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Entry चल

  1. चलcalaTrembling, shaking, agitation.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लः

      1. Trembling, shaking, agitation.
      2. Wind.
      3. Quicksilver.
      4. The supreme being.
    • -ला

      1. Lakṣmī, the goddess of wealth.
      2. Lightning.
      3. A kind of perfume.
    • -अचल

      1. Adjective
      2. movable and immovable.
      3. fickle, unsteady, very transitory (Equivalent to अतिचल); चलाचले च संसारे धर्म एको हि निश्चलः Bh.3.128; लक्ष्मीमिव चलाचलाम् Ki.11.3 (चलाचला Equivalent to चञ्चला Malli.); कस्य न भवति चलाचलं धनम् Mk.2.14; Name1.6; चलाचलैरनुपदमाहताः खुरैः Śi. (-लः) a crow.
    • -आतङ्कः rheumatism.

    • -आत्मन् Adjective inconstant, fickle-minded.

    • -इन्द्रिय Adjective

    • चल cala, Adjective

      1. चल्-अच्
      2. (a) Moving trembling, shaking, tremulous, rolling (as eyes etc.); चलापाङ्गां दृष्टिं स्पृशसि Ś.1.24; चलकाकपक्षकैरमात्यपुत्रैः R.3.28 waving; Bh.1.16. (b) Movable (Opposite of स्थिर), moving; चले लक्ष्ये Ś.2.5; परिचयं चललक्ष्यनिपातने R.9.49.
      3. Unsteady, fickle, inconstant, loose, unfixed; दयितास्वनवस्थितं नृणां न खलु प्रेम चलं सुहृज्जने Ku.4.28; प्रायश्चलं गौरवमाश्रितेषु 3.1.
      4. Frail, transitory, perishable; चला लक्ष्मीश्चलाः प्राणाश्चलं जीवितयौवनम् Bh.3.128.
      5. Confused.
      6. sensitive.
      7. sensual.
    • -इषुः one whose arrow flies unsteadily or misses the mark, a bad archer.

    • -कर्णः the true distance of a planet from the earth.

    • -चञ्चुः the Chakora bird.

    • -चित्त Adjective fickle-minded.

    • -दलः, -पत्रः the Aśvattha tree; बिल्वै- श्चलदलैरपि Parṇāl.4.62; लीलाचलाचलं भाले हैमं चलदलच्छदम् (Marâthî पिंपळपान) Śiva. B.6.83. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedच्छदः An ornament worn on the forehead, having the shape of the leaf of the Aśvattha tree.

    • -सन्धिः movable articulation of the bones.

    In the Gita6·3517·18

    असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम् ।

    asaṁśayaṁ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam, — The Blessed Lord said:- Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is restless and very difficult to restrain; but O Kaunteya, it may be controlled by… 6·35
    • चलम्calamnominative singular of the neuter form of the adjective cala (restless).

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Headwords under च

Part 2 of 6 चपेट – चाण्डम्All parts
  1. च – चपलायते
  2. चपेट – चाण्डम्
  3. चाण्डाल – चिति
  4. चितिका – चुल्
  5. चुलुक – च्यूत
  6. च्योतम् – च्यौत्न