As a deity name
Name 908 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 995 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
चक्री · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ चक्रिणी] · वह जो चक्र धारण करे · विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
चक्री · adj
चक्रयुक्त । चक्रवाला · चक्रधर । चक्रधारी · रथारूढ़ — Śabdasāgara
चक्री · ćakṛī · s.f.
A pulley; a mill ( = ćakkī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 436
Cited formation "चक्री" is चक्र + -ई: चक्र means "circle, ring", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "चक्री" is चक्र + -ई: चक्र means "circle, ring", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "चक्री" is चक्र + -ई: चक्र means "circle, ring", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wheel (instr. sg. ˚kriyā; gen. du. ˚kryos)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "cakrī" is the nominative of "cakrin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "cakrī" is the nominative dual of "cakri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
cakrī (ī), f. a wheel (instr. sg. ˚kriyā; gen. du. ˚kryos), RV.
(du. ˚kriyau), Kāṭh. xxix, 7
1. cakrī ind. in comp.
2. cakrī f. of ˚kra, q.v.
cakrin mfn. having wheels, L.
driving in a carriage, Gaut.; Mn. ii, 138; Yājñ. i, 117
cakri mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 171, Vārtt. 3) doing, effecting (with acc.), active, RV.
(or cakrin?) N. of a man, Pravar. vii, 9 (cf. uru-cakri.)
Alternative readings
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