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चक्रवाल

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Analyzable as चक्र (cakra, wheel, circle) + वाल (vāla, enclosing ring, circumference); also compare वल् (val, to encompass). Compare Pali cakkavāḷa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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चक्रवाल (cakravāla) stemm

  1. multitude
  2. assemblage
  3. circle
  4. horizon
  5. mass

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of चक्रवाल
singular dual plural
nominative चक्रवालः (cakravālaḥ) चक्रवालौ (cakravālau) चक्रवालाः (cakravālāḥ)
accusative चक्रवालम् (cakravālam) चक्रवालौ (cakravālau) चक्रवालान् (cakravālān)
instrumental चक्रवालेन (cakravālena) चक्रवालाभ्याम् (cakravālābhyām) चक्रवालैः (cakravālaiḥ)
dative चक्रवालाय (cakravālāya) चक्रवालाभ्याम् (cakravālābhyām) चक्रवालेभ्यः (cakravālebhyaḥ)
ablative चक्रवालात् (cakravālāt) चक्रवालाभ्याम् (cakravālābhyām) चक्रवालेभ्यः (cakravālebhyaḥ)
genitive चक्रवालस्य (cakravālasya) चक्रवालयोः (cakravālayoḥ) चक्रवालानाम् (cakravālānām)
locative चक्रवाले (cakravāle) चक्रवालयोः (cakravālayoḥ) चक्रवालेषु (cakravāleṣu)
vocative चक्रवाल (cakravāla) चक्रवालौ (cakravālau) चक्रवालाः (cakravālāḥ)

Descendants

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  • Burmese: စကြဝဠာ (ca.kra.wa.la, universe)
  • Malay: cakerawala (universe)
  • Thai: จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan, universe)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899), “चक्रवाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 381, column 2.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “cakravāla”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.

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Further reading

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  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 174-5