chakra
any of the points of spiritual power located along the body, often given as six or seven in number, that are personified by gods and can be released through the proper exercises.
Origin of chakra
1- Sometimes cak·ra [chahk-ruh, chuhk-, kahk-] /ˈtʃɑk rə, ˈtʃʌk-, ˈkɑk-/ .
Words Nearby chakra
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How to use chakra in a sentence
Her jewelry sparkles with diamonds and tanzanite, the color of the vision chakra, part red, part blue.
Shirley MacLaine on ‘Bernie,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ and Her Lifetime Achievments | Lorenza Muñoz | April 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOvercoming Fear The third chakra, at the solar plexus, manipura, is about overcoming fear and attaining a sense of belonging.
In Tantra, the seventh chakra is the crown chakra, the sahasrara chakra, located at the top of the head.
There were also many other gods unknown to us, who were worshipped in the shapes of big sea-shells, called chakra.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyThe Pandavas went therefore to Eka-chakra and lived with a Brahman who had a wife and a daughter and an infant son.
Indian Myth and Legend | Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Thereafter Pritha's son dragged the monster's body to the main gate of Eka-chakra.
Indian Myth and Legend | Donald Alexander MackenzieA novice, on being initiated to the order, is branded with the figures of a Sankha (conch-shell) and chakra (discus).
Some regard the chakra mudra as sufficient on occasions of emergency.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar Thurston
British Dictionary definitions for chakra
/ (ˈtʃækrə, ˈtʃʌkrə) /
(in yoga) any of the seven major energy centres in the body
Origin of chakra
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