Cakrapada, Cakrapāda, Cakra-pada: 6 definitions

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Cakrapada 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cakrapada in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakrapāda (चक्रपाद).—

1) a carriage.

2) an elephant.

Derivable forms: cakrapādaḥ (चक्रपादः).

Cakrapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakra and pāda (पाद). See also (synonyms): cakrapādaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakrapāda (चक्रपाद).—m.

(-daḥ) 1. A carriage, 2. An elephant. E. cakra a wheel, and pāda a foot; also cakrapādaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Cakrapāda (चक्रपाद):—[=cakra-pāda] [from cakra] m. ‘wheel-footed’, a carriage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] ‘circular-footed’, an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakrapāda (चक्रपाद):—[cakra-pāda] (daḥ) 1. m. A carriage; an elephant. a. Four-wheeled.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakrapada in German

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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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