Cakra Cakra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Cakra is from the Sanskrit Cakrā. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Cakra is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Cakrā discus-Devi Kundalini-Chakra + Sanskrit cakra wheel + foundational central Cakra foundational-central-Sanskrit-Discus Vishnus-Sudarshana-Cakra + Kundalini-Chakras Tantric-energy-centers foundational-central-2-meanings + foundational central Sudarśana-Cakra foundational-central-Vishnus-Discus-weapon Divine-Wheel foundational-central-Vishnus-4-Ayudhas Śaṅkha-Cakra-Gadā-Padma + foundational central 7-Kundalini-Chakras foundational-central-Sanskrit-Yogic-Energy-Centers Mūlādhāra-root + Svādhiṣṭhāna-sacral + Maṇipūra-navel + Anāhata-heart + Viśuddha-throat + Ājñā-third-eye + Sahasrāra-crown foundational-central-7-Chakras + foundational central Ṣaṭ-Cakra-Nirūpaṇa by Pūrṇānanda 1577 CE foundational-central-Sanskrit-Tantric-6-Chakras-classic 55-verses + foundational central Kundalini-Śakti foundational-central-Sanskrit-Divine-Feminine-Energy coiled-at Mūlādhāra rises-through-Suṣumna-Nāḍī pierces-6-Chakras merges-with-Śiva at Sahasrāra foundational-central-Kundalini-Yoga + foundational central 3-Nāḍīs foundational-central-Sanskrit-3-Subtle-Channels Iḍā-left + Piṅgalā-right + Suṣumna-central foundational-central-3-Nadis + foundational central Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga foundational-central-Patanjalis-8-limbs Yama-Niyama-Ᾱsana-Prāṇāyāma-Pratyāhāra-Dhāraṇā-Dhyāna-Samādhi Yoga-Sūtra 2.29 foundational-central-8-limbs + foundational central Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika by Svātmārāma 15th c. CE 4-chapters foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-classical + Gheranda-Samhita by Gheranda 17th c. + Śiva-Samhitā foundational-central-Hatha-Yoga-3-classics + foundational central Cakrayudha foundational-central-Vishnus-Sudarshana-Cakra-Ayudha thousand-spoked Divya-weapon foundational-central + foundational central Vishnus-Sudarshana foundational-central-forged-by Viśvakarmā given-by-Śiva to-Vishnu discus-with-108-serrated-edges foundational-central + foundational central Cakravartin foundational-central-Wheel-turner Universal-Emperor Bharata-Chakravarti-1st in Bhāgavata Purana Canto 5 foundational-central-Bharata-Chakravarti + foundational central 12-Chakravartins foundational-central-Jain-12-Chakravartins Bharata + Sagara + Maghavā + Sanatkumāra + Śānti + Kunthu + Ara + Subhūma + Padmanābha + Hariṣeṇa + Jayasena + Brahmadatta foundational-central + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 4:1-4 imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave bravīt + Sudarśana-Cakra in Vishnus-4-armed-form + foundational central Cakra-Suktam Rigveda 1.164 Aśvamedha-Cakra + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 3:15-16 karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi brahmākṣara-samudbhavam tasmāt sarva-gataṃ brahma nityaṃ yajñe pratiṣṭhitam evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ aghāyur indriyārāmo moghaṃ pārtha sa jīvati foundational-central-Karma-Chakra + foundational pan-Sanskrit heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.