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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

चक्रcakra[ka-kr-a] n.; V. sts. m. [runner: intv. √kar] wheel; potter's wheel; discus (esp. of Vishnu); oil-press…
[ka-kr-a] neuter; Veda, Vedic sts. masculine [runner: intensive (frequentative) √kar] wheel; potter's wheel; discus (especially of Vishnu); oil-press; circle; circling in the air (of birds); mystical circular diagram; multitude, host, flock; troop; sphere (figurative, -ly); (wheel of) dominion; masculine ruddy goose; noun of several men; noun of a mountain; î́, feminine; also equal for wheel.
In the Gita3·16

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह यः ।

evaṁ pravartitaṁ cakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ, — He who follows not here the wheel thus set in movement, evil is his being, sensual is his delight, in vain, O Partha, that man lives. 3·16
- चक्रम्cakramaccusative singular of the neuter noun cakra (lit. 'a wheel'. The word is used here figuratively to mean discus).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चक्रcakran. (Ved. rarely m.; g. अर्धर्चा*दि; fr. √चर् ?; √1. कृ Pa1n2. 6-1, 12 Ka1s3.) the wheel (of a carriage, of the…
1. neuter gender (Vedic or Veda rarely masculine gender; gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि; from √चर् ?; √1. कृ Pa1n2. 6-1, 12 Ka1s3.) the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot [fg-veda], of Time [i, 164, 2-48]; that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्र्/अं-√चर्, to drive in a carriage S3Br. vi) fg-veda etc.
2. neuter gender a potter's wheel S3Br. xi Ya1jn5. iii, 146 (confer, compare -भ्रम etc.)
3. neuter gender a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (especially that of Vishn2u विष्णु) MBh. R. Sus3r. Pan5cat. BhP.
4. neuter gender an oil-mill Mn. iv. 85 MBh. xii, 6481 & 7697
5. neuter gender a circle R. BhP. etc. (कला*प-, "the circle of a peacock's tail" R2itus. ii, 14)
6. neuter gender an astronomical circle (exempli gratia, 'for example' राशि-, the zodiac) VarBr2S. Su1ryas.
7. neuter gender a mystical circle or diagram, Tantr.
8. neuter gender Equivalent to -बन्ध quod vide Sa1h. x, 13 a/b
9. neuter gender a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons Hariv. 652
10. neuter gender "a form of military array (in a circle)" see -व्यूह
11. neuter gender circular flight (of a bird) Pan5cat. ii, 57
12. neuter gender a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon VarBr2S. xx VarBr2. Laghuj.
13. neuter gender a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) the other, viz. 1. मूला*धार, the parts about the pubis; 2. स्वा*धिष्ठान, the umbilical region; 3. मणि-पूर, the pit of the stomach or epigastrium; 4. अनाहत, the root of the nose; 5. विशुद्ध, the hollow between the frontal sinuses; 6. आज्ञा*ख्य, the fontanelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures; various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows)
14. neuter gender Name of a metre (Equivalent to -पात)
15. neuter gender a circle or a similar instrument (used in astronomy) Laghuj. Su1ryas. xiii, 20 Gol. xi, 10 ff.
16. neuter gender (also masculine gender Lexicographers) a troop, multitude MBh. v, ix (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्रा*वली, quod vide) Hariv. R. etc.
17. neuter gender the whole number of (in compound) Sarvad. xi, 127
18. neuter gender a troop of soldiers, army, host MBh. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ)., iii, 640) BhP. i, ix Ca1n2.
19. neuter gender a number of villages, province, district Lexicographers
20. neuter gender (figuratively) range, department VarBr2S. xxx, 33
21. neuter gender the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm Ya1jn5. i, 265 MBh. i, xiii BhP. ix, 20, 32 VP.
22. neuter gender (plural) the winding of a river Lexicographers
23. neuter gender a whirlpool Lexicographers
24. neuter gender a crooked or fraudulent device (confer, compare चक्रिका) Lexicographers
25. neuter gender the convolutions or spiral marks of the S3a1la-gra1ma शाल-ग्राम or ammonite W.
26. neuter gender Name of a medicinal plant or drug Sus3r. vf.
27. neuter gender of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ BhP. x, 78, 19
28. masculine gender the ruddy goose or Bra1hmany Brahmany duck (Anas Casarca, called after its cries; confer, compare -वाक्/अ) MBh. ix, 443 Ba1lar. viii, 58 Katha1s. lxxii, 40 S3a1rn3gP.
29. masculine gender (plural) Name of a people MBh. vi, 352
30. masculine gender (gaRa अश्वा*दि) Name of a man, Br2A1rUp. iii, 4, 1 Scholiast or Commentator
31. masculine gender of another man Katha1s. lvi, 144
32. masculine gender of a Na1ga नाग MBh. i, 2147
33. masculine gender of one of Skanda स्कन्द 's attendants MBh. ix, 2539 and 2542
34. masculine gender of a mountain BhP. v, 20, 15 Katha1s. liv. 16
35. masculine gender (dual number that the rest of a word is to be suppliedक्रियौ) Ka1t2h. xxix, 7
36. masculine gender ([confer, compare अ-, अष्ट्/आ-, उच्चा-, /एक-, काल-, कू-, दण्ड-, दिक्-, धर्म-, महा-, मातृ-, र्/ओध-, विष्णु-, स-, सप्त्/अ-, हिरण्य-; त्रि- and सुचक्र्/अ; confer, compare also, κύκλος, Latin circus; Anglo-Saxon hveohl, Engl. wheel .])
37. (in compound)
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अकडमचक्रakaḍamacakran. id.

neuter gender the same

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अग्निचक्रagnicakran. the sphere or range of fire, IndSt.

neuter gender the sphere or range of fire, IndSt.

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अचक्रacakramfn. having no wheels
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having no wheels
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not wanting wheels id est moving by itself fg-veda
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अचक्रवर्तacakravartasee चक्र - वृत्त .

see चक्र - वृत्त .

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अच्युतचक्रवर्तिन्acyutacakravartinm. N. of the author of a Comm. on the Da1ya-bha1ga, IW. 304 .

masculine gender Name of the author of a commentator or commentary on the Da1ya-bha1ga, IW. 304 .

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अन्तरचक्रantaracakran. the whole of the thirty-two intermediate regions of the compass VarBr2S.
1. neuter gender the whole of the thirty-two intermediate regions of the compass VarBr2S.
2. neuter gender a technical term in augury.
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अर्धचक्रवर्तिन्ardhacakravartinm. "half a चक्रवर्तिन्", N. of the nine black Va1sudevas वासुदेव s (of the Jainas जैन s) L.

masculine gender "half a चक्रवर्तिन्", Name of the nine black Va1sudevas वासुदेव s (of the Jainas जैन s) Lexicographers

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अचक्रacakraa.Having no wheels.
1. Having no wheels.
2. Immovable.
3. Not wavering.
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