Cakrabala, Cakrabāla, Cakra-bala: 5 definitions
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Cakrabala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chakrabala.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCakrabāla (चक्रबाल).—
1) a ring, circle.
2) a collection, group, multitude, mass; कैरव- चक्रवालम् (kairava- cakravālam) Bhartṛhari 2.74; प्रकटयसि कुमुच्चैरर्चिषां चक्रवालं (prakaṭayasi kumuccairarciṣāṃ cakravālaṃ) Rati.4.16; Mv.6.4; Mu.3.21.; K.126,178.
3) horizon. (-laḥ) 1 a mythical range of mountains supposed to encircle the orb of the earth like a wall and to be the limit of light and darkness.
2) the ruddy goose.
Derivable forms: cakrabālaḥ (चक्रबालः).
Cakrabāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakra and bāla (बाल). See also (synonyms): cakrabāḍa, cakravāla, cakravāḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakrabāla (चक्रबाल).—[cakra-bāla], and cakravāla cakra-vāla (cf. vālaka, A fingerring). I. (m. or n.) A ring, Mahābhārata 1, 7021. Ii. m. A range of mountains supposed to encircle the earth, and to be the limit of light and darkness. Iii. n. 1. A circle, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 18, 14. 2. A group, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 65.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCakrabālā (चक्रबाला):—[=cakra-bālā] [from cakra] f. Hibiscus cannabinus, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]
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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: Cakrabaladhi.
Ends with: Dandacakrabala, Dikcakrabala, Samatricakrabala.
Full-text: Cakravala, Cakravada, Cakrapala, Samatricakrabala, Dikcakrabala, Dandacakrabala, Cakravata, Cakrabada, Cakra, Mandala.
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