འཕང་ལོ་

འཕང་ལོ། (Wyl. 'phang lo ) Pron.: panglo

• Skt. चक्रम्, cakra, Pron.: chakra. From Sanskrit: Ved. rarely m. | fr. | the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot | of Time [i, 164, 2-48 | a potter's wheel | a discus or sharp circular missile weapon (•esp. that of Vishṇu) | an oil-mill | a circle | 'the circle of a peacock's tail' | an astronomical circle | the zodiac | a mystical circle or diagram, Tantr. | a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons | 'a form of military array (in a circle)' | circular flight (of a bird) | a particular constellation in the form of a hexagon | a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes ; 6 in number, one above the other, viz. 1. | the parts about the pubis | 2. | the umbilical region | 3. | the pit of the stomach or epigastrium | 4. | the root of the nose | 5. | the hollow between the frontal sinuses | 6. | the fontenelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures | various faculties and divinities are supposed to be present in these hollows | N. of a metre | a circle or a similar instrument (used in •astron.) | a troop, multitude | the whole number of | in | a troop of soldiers, army, host | a number of villages, province, district | range, department | the wheel of a monarch's chariot rolling over his dominions, sovereignty, realm | the winding of a river | a whirlpool | a crooked or fraudulent device | the convolutions or spiral marks of the Śāla-grāma or ammonite | N. of a medicinal plant or drug | of a Tīrtha | the ruddy goose or Brāhmany duck | Anas Casarca, called after its cries | N. of a people | N. of a man, BṛĀrUp. iii, 4 | of another man | of a Nāga | of one of Skanda's attendants | of a mountain [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW