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chakra|ˈtʃʌkrə|
Also chakr, chakrah.
[Skr. (cogn. w. wheel n.).]
1. A circular weapon used by the Sikhs (see quots.).
1883Encycl. Brit. XX. 111/2 The chakr or chakra is a thin knife-edged ring of flat steel, a severe missile in skilled hands. 1959Chambers's Encycl. I. 616/2 A sharp-edged metal quoit known as the chakra of the Sikhs.
2. A discus or mystic circle placed in the hands of pictured Hindu gods, etc.
1891Murray's Hand-Bk. India & Ceylon 384/1 A small temple dedicated to the Chakrah, or discus, of Vishnu. 1903E. Thurston in Madras Govt. Mus. Bull. IV. 199 A few men are branded on both shoulders with chank and chakra.
3. Yoga. One of the centres of spiritual or ethereal power in the human body.
1888B. D. Basu in Theosophist Mar. 373 These Chakras are the vital and important sympathetic plexuses and preside over all the functions of organic life. 1921D. H. Lawrence Psychoanalysis v. 86 Having begun to explore the unconscious, we find we must go from center to center, chakra to chakra. 1956R. M. Lester Towards Hereafter iv. 54 These spiritual centres are known by the name of ‘chakras’—a word derived from Yoga.
4. The emblem on the flag of the Indian Union.
1947Constituent Assembly of India, Resolution 22 July 761 The design of the Wheel shall be that of the Wheel (Chakra) which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath lion Capital of Asoka. 1964V. S. Agrawala Wheel Flag of India p. i, The Chakra has a two-fold aspect, viz., the centre and the circumference. There is rest at the centre and movement in the circumference. |