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वायुचक्र (vAyucakra)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वायु—चक्र
m.
N.
of one of the 7 Ṛṣis (said to be fathers of rise Maruts),
MBh.
वायु—चक्र
n.
the range of the w°,
Vīrac.
Mahabharata
English
Vāyucakra, son of Maṅkaṇaka. § 615j (Maṅkaṇaka): IX, 38, 2222.
पुराणम्
English
वायुचक्र / VĀYUCAKRA. A hermit. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, śalya Parva, Chapter 38, Stanza 32, that this vāyucakra was born from the semen kept in a pot by the hermit called maṅkaṇaka. From this same pot some other hermits such as vāyubala, vāyujvāla and others were born. (See under maṅkaṇaka, para 3).