cakkavāḷa

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From or cognate with Sanskrit चक्रवाड (cakravāḍa), formed from चक्र (cakra, “circle, wheel”) + वल (vala, “ring”), found in वलय (valaya, “ring, armlet”).[1]

Noun

cakkavāḷa n or m

  1. circle
  2. sphere
  3. (buddhist) world, solar-system, universe.

Declension

Descendants

  • → Lü: ᦈᧅᦃᦱᦞᦱᧃ (ṫsakẋaavaan)
  • → Northern Thai: ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (“sphere, multitude”)
  • → Sanskrit: चक्रवाल (cakravāla, “sphere, multitude”)
  • → Thai: จักรวาฬ (jàk-grà-waan, “universe”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cakkavāḷa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1140-1144”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1140-1144
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