As a deity name
Name 717 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 132 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
कालचक्र · noun · masculine
समय का चक्र । समय का हेरफेर । जमाने की गर्दिश · उनता काल जितना एक उत्सार्पिणी और अवसर्पिणी में लगता है · एक अस्त्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a given revolution of time, cycle [according to the Jainas, the wheel of time has twelve Aras or spokes and turns round once in 2000000000000000 Sāgaras of years; cf. ava-sarpiṇī a…
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Dictionary citations
kāla—cakra n. the wheel of time (time represented as a wheel which always turns round), MBh.; Hariv. &c.
a given revolution of time, cycle [according to the Jainas, the wheel of time has twelve Aras or spokes and turns round once in 2000000000000000 Sāgaras of years; cf. ava-sarpiṇī and ut-s˚]
the wheel of fortune (sometimes regarded as a weapon), R.
N. of a Tantra, Buddh.
kāla—cakra m. N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 151
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