Pāli Dictionary

cakkavattī

cakkaprefixvattīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

abhirāja, adhirāja

cosmology

  • Weltenherrscher; universeller Monarch

  • universal monarch; emperor; sovereign

  • MN 91

    sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. tass'imāni satta ratanāni bhavanti

  • DN 16

    idaṃ kho, ānanda, atthavasaṃ paṭicca rājā cakkavattī thūp'āraho

Encyclopedia

Cakkavatti
Personapproximate

  • Der Titel eines Weltherrschers, der durch Rechtschaffenheit statt durch Gewalt erobert und regiert, symbolisiert durch das Drehen des Rades (cakka).

  • The title given to a universal monarch who conquers and governs through righteousness rather than force, symbolized by the turning of the Wheel (cakka).

SN 46.42

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