying the nectar of a moon-like face, Kathās. lxxvi, 11.

an astronomical circle (e.g. rASi-, the zodiac), VarBṛS.; Sūryas.

cakora—dfS ¦ mfn. having (eyes like those of the Cakora bird i.e. having) beautiful eyes, Śiś. vi, 48.

a circle, R.; BhP. &c. (kalApa-, ‘the circle of a peacock’s tail’, Ṛtus. ii, 14)

cakzorAkza ¦ mf(I)n. = a-dfS, Vcar. viii, 42; Bharaṭ. iii, 2.

a mystical circle or diagram, Tantr.

cakoraka ¦ m. ifc. = a (Perdix rufa).

= -banDa, q.v., Sāh. x, 13 a/b

cakora—netra ¦ mf(A)n. id., MBh. vii; Mṛcch. i, 3; Ragh.

a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons, Hariv. 652

N. of a medicinal plant or drug, Suśr. v f.

the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite, W.

cakra/ ¦ m. the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; cf. -vAka/), MBh. ix, 443;… read more cakra:- cakra/

(pl.) N. of a people, MBh. vi, 352

(g. aSvAdi) N. of a man, BṛĀrUp. iii, 4, 1 Sch.

a circle or a similar instrument (used in astron.), Laghuj.; Sūryas. xiii, 20; Gol. xi, 10 ff.

of one of Skanda’s attendants, MBh. ix, 2539 and 2542

a troop of soldiers, army, host, MBh. (ifc. f(A). , iii, 640), BhP. i, ix; Cāṇ.

of a Nāga, MBh. i, 2147

(also m., L.) a troop, multitude, MBh. v, ix (rAvalI, q.v.), Hariv.; R. &c.

of another man, Kathās. lvi, 144

the whole number of (in comp.), Sarvad. xi, 127

of a mountain, BhP. v, 20, 15; Kathās. liv, 16

a number of villages, province, district, L.

cakrI/ ¦ (I/), f. a wheel (instr. sg. ri/yA; gen. du. ryo/s), RV.

(fig.) range, department, VarBṛS. xxx, 33