cakkavāḷa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀴 (Brahmi script)
• चक्कवाळ (Devanagari script)
• চক্কৰাল় (Bengali script)
• චක‍්කවාළ (Sinhalese script)
• စက္ကဝါဠ or ၸၵ္ၵဝႃꩮ or ၸၵ်ၵဝႃꩮ (Burmese script)
• จกฺกวาฬ or จักกะวาฬะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈກ຺ກວາຬ or ຈັກກະວາຬະ (Lao script)
• ចក្កវាឡ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄇𑅇𑄂𑅄 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀴 (Brahmi script)
• चक्कवाळ (Devanagari script)
• চক্কৰাল় (Bengali script)
• චක‍්කවාළ (Sinhalese script)
• စက္ကဝါဠ or ၸၵ္ၵဝႃꩮ or ၸၵ်ၵဝႃꩮ (Burmese script)
• จกฺกวาฬ or จักกะวาฬะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈກ຺ກວາຬ or ຈັກກະວາຬະ (Lao script)
• ចក្កវាឡ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄇𑅇𑄂𑅄 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From or cognate with Sanskrit चक्रवाड (cakravāḍa), formed from चक्र (cakra, “circle, wheel”) + वल (vala, “ring”), found in वलय (valaya, “ring, armlet”).

Noun

cakkavāḷa n or m

1. circle
2. sphere
3. (buddhist) world, solar-system, universe.

Declension

Declension table of "cakkavāḷa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cakkavāḷaṃ	cakkavāḷāni
Accusative (second)	cakkavāḷaṃ	cakkavāḷāni
Instrumental (third)	cakkavāḷena	cakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Dative (fourth)	cakkavāḷassa or cakkavāḷāya or cakkavāḷatthaṃ	cakkavāḷānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cakkavāḷasmā or cakkavāḷamhā or cakkavāḷā	cakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cakkavāḷassa	cakkavāḷānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cakkavāḷasmiṃ or cakkavāḷamhi or cakkavāḷe	cakkavāḷesu
Vocative (calling)	cakkavāḷa	cakkavāḷāni

Declension table of "cakkavāḷa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cakkavāḷo	cakkavāḷā
Accusative (second)	cakkavāḷaṃ	cakkavāḷe
Instrumental (third)	cakkavāḷena	cakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Dative (fourth)	cakkavāḷassa or cakkavāḷāya or cakkavāḷatthaṃ	cakkavāḷānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cakkavāḷasmā or cakkavāḷamhā or cakkavāḷā	cakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cakkavāḷassa	cakkavāḷānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cakkavāḷasmiṃ or cakkavāḷamhi or cakkavāḷe	cakkavāḷesu
Vocative (calling)	cakkavāḷa	cakkavāḷā

Descendants

• → Lü: ᦈᧅᦃᦱᦞᦱᧃ (ṫsakẋaavaan)
• → Northern Thai: ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (“sphere, multitude”)
• → Sanskrit: चक्रवाल (cakravāla, “sphere, multitude”)
• → Thai: จักรวาฬ (jàk-grà-waan, “universe”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “cakkavāḷa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead