Alternative spellings of this word include Chakrata.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakrāṭa (चक्राट).—

1) a juggler, snake-catcher.

2) a rogue, knave, cheat.

3) a particular coin, a dināra.

Derivable forms: cakrāṭaḥ (चक्राटः).

Cakrāṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakra and aṭa (अट).

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

Cakrāṭa (चक्राट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) 1. A juggler, a snake-catcher, one who exhibits snakes and pretends to cure their bites. 2. A knave, a cheat, a rogue. 3. A gold coin or certain weight of gold, a Dinar. E. cakra a number of villages, and aṭa who goes, i. e. a vagabond, &c. cakrākāramaṭati aṭaaṇ upa-saḥ .

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

1) Cakrāṭa (चक्राट):—[from cakra] m. (= kra-cara) a juggler, snake-catcher, snake-charmer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a knave, cheat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a gold coin, Dīnār, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Cakrāṭa (चक्राट):—[cakrā+ṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A juggler; a snakecatcher; a cheat; a gold coin.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakrata in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cakrāṭa (ಚಕ್ರಾಟ):—

1) [noun] a man proficient in performing skilful tricks of sleight of hand; a juggler; a magician.

2) [noun] a wicked person.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Cakra, Ata.

Starts with: Cakrataila, Cakratalamra, Chakratalvar.

Ends with: Pravrittacakrata.

Full-text: Cakracara, Cakkirati, Cakradhara.

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