Chakra Meaning
/ˈtʃæ.kɹə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
nounSynonym of hackery.
Sentence Examples
What is the first chakra called?
You destroyed your root chakra.
Want to come over and destroy my root chakra?
CEFR Practice Quiz
In yoga, the word ____ refers to an energy center in the body.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In yoga, a ____ is a center of spiritual power in the human body.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19:
"...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles."
— 1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence..., page xxvi:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In yoga, the word ____ refers to an energy center in the body.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In yoga, a ____ is a center of spiritual power in the human body.