Origin and Meaning
From Sanskrit čakravartī ‘emperor’. Čakravartī means literally ‘wheels rolling’; metaphorically, it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra ‘wheel’ + vart- ‘to roll or turn’).
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