cakra (5997)

cakra
Entry 5997, Page 221, Col. 1

(cakra, cakra)
cakra¦, nt., circle; (= Pali cakka) one of the four circles or states of (desirable, happy) existence (in which gods and men may find themselves): catvāri devamanu- ṣyāṇāṃ cakrāṇi Mvy 1603 (similarly Pali AN ii.32.1), listed 1604--7, pratirūpadeśavāsaḥ, satpuruṣāpāśrayam, ātmanaḥ samyakpraṇidhānam, pūrve ca kṛtapuṇyatā (= Pali ibid. 5 paṭirūpadesavāso sappurisūpassayo at- tasammāpaṇidhi pubbe ca katapuññatā); see further cakra-bheda, vidyuc-cakra.