अलातचक्र (alAtacakra)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 अलात-चक्र n.
  a fire-brand carried around (-वत्,  f.
 ),  MBh.
  
 R.
  &c.
  

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 alātacakra,  nt. (= Skt.,  pw 〔7.310〕,  wheel of fire,  of a firebrand whirled in the air),  used as symbol of something transitory and illusory (so Pali °cakka,  CPD)
 Laṅk 〔9.3〕 (vs
 separate alātacakra = °kraṃ from dhūmo)
 Mvy 〔2832〕
 MadhK 〔173.3〕
 as symbol of restless,  unceasing motion,  LV 〔205.13〕 °kra-samārūḍhasya (lokasya),  of persons living in the saṃsāra.

Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch

German

 अलातचक्र n. ein im Kreise geschwungener Feuerbrand,  R. 3,  29,  4
 6,  73,  29
 Vikram. 140. °वत् Adv.,  MBh. 8,  81,  40
 R. 4,  5,  25
 so v.a. *reines Blendwerk,  leerer Schein,  Mahāvy. 139.

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Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

mgal me bskor ba
अलातचक्र

mgal me'i 'khor lo
अलातचक्र

gal ma'i 'khor lo
अलातचक्र

gal med bskor ba
अलातचक्र

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