kālacakra | कालचक्र | kAlacakra

kāla—cakra | काल—चक्र | n. the wheel of time (time represented as a wheel which always turns round), MBh.; Hariv. &c.
a given revolution of time, cycle [according to the Jainas, the wheel of time has twelve Aras or spokes and turns round once in 2000000000000000 Sāgaras of years; cf. ava-sarpiṛī | अव-सर्पिऋई | and ut-s˚ | उत्-स्˚ |]
the wheel of fortune (sometimes regarded as a weapon), R.
N. of a Tantra, Buddh.
kāla—cakra | काल—चक्र | m. N. of the sun, MBh. iii, 151

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