chakra en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɹə/ (US)
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- /ˈtʃæ.kɹə/ (UK)
- /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/ (US)
- /ˈtʃʌ.kɹə/ (UK)
- /ˈt͡ʃæ.kɹə/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám Sanskrit चक्र (cakra)lbor. Hindi चक्र (cakra)bor. ▲ Sanskrit चक्र (cakra)bor. English chakra From Hindi चक्र (cakra) and directly from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”). As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies. Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.
Meanings
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(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:[Pathik (Brian George):] In order to master the Avatar state, you must open all the chakras. Aang, tell me everything you know about chakras. [Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen):] What are chakras?
2006 December 1, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, “The Guru” (7:03 from the start), in Giancarlo Volpe, director, Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 2 (Book Two: Earth), episode 19, spoken by Pathik and Aang (Brian George and Zach Tyler Eisen):
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chakras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chakra healing · chakric · chakral
Synonyms
Translations (48)
fr chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · nl chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · fi tšakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · sa चक्रम् (spiritual energy nexuses) · cmn 脈輪 /脉轮 (spiritual energy nexuses) · hu csakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · pl ćakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · pl czakram (spiritual energy nexuses) · th จักระ (spiritual energy nexuses) · tr çakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · mr चक्र (spiritual energy nexuses) · ko 차크라 (spiritual energy nexuses) · pl czakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · sh чакра (spiritual energy nexuses) · fa چاکرا (spiritual energy nexuses) · is sjakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · es chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · kn ಚಕ್ರ (spiritual energy nexuses) · sh čakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · da chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · cs čakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · fr tchakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · fi chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · hi चक्रम् (spiritual energy nexuses) · fa چکره (spiritual energy nexuses) · ja チャクラ (spiritual energy nexuses) · sl čakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · ca txakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · pt chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · sa चक्र (spiritual energy nexuses) · hi चक्र (spiritual energy nexuses) · sv chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · eo ĉakro (spiritual energy nexuses) · sog 𐼿𐼸𐼸𐽀 (spiritual energy nexuses) · ar شَاكِرَة (spiritual energy nexuses) · ro chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · cmn 氣卦 /气卦 (spiritual energy nexuses) · de Chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · cmn 輪 /轮 (spiritual energy nexuses) · it chakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · km ចក្រ (spiritual energy nexuses) · gu ચક્ર (spiritual energy nexuses) · cmn 查克拉 (spiritual energy nexuses) · pt chacra (spiritual energy nexuses) · ru ча́кра (spiritual energy nexuses) · th จักร (spiritual energy nexuses) · id cakra (spiritual energy nexuses) · fi tsakra (spiritual energy nexuses)