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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चलcalaa.(a) Moving trembling, shaking, tremulous, rolling (as eyes &c.); चलापाङ्गां दृष्टिं स्पृशसि Ś.1.24…

    [चल्-अच्]

    1. (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.
    2. Unsteady, fickle, inconstant, loose, unfixed; दयितास्वनवस्थितं नृणां न खलु प्रेम चलं सुहृज्जने Ku.4.28; प्रायश्चलं गौरवमाश्रितेषु 3.1.
    3. Frail, transitory, perishable; चला लक्ष्मीश्चलाः प्राणाश्चलं जीवितयौवनम् Bh.3.128.
    4. Confused.

    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

      1. Adjective
      2. sensitive.
      3. 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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  2. अचलacalaa.Steady, immovable, motionless, fixed, permanent; चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं चामरम् V.1.5; तपसेऽधिवस्तु- मचलामचलः…

    Steady, immovable, motionless, fixed, permanent; चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं चामरम् V.1.5; तपसेऽधिवस्तु- मचलामचलः Ki.6.18; समाधावचला बुद्धिस्तदा योगमवाप्स्यसि Bg. 2.53.; यत्र स्थाणुरिवाचलः Ś.7.11. immovable.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लः

      1. A mountain; (rarely) a rock.
      2. A bolt or pin (शङ्कु).
      3. The number seven.
      4. Name of Śiva, of the soul, of the first of the 9 deified persons among Jainas.

    • -ला The earth (so called because the earth is immovable according to one view, or, according to Ārya Bhaṭṭa who rejects this view, अचलाः पर्वताः सन्त्यत्र, अस्त्यर्थे अच्; अचलत्वात् स्वकक्षातो बहिर्गमनाभावाद्वा). Compare अचलः पर्वते वृक्षे कीलावसुधयोः स्त्रियाम् Nm.

    • -लम् Brahman. -Comp -कन्यका, - सुता, -दुहिता, -तनया etc. Name of Pārvat&imcr;, daughter of the Himālaya mountain.

    • -कीला (ब.) the earth (immovably fixed or pinned.

    • -ज, -जात Adjective mountain-born. (-जा-जाता) Name of Pārvatī.

    • -त्विष् Adjective अचला त्विट् यस्य of fixed or permanent lustre or colour. (-m, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedट्) a cuckoo (बहुप्रक्षालनेनापि मालिन्यानपगमात् स्थिरा त्विट्). (Feminine) permanent colour.

    • -द्विष् Masculine [अचलान् द्वेष्टि, द्विष् -क्विप्] the enemy of mountains, epithet of Indra who clipped off their wings.

    • -धृतिः Feminine a metre of four lines of 16 short 1syllables each (गीत्यार्या) -पतिः, -राट् lord of mountains, Name of Himālaya or Meru; समुद्र इव दुर्बोधः सत्त्वेनाचल- राडिव Bhāg 4.22.58. so denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिपः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedश्रेष्ठः.

    • -सप्तमी Name of a book in the भविष्योत्तरपुराण; the 7th day of the bright half of Āśvina.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चलcala[kal-a] a. moving, trembling; unsteady, wavering; waving; fluttering; rippling; fickle: -kitta, n. mutable…

    [kal-a] adjective moving, trembling; unsteady, wavering; waving; fluttering; rippling; fickle: -kitta, neuter mutable temper, fickleness; adjective fickle: -tâ, feminine; also equal for fickleness; giddiness; -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter tremor, unsteadiness.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चलcalamf(आ)n. (g. पचा*दि) moving, trembling, shaking, loose MBh. &c.
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (gaRa पचा*दि) moving, trembling, shaking, loose MBh. etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender unsteady, fluctuating, perishable ibidem
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender disturbed, confused ibidem
    4. masculine gender "agitation, shaking" see भूमि-
    5. masculine gender wind Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender wind (in med.) Asht2a7n3g. i, 11, 1
    7. masculine gender quicksilver Lexicographers
    8. masculine gender a sprout, shoot Gal.
    9. neuter gender water Gal.
    10. neuter gender incense Lexicographers
    11. neuter gender the goddess of fortune Katha1s. lx, 119
    12. neuter gender a metre of 4 x 18 syllables (confer, compare अ-, निश्-, पुंश्चली, चाल .)
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  2. अकुतश्चलakutaścalam. not movable from any cause
    1. masculine gender not movable from any cause
    2. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव .
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  3. अचलacalamf(आ)n. not moving, immovable
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender not moving, immovable
    2. masculine gender a mountain, rock
    3. masculine gender a bolt or pin
    4. masculine gender the number seven
    5. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव and of the first of the nine deified persons, called "white Balas बल s" among the Jainas जैन s
    6. masculine gender of a Devarshi देवर्षि VP.
    7. masculine gender one of the ten degrees which are to be ascended by a Bodhisattva बोधिसत्त्व before becoming a Buddha बुद्ध .
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  4. अचलकीलाacalakīlāf. the earth.

    feminine the earth.

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  5. अचलत्विष्acalatviṣm. the Kokila or Indian cuckoo.

    masculine gender the Kokila or Indian cuckoo.

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  6. अचलधृतिacaladhṛtif. a metre of four lines, of sixteen short syllables each, also called Gi1tya1rya1 गीत्यार्या .

    feminine a metre of four lines, of sixteen short syllables each, also called Gi1tya1rya1 गीत्यार्या .

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  7. अचलपुरacalapuran. N. of a town Jain.

    neuter gender Name of a town Jain.

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