chakana

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Quechua chakana === Noun === chakana (plural chakanas) A stepped cross motif, often with a circle in the center, used by the Inca and other Andean cultures. Synonym: Andean cross == Pali == === Alternative forms === chakaṇa === Alternative scripts === === Etymology === From late Old Indo-Aryan *śakana- ~ *chakana-, a colloquial formation from Sanskrit शकन् (śakán), the oblique base of शकृत् (śákṛt, “dung”); see there for further etymology. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀙𑀕𑀡 (chagaṇa). === Noun === chakana n dung ==== Declension ==== === References === Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “chakana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead == Quechua == === Alternative forms === chaka === Noun === chakana cross, especially the Andean cross ==== Declension ====