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cakra

cakra is the alternative form of chakra.

Meaning of chakra

Noun

chakra (plural chakras)

  1. (Hinduism) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
    • In the etheric body of a yogini in meditation, the polarity is, therefore, not between the brain and the genitals, the second and sixth chakras, but between the inner sexuality of the womb and the heart.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19
  2. Synonym of hackery.
    • ...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles.1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence..., page xxvi
    Synonyms:
    hackery

Forms of cakra

pluralcakras

Questions about cakra

What is cakra the alternative form of?
Cakra is the alternative form of chakra.

Words near cakra in the dictionary

  1. cakiness
  2. caking
  3. caking coal
  4. caking up
  5. cakings
  6. cakra
  7. cakras
  8. cakravartin
  9. cakravartins
  10. caks
  11. CAKUT

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