MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chakra mean?
Chakr uses Sanskrit cakra, a wheel or circular disc. In sacred imagery Vishnu carries the Sudarshana chakra as his discus weapon.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଚକ୍ର
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
चक्र
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chakra in Indian usage
3,084 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 795 records (25.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,289 records (74.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 341 |
| 1960s | 497 |
| 1970s | 675 |
| 1980s | 802 |
| 1990s | 521 |
| Other decades | 248 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 1,981 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 962 |
| Other states | 141 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, cakra, p. 380,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Smithsonian: Vishnu and Lakshmi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Vishnu carries a discus, conch, club and lotus; Lakshmi is his consort.
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.