chakra
Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
Noun
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms: hackery
Origin
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.